Army airmen score in bombing practice - Langely Field, Va. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Army airmen score in bombing practice - Langely Field, Va. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Army airmen score in bombing practice - Langely Field, Va.
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Langley Field, the Army air station near Hampton, Virginia, is the setting for this scene of airmen recording the results of bombing practice in 1932. Underwood & Underwood, a photography firm that supplied news and stock pictures to newspapers and magazines in the early twentieth century, made the print. In the early 1930s the Army Air Corps relied on practice drops like these to train crews in accuracy, a skill that would matter greatly in the years ahead. The caption card dates the picture to September 15, 1932, though that date has not been independently verified.
| Created / published | 1932 Sept. 15. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,135 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114630 |
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