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[Glenn Martin delivering newspapers in his airplane, Los Angeles] – Antique Wall Art

[Glenn Martin delivering newspapers in his airplane, Los Angeles], [ca. 1911, printed 1941] — historic photograph
[Glenn Martin delivering newspapers in his airplane, Los Angeles], [ca. 1911, printed 1941]. Historic photograph from the Los Angeles collection.

(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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Glenn L. Martin, the aviator who later founded the aircraft company that bears his name, is shown here flying newspapers over Los Angeles in an early airplane, a mix of delivery route and daredevil stunt that few pilots of the day attempted. Martin was a young flier in Southern California during the first years of powered flight, when exhibitions and novel uses for airplanes drew large crowds. The image is a print made in 1941 from a photograph taken around 1911, and it survives among the Glenn L. Martin papers at the Library of Congress.

Created / published[ca. 1911, printed 1941]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesNo. 22292. Glenn L. Martin papers. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1981:314.
SubjectsMartin, Glenn L. (Glenn Luther),--1886-1955. Airplanes--California--Los Angeles--1910-1920. Air pilots--California--Los Angeles--1910-1920. Newspaper carriers--California--Los Angeles--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,293 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179813

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