World Cruiser airplane – Vintage 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.)
Description
World Cruiser airplane comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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World Cruiser airplane
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The caption on this glass negative names the subject as the World Cruiser airplane, though the record flags that title as unverified and gives no date. The name refers to the Douglas World Cruiser, one of four single-engine biplanes the U.S. Army Air Service flew in 1924 on the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe. The flight, led by Maj. Frederick Martin and carried out by crews including Lowell Smith and Leslie Arnold, took several months and included forced landings and a crash in Alaska, and it drew wide press attention. Bain News Service, a photo agency that supplied pictures to newspapers, would have covered a story like this, so the plate likely reflects that public interest, though the exact view is not recorded.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,097 × 3,665 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-38250 |
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