Mail plane – Historic Reproduction
(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
A window into the past: Mail plane, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A mail plane captured on a glass negative is a reminder of how quickly flying moved from novelty to public service. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency whose plates now make up the George Grantham Bain Collection, supplied pictures to newspapers and magazines, so images like this were made to be published and captioned for readers. The United States began carrying mail by air in 1918, and the Post Office soon built routes linking major cities, with pilots flying open-cockpit biplanes through often harsh weather. The record gives no date, and the title comes from unverified caption data, so the specific flight or aircraft remains uncertain.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,903 × 3,346 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-28042 |
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