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Harry Atwood rising from White House lawn in Wright Type B plane – Antique Print

Harry Atwood rising from White House lawn in Wright Type B plane, 1911 July. — historic photograph
Harry Atwood rising from White House lawn in Wright Type B plane, 1911 July.. Historic photograph from the White House 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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Harry Atwood rising from White House lawn in Wright Type B plane 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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Harry Atwood rising from White House lawn in Wright Type B plane

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The lawn of the White House, with its formal grounds in view, is the unusual setting here: a Wright Type B biplane lifts off in July 1911, with the aviator Harry Atwood at the controls. The Type B was a two-seat biplane from the Wright Company, and by 1911 the aircraft was still new enough that a flight from the President's grounds drew public attention. The caption card notes that Atwood broke a distance record that year, which places the photograph within the early years of American long-distance flight. Harris & Ewing, a Washington studio known for news and portrait photography, made the print.

Created / published1911 July.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Harris & Ewing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Phtog. Index; DC, Wash.--White House--Misc.; Airplanes--1911; BI; Shelf. A-, Harry N. Broke distance record, 1911.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,242 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-132742

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