Bookplate for the Patterson boys, children watching an airplane – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Bookplate for the Patterson boys, children watching an airplane brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Bookplate for the Patterson boys, children watching an airplane
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A bookplate, not a photograph, and one made for two young brothers, the Patterson boys, who are shown gazing up at an airplane in the sky. That pairing of a personal ex libris with an aviation scene reflects the excitement early flight stirred in children in the years after the Wright brothers' 1903 flight at Kitty Hawk. Bookplates of this kind were pasted inside the front cover of a book to mark ownership, and families often chose imagery that reflected a child's hobbies or hopes. Viewed today, it offers a small glimpse of how private libraries were personalized and how quickly flight became a symbol of the modern age.
| Original scan | 5,700 × 8,593 px · prints to 19 × 29 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15500_BookplateofthePattersonboysDSH |
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