Launch of plane on N.Y. Naval militia, 1916 – Antique 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.)
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A window into the past: Launch of plane on N.Y. Naval militia, 1916, 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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Launch of plane on N.Y. Naval militia, 1916
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The record names a plane being launched for the New York Naval Militia in 1916, a time when the United States was expanding its military aviation ahead of its entry into World War I in 1917. State naval militias were among the early organizations to take up flying, and seaplanes were a natural fit for units that trained on the water. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of glass negatives made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied newspapers with news photographs. The title is taken from the agency's caption cards and is unverified, so the exact aircraft and event are best read as a likely description rather than a confirmed one.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,853 × 3,309 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-23401 |
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