Harriet Quimby in cockpit of plane – Historic 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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Harriet Quimby in cockpit of plane comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Harriet Quimby in cockpit of plane
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Harriet Quimby sits in the cockpit of an early airplane in this 1911 portrait, one of the rare images of a woman pilot posed at the controls in that era. Quimby had earned her aviator's license in 1911, becoming the first woman in the United States to do so, and she was a journalist and drama critic before she took up flying. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a large body of news photographs that documents the early years of aviation as it moved from novelty toward public spectacle. Quimby died in a flying accident in 1912, so the photograph captures her at the start of a career that was still taking shape.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Quimby, Harriet,--1875-1912. Aeronautics--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,028 × 4,064 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112816 |
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