French Cavalry and Dirigible DUPUY DE LOME – Vintage 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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French Cavalry and Dirigible DUPUY DE LOME 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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French Cavalry and Dirigible DUPUY DE LOME
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The most distinctive element here is the airship named in the title, the *Dupuy de Lôme*, set beside French cavalry, which places a traditional mounted arm next to an emerging military technology. The airship was named for Stanislas Dupuy de Lôme, a French naval architect known for his ironclad warship designs. Around the turn of the twentieth century, European armies were testing whether lighter-than-air craft could scout ahead of troops, so the pairing reflects a period when horses and new machines still shared the same field. The record gives no date, and the Bain News Service's title is unverified, so the exact occasion 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,722 × 4,185 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-18355 |
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