First Annual Banquet, Federation of American Aero Clubs, tendered by Aeronautique Club of Chicago, Feby. 21, 1908 – 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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Step back in time with First Annual Banquet, Federation of American Aero Clubs, tendered by Aeronautique Club of Chicago, Feby. 21, 1908, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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First Annual Banquet, Federation of American Aero Clubs, tendered by Aeronautique Club of Chicago, Feby. 21, 1908
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A February 21, 1908 banquet in Chicago, given by the Aeronautique Club of Chicago for the Federation of American Aero Clubs, is the subject here. The gathering was the federation's first annual dinner, held as the young sport of flight was drawing public attention after the Wright brothers' powered flights of 1903 and the pioneering exhibitions that followed. The print was made by the Geo. R. Lawrence Company, a Chicago firm known for large group photographs of banquets and civic events, and it was registered for copyright that same month. Its interest lies in the group itself: a record of the men who organized early American aviation clubs, posed for a camera at a moment when the field was still new.
| Created / published | 1908 February 21. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 14.5 x 18.5 in. |
| Genre | Group portraits.Portrait photographs.Gelatin silver prints.Banquet camera photographs. |
| Notes | H106559 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; February 24, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43412.256. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. |
| Subjects | Banquets. Aero Club of America--People. Aero Club of America--Meetings.United States--Illinois--Chicago. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 909 × 735 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-200409 |
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