Lt. W.R. Taylor in an S.V.A. – 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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Lt. W.R. Taylor in an S.V.A. 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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Lt. W.R. Taylor in an S.V.A.
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The aeroplane here is an S.V.A., the Italian reconnaissance biplane built by the Savoia-Pomilio company and flown by the Italian air service in the First World War. Its fame rests largely on Gabriele D'Annunzio's 1918 flight over Vienna, when the aircraft was used to drop leaflets over the city. The record names the sitter only as Lt. W.R. Taylor and gives no date, and the title comes from unverified Bain News Service data, so the identification cannot be confirmed. Bain's New York agency sold photographs like this one to newspapers during and after the war, which makes the picture a useful record of how such machines were shown to the public.
| 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 six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,735 × 4,128 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-30758 |
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