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A.F. Bergqvist - aerial vessel Patented Oct. 17, 1893. – Historic Reproduction

A.F. Bergqvist - aerial vessel Patented Oct. 17, 1893., [between 1890 and 1900] — historic photograph
A.F. Bergqvist - aerial vessel Patented Oct. 17, 1893., [between 1890 and 1900]. Historic photograph from the Aviation collection.

(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 A.F. Bergqvist - aerial vessel Patented Oct. 17, 1893., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A.F. Bergqvist - aerial vessel Patented Oct. 17, 1893.

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This glass negative records the first of three sheets from a patent for an aerial vessel, granted to A. F. Bergqvist on October 17, 1893, as U.S. Patent No. 506,969. Patent drawings were often photographed onto glass so that copies could be made and circulated, which is why the image reads as a technical diagram rather than a scene. It survives within the Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of materials related to the Alexander Graham Bell family, and it reflects the 1890s, when many inventors were pursuing airships.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1900]
Medium1 negative : glass.
GenreDesign drawings 1890-1900.Glass negatives 1890-1900.
NotesPat. no. 506,969. Sheet 1 of 3. Fig. 1. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).
SubjectsBergqvist, A. F.--Associated objects. Airships--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,284 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-204688

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