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Historic Photo Print - 5 Perkins kites holding up a man, 1910 – Antique Photo Print

Historic Photo Print - 5 Perkins kites holding up a man, 1910 — historic print
Historic Photo Print - 5 Perkins kites holding up a man, 1910. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Historic Photo Print - 5 Perkins kites holding up a man, 1910

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Five kites, grouped in a single train, are shown lifting a man into the air in 1910, a setup that makes this picture stand apart from simpler kite photographs. Man-lifting kite trains were a common experiment in the early 1900s, when engineers and military officers were still testing how far tethered flight could go before reliable powered aircraft existed. Kites like these were used to raise observers, cameras, and instruments above the ground, and the method was valued for its low cost and steady lift. The picture is a useful record of that period, when the line between kite work and early aviation was still being worked out.

SubjectsHistoric Print Archive
Original scan1,197 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-122236

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