Ralph H. Upson – Antique Wall Art
(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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Ralph H. Upson comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Ralph H. Upson
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Ralph H. Upson is the subject here, a portrait of one of the aeronautical engineers and balloonists who helped shape American lighter-than-air flight in the early twentieth century. The record does not give a date, but the Bain News Service, which made this negative, supplied news photographs of prominent people and events from roughly 1905 to 1915. Upson's work on balloons and airships, including his association with the Goodyear company's aeronautics program, placed him among a small group of engineers whose designs and races drew wide press attention in those years. The glass negative format is typical of that era's news studio work.
| 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 | 4,184 × 5,704 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26398 |
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