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[Louis Blériot(?) on his airplane, surrounded by people] – Vintage Print

[Louis Blériot(?) on his airplane, surrounded by people], [1909 Oct. 15] — historic photograph
[Louis Blériot(?) on his airplane, surrounded by people], [1909 Oct. 15]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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A man stands beside an airplane as a crowd gathers around him, a scene typical of the public attention early aviators drew. The record tentatively identifies him as Louis Blériot, the French pilot who became famous in July 1909 for flying across the English Channel, though the question mark in the title means the identification is not certain. Dated October 15, 1909, the picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news photographs that documents much of the early twentieth century's public life. Crowds like this one show how quickly flight moved from novelty to spectacle in those years.

Created / published[1909 Oct. 15]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesGeorge Grantham Bain Collection.
SubjectsBlériot, Louis,--1872-1936. Air pilots--French--1900-1910. Airplanes--1900-1910. Spectators--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,326 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-184013

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