Mrs. Payne Whitney with unidentified gentleman seated on flying field of aviation meet – Vintage 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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Step back in time with Mrs. Payne Whitney with unidentified gentleman seated on flying field of aviation meet, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Mrs. Payne Whitney with unidentified gentleman seated on flying field of aviation meet
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Society spectators were a common sight at early aviation exhibitions, and this glass negative shows Mrs. Payne Whitney seated beside an unidentified gentleman on a flying field. The record dates the exposure to October 29, 1910, when airplane meets drew large crowds eager to see the new machines up close. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency, sold images like this to newspapers, so the scene reads as a snapshot of fashionable onlookers as much as a record of the aircraft. The title comes from Bain's caption data, which has not been independently verified, so the identifications should be read with that in mind.
| Created / published | 10/29/10. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,772 × 4,210 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-6595 |
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