Comdr. Byrd Coolidge & Mch. Bennett, 2/19/27 – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Comdr. Byrd Coolidge & Mch. Bennett, 2/19/27, [19]27 February 19. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ad/ad4a5077ac26-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Comdr. Byrd Coolidge & Mch. Bennett, 2/19/27. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Comdr. Byrd Coolidge & Mch. Bennett, 2/19/27
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Naval aviator Richard E. Byrd is pictured with Coolidge, most likely President Calvin Coolidge, and Machinist Bennett, probably Floyd Bennett, the Navy machinist who had flown with Byrd on the 1926 North Pole flight. In early 1927 Byrd was a prominent figure in naval aviation, and his attention was turning toward long-distance flight across the Atlantic. The glass negative comes from the National Photo Company's collection of Washington-era pictures and shows the streaks and blemishes that often mark aging emulsion on glass plates.
| Created / published | [19]27 February 19. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,588 × 4,558 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-246012 |
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