Fokker Schwerin – 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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A window into the past: Fokker Schwerin, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Fokker Schwerin
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A color advertisement from the Berlin periodical *Motor*, this tearsheet carries the name "Fokker Schwerin," which ties it to the Fokker aircraft company founded by Dutch-born designer Anthony Fokker. Fokker's monoplanes, including the Eindecker fighter, were flown by German forces during the First World War, and the magazine's readers would have included those interested in the military and industrial side of aviation. Printed in 1917, when the war was in its fourth year, the advertisement shows how German manufacturers marketed military equipment to the public. Its full-color halftone reproduction was still a relatively new and costly technique for magazine advertising at the time.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1910-1920.Periodical illustrations 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Tearsheet of advertisement from the periodical Motor (Berlin), March/April, p. 140d. |
| Subjects | Arms & armament--Germany--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Equipment & supplies--German. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 796 × 1,186 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216671 |
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