Commander Samson arrives at South Sea after flying from Eastchurch. Mooring the hydroaeroplane – Historic Reproduction
(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: Commander Samson arrives at South Sea after flying from Eastchurch. Mooring the hydroaeroplane, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Commander Samson arrives at South Sea after flying from Eastchurch. Mooring the hydroaeroplane
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Commander Samson is shown mooring his hydroaeroplane at South Sea, the caption's spelling of the Hampshire seafront near Portsmouth, after a flight from Eastchurch, the Royal Navy's early flying station on the Isle of Sheppey. Samson was among the Royal Navy's first pilots, and in the years before the First World War, seaplanes like this one were being tested for scouting and patrolling coastal waters. The Bain News Service, a New York press agency, distributed photographs like this one to newspapers, so the picture shows how quickly news of naval flying reached the public. The record gives no date, so the scene is best read within that experimental period.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,716 × 4,178 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-14040 |
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