Cyril's Aero Sled. – Antique 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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Cyril's Aero Sled. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Cyril's Aero Sled.
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Cyril's Aero Sled is a January 1911 news photograph from the George Grantham Bain Collection, which holds the work of a New York press photographer active in the early 1900s. The vehicle is an aero sled, a runner-mounted craft driven by an airscrew, a type of machine that drew public curiosity in the years when powered flight was still new. The title and date come from an old caption card that has not been independently verified, so the name "Cyril" and the details of the machine are best read as the photographer's own record. The picture is useful for seeing how early aviation enthusiasm spread to other kinds of motorized travel.
| Created / published | 1911 Jan. 26. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: BI; Aviation--1911; Sleds; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,091 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-138871 |
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