Tom Sopwith – 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Tom Sopwith in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Tom Sopwith
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Thomas Sopwith, the British aviation and yachting pioneer, is the subject of this glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress. Bain News Service, the New York photo agency that produced and sold pictures of notable people in the early twentieth century, supplied the title, though the record notes it is unverified and carries no date. Sopwith is best known for designing and building the Sopwith Camel, one of the most successful fighter aircraft of the First World War, and for his America's Cup challenges in the 1930s. The plate's small format and glass base reflect the everyday working medium of press photographers of that era.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,873 × 4,235 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10501 |
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