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E. Pynchon - air ship Patented Nov. 14, 1893 / The National Lithographing Company, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Print

E. Pynchon - air ship Patented Nov. 14, 1893 / The National Lithographing Company, Washington, D.C., [between 1893 and 1900] — historic photograph
E. Pynchon - air ship Patented Nov. 14, 1893 / The National Lithographing Company, Washington, D.C., [between 1893 and 1900]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(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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Step back in time with E. Pynchon - air ship Patented Nov. 14, 1893 / The National Lithographing Company, Washington, D.C., a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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E. Pynchon - air ship Patented Nov. 14, 1893 / The National Lithographing Company, Washington, D.C.

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Among the Bell family photographs is this third sheet of a patent drawing, showing Figure 7 of an airship design by Edwin Pynchon, granted as U.S. Patent No. 508,753 on November 14, 1893. The drawing was printed by the National Lithographing Company in Washington, D.C., and the record preserves it as a glass negative rather than the original sheet. Lighter-than-air craft drew many inventors in the 1890s, when balloon and dirigible concepts were widely tested and debated. Alexander Graham Bell was deeply interested in flight, and Gilbert H. Grosvenor's family ties to Bell help explain why patent material like this ended up in the collection.

Created / published[between 1893 and 1900]
Medium1 negative : glass.
GenreDesign drawings 1890-1900.Glass negatives 1890-1900.
NotesPat. no. 508,753. Sheet 3 of 3. Fig. 7. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).
SubjectsPynchon, Edwin--Associated objects. Airships--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,660 × 2,757 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-204686

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