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[Interior of Do X seaplane (flying boat) built by Dornier: Cockpit(?) and map-making instruments] – Antique Map Print

[Interior of Do X seaplane (flying boat) built by Dornier: Cockpit(?) and map-making instruments], [1929] — historic photograph
[Interior of Do X seaplane (flying boat) built by Dornier: Cockpit(?) and map-making instruments], [1929]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Interior of Do X seaplane (flying boat) built by Dornier: Cockpit(?) and map-making instruments] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Inside a flying boat, the cabin and flight station take center stage in this 1929 view, where the title suggests a cockpit alongside a set of map-making instruments. Claude Dornier's Do X was among the largest aircraft of its era, a multi-engined flying boat built in Germany and first flown in 1929. Its navigation equipment mattered because the plane was designed for long overwater routes, where crews depended on instruments rather than landmarks. The caption card is old and not fully verified, so the exact identity of the equipment is worth reading with some caution.

Created / published[1929]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsAlfred Hildebrandt Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Seaplanes; Airplanes--192-?
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,142 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143506

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