Cyril's aero sled – 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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Cyril's aero sled comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Cyril's aero sled
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The title, "Cyril's aero sled," points to a sled built around an aircraft-style propeller, a design that drew attention in the early 1900s as winter travel and sport experimented with engines on snow and ice. The Bain News Service, a New York picture agency, issued photographs like this one to newspapers, so it was likely taken to report on a novelty. The title comes from the agency's own notes and has not been independently verified, so the Cyril it names remains unidentified. The glass negative format is a useful clue to the period's photographic practice.
| 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 | 5,703 × 4,179 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10199 |
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