Sopwith & Mrs. Chudoba, woman passenger. 1911 – Historic 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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This historic photograph of Sopwith & Mrs. Chudoba, woman passenger. 1911 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Sopwith & Mrs. Chudoba, woman passenger. 1911
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A woman passenger is a rare subject among the early aviation photographs in the Bain News Service files, and that is what sets this 1911 glass negative apart. The title pairs the aviator Thomas Sopwith with a Mrs. Chudoba, though the caption name is unverified. In 1911, carrying a passenger was still a novelty, since early machines were fragile and underpowered. Sopwith later founded the company that built the Sopwith Camel, so the picture catches him early in a career that shaped military aviation.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,791 × 4,166 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11120 |
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