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Lot 19

Sale 5856 - Photographs & Photobooks
Sep 11, 2019 9:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$150 - 250
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[AVIATION] GROUP OF 23 EARLY AVIATION PHOTOS

Ca. 1910s–20s. Coated albumen and gelatin silver prints, some mounted to paper, many with printed captions below or on verso. Some with paint highlights on image, presumably for reproduction.
Images: of varying sizes, most approximately 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (16.5 x 21.6cm) each.
Paper mounts: of varying sizes, most approximately 9 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (23.5 x 26.7cm) each.

Most notable are images of the first flight of Poulet and Benoise from France to Melbourne, and van Ryneveld and Brand with the Silver Queen which they flew from England to South Africa in 1920.

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