Monoplan Blériot
Blériot Monoplane
- 1909
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a monoplane designed and flown by French aviator, inventor, and engineer Louis Blériot (1872-1936). In 1909, Blériot became world-famous for making the first airplane flight across the English Channel, claiming the £1,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail newspaper. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled Album Gravures et Cartes-Postales: Vieux Paris Types Petits Métiers et Cris De La Rue (1909).
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Molynk, A. “Monoplan Blériot.” Watercolor (paint), 1909. Donald F. Othmer Papers, Box 287. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/rx913r143.
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