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                                            SCOTT, BLANCHE STUART (1891-1970).  Photograph inscribed and signed ("Blanche Stuart Scott"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1910].  205 x 253 mm. (8 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.) including margins, some spotting (probably from photo-processing).  A candid photograph of the first female pilot (or "aviatrix") to solo, seated in her plane, inscribed on the lower portion of the image: "First hop - Aug 8 1910  First solo in the air Sept 2 1910  Blanche Stuart Scott."
                                        
                                    Provenance
                                        
                                            The Cornelius Greenway Collection (sale, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 4 May 1971, lot 230).