Lot 70
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UNKNOWN FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER and Aubert (2)

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UNKNOWN FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER and Aubert (2)

ROBERT SAVARY AVIATION SCHOOL, vicinity of Chartres

An album containing approximately 61 gelatin silver prints relating to early aviation. 1910-11. The majority with descriptive titles in ink on the mount. Varying sizes from 1 x 1¼in. to 3½ x 5½in. Mounted 1-to-3-per-page, 2 on carte-postale stock with photographer's printed credit, the remainder on carte-postale size blue card mounts cornered into an accordian-style folding leporello. Oblong 4to. Maroon morocco gilt boards with impressed lettering.

Lot Essay

The images include: portraits of flyers and personalities including Hurek? Level, Marron, Pascal, Pierre, Madame D'nancourt, Reicher, Madame Savary, Pierre and Savary, Pierre and Picard, Courlez; scenes of Bleriot, Farman and Breguet aircraft; aerial maneuvers, including a flight from Chartres to Etampes; pilots and their students with planes; assembly shop; and extracurricular activities.