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The Santos Dumont Air-Ship rounding the Eiffel Tower, on October 19th 1901.
Publisher: Edward Cook & Co., Ltd. (Bow, London, UK, founded in 1859)
British
about 1910
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.12262
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint.
The "LIGHTNING" Series of Flying Machine Post Cards.
PUBLISHED BY EDWARD COOK & Co., Ltd., The Soap and Disinfectant Specialists, Bow, London, E.
The "LIGHTNING" Series of Flying Machine Post Cards.
PUBLISHED BY EDWARD COOK & Co., Ltd., The Soap and Disinfectant Specialists, Bow, London, E.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)