1909 Paris Air Show

air show

air show

Name/Title

1909 Paris Air Show

Entry/Object ID

SHH 11.1743

Description

Black and white photographic print of the 1909 Paris Air Show or exposition taken from above. Three planes visible with people milling about. Steps to a building at right edge. Plane on left has quite a group of men observing. Interesting lamps hanging from ceiling.

Collection

PERMANENT COLLECTION

Acquisition

Accession

SHH-Original

Source or Donor

Seiberling Heirs

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Seiberling, Willard Penfield

Role

Photographer

Date made

1909

Place

Location

Paris, France

Notes

Medium: black and white photograph

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Negative Number

Other Number

N-356

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

4 in

General Notes

Note

Continuation of SHH 11.1683. "Gnome" just visible in #1683. From Wikipedia: The Paris Air Show (Salon international de l'aéronautique et de l'espace, Paris-Le Bourget) is the world's oldest and largest air show, and traces its history back to the first decade of the 20th century. In 1908 a section of the Paris Motor Show was dedicated to aircraft. The following year, a dedicated air show was held at the Grand Palais from 25 September to 17 October, during which 100,000 visitors turned out to see products and innovations from 380 exhibitors. There were four further shows before the First World War. The show restarted in 1919, and from 1924 it was held every two years before being interrupted again by the Second World War. It restarted again in 1946 and since 1949, has been held in every odd year.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

June 1, 1994

Updated By

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Update Date

May 20, 2025