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Biplan Farman

  • Farman Biplane

  • 1909

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Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a biplane manufactured by Farman Aviation Works, a French aircraft company founded and run by brothers Richard, Henri, and Maurice Farman. 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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  • 3.5 in. H x 5.5 in. W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 287

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Molynk, A. “Biplan Farman.” Watercolor (paint), 1909. Box 287. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/m613mz47b.

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