Sale 2467 Part II: Vintage Posters, March 1, 2018

DESIGNER UNKNOWN 298 c PANAMA AND THE CANAL FROM AN AEROPLANE. 1914. 42x27 3 / 4 inches, 106 3 / 4 x70 1 / 2 cm. Schmidt Litho, San Francisco. Condition B+ / B: expertly-replaced and extensively-overpainted margins; repaired tears at edges, some into image and text; minor abrasions in image; light water stains in upper text. One of at least two posters made promoting this documentary about a 57-minute flight taken on April 27, 1913. The text on the other poster explains that, “these remarkable pictures were taken by Ray A. Durem from the hydro-aeroplane of the noted aviator Robert G. Fowler under unusual difficulties. Fowler made a daring flight across the isthmus from the Pacific to the Atlantic, so far the only aviator to make the journey. Shortly afterward, President Wilson issued an Executive Order forbidding such flights under heavy penalty. The photographs made on this flight, in themselves a notable achievement in motion photography, are probably the only pictures that will ever be taken of the canal from the air except for purposes of war.” Looping the Loop pl. 62. [2,000/3,000]