1919 Cover Portable Hangar Airplane World War I M Gabriel Voisin Airdrome SCA3 SILENT7 This is an original 1876

This is an original 1876 black and white wood engraving of Parisan street musician Charles Minart playing his violin

This is a tiny original 1907 halftone print of cannibals of the Congo in Africa

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the place of Mississippi Steam Boat Fame

the ship was both very wide and very shallow

1919 Cover Portable Hangar Airplane World War I M Gabriel Voisin Airdrome SCA3 SILENT7 This is an original 1876Please note that this is a cover only. This is an original 1919 two color cover for Scientific American depicting inflatable airplane hangars used during World War I. During trench warfare, regular airdromes were used, but once the war switched to open fighting with the armies on the march, the need for portable hangars became imminent. M. Gabriel Voisin, a well known airplane constructor, came up with the idea of the inflatable shelters. Please note