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Photographs of planes [B 75108/1] • Photograph

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Summary

Two men (the seated pilot is almost certainly R.G. Carey) in the cockpit of a biplane, believed to be a Maurice Farman Shorthorn belonging to R.G. Carey. There is an advertisement for 'Velvet soap' on the side of the cockpit, and a bicycle tied to one wing is promoting 'Ariel Cycle Works' at Footscray, owned by H. Horder. [Carey used the bike as transport from the plane after it was set down in a paddock to the nearest town where he was conducting business.]

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Physical description

3 photographs : acetate, negative, black and white ; 120 mm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1920

Photographer

Smith, Walter Douglas

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Seaplanes -- Australia
Biplanes -- Australia

Catalogue record

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Historical information

The Maurice Farman Shorthorn planes were built from 1913 and were used as training aircraft by several countries, including the Australian Flying Corps. In 1919 four of these planes were sold to Robert Graham Carey, an early Australian aviator, the first holder of an Australian commercial flying permit, and the owner of the Melbourne Air Service which operated from Port Melbourne. He also used the air service for advertising as a 'Message from the Cloud', including Velvet soap. [See 'A message from the clouds' by Desmond Martin and Bertha Carey for further details.] The Ariel bikes (one of which is featured in the first image) were built in Footscray, Victoria, from around 1910. Horace Horder and Harris Horder were champion racing cyclists, as was their father George..

Digitisation information

Date

26/07/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

11,059 x 7,538 pixels (83.4 MP)

Size

166.75 MB

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