File:In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Postcard Scan.png
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Summary
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English: The illustration depicts five bathers at the seaside. In the foreground, two male bathers are swimming in the water while a female bather is seated on a dock. In the background, two other swimmers poke their heads out of the water, and farther out on the horizon three ships are sailing. Alternate versions of the postcard with and without the gold detailing also circulated around the same time period; see "Other versions" below. |
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| Date |
English: The original Reddit post by Stevens indicates that this copy of the postcard was postmarked in Pennsylvania on July 1, 1907. |
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| Source |
English: Scan of the postcard by Michael Stevens of Vsauce, who posted the image on Reddit on August 18, 2024. |
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| Author |
English: Anonymous. Neither the illustrator nor the publisher/printer are identified on any currently known copies of the postcard, nor have they been identified by secondary sources. No artist's signature appears on the illustration itself (or on other postcards in the same series). The liner notes for In the Aeroplane Over the Sea contain the credit "Art Direction: Chris Bilheimer & Jeff Mangum", without describing (much less attributing) the postcard used to create the cover design. On page 81 of Kim Cooper's 2005 book about In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (#29 in the 33⅓ series, ISBN 0-8264-1690-X), it is described simply as "a vintage European postcard of bathers at a resort" purchased by Mangum from a thrift shop, with no indication of authorship. |
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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| current | 22:28, 19 August 2024 | | 903 × 1,408 (2.29 MB) | Joeyquism | Cropped 16 % horizontally, 10 % vertically, 25 % areawise, rotated 0.5° using CropTool with precise mode. |
| 22:18, 19 August 2024 |  | 1,080 × 1,560 (2.18 MB) | Joeyquism | Uploaded a work by Anonymous. Neither the illustrator nor the publisher/printer are identified on any currently known copies of the postcard, nor have they been identified by secondary sources.<br /><br /> No artist's signature appears on the illustration itself (or on other postcards in the same series). The liner notes for ''In the Aeroplane Over the Sea'' contain the credit "Art Direction: Chris Bilheimer & Jeff Mangum", without describing (much less attributing) the postcard used to crea... |
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