
Biplane Almost Over Lake

by Mark Miller
Title
Biplane Almost Over Lake
Artist
Mark Miller
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This gag photo postcard was photographed at Lake Hopatcong by local photographer William J. Harris at beginning of the 20th century.
One of the trademarks of W.J. Harris were his humor and novelty postcards. Vacation time at Lake Hopatcong encouraged people to loosen up a little and laugh, and humorous scenes were in high demand to send back to friends in the cities.
Summer lake visitors could go to the studio of W.J. Harris on Lake Hopatcong and have their photo taken in a powered bi-plane which was suspended in Harris' studio. Their 'flight' photo negative would be sandwiched with an aerial photo negative of Lake Hopatcong, and the two printed together into a personalized postcard. This was only a few years after the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers, so with air flight so new these personalized postcards probably fooled a few folks back home.
There are 2 versions of this image available for purchase:
Version 1: The original image as it appeared on postcards with the words “Lake Hopatcong” printed on the image.
Version 2: The words "Lake Hopatcong" at the bottom of the image have been removed.
This is a new derivative work of the original image. The original image has been scanned, digitally repaired and enhanced by me to bring out it's detail, and to make the image look as it would have when it was new, back in the day.
Please note: "The Fine Art America" watermark in the corner of the image will not appear on your purchased order.
(details about the history of this postcard image were found at landingnewjersey.com)
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October 10th, 2019
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