Ernst Ruprecht 1891–1954 Scintilla: Lindbergh / Byrd / Chamberlin vintage poster
Caption Brief: Not one scintilla of doubt as to the electrifying effect this poster had on its audience. The magnetos were an essential component of the Wright Whirlwind engine, used in the flights of three pioneering American aviators: Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight on the Spirit of St. Louis; the polar explorer Richard E. Byrd, who followed Lindbergh just a month later; and the forgotten Duncan Chamberlin, who was actually the second trans-Atlantic aviator: he'd gone to Berlin to grab the prize for distance, just two weeks after Lindbergh's flight. Scintilla, a Swiss company headquartered in New York City, was later bought by Bendix.
1927
26½ h × 18 w in (67 × 46 cm)
Societe Polygraphique, Laupen
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Condition: Cond A-: with a few minor touch-ups, creasing, and pinpoints of foxing.
Literature: The Art Deco Poster, Crouse, p. 34; PAI-IX, 463
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Caption Brief: Not one scintilla of doubt as to the electrifying effect this poster had on its audience. The magnetos were an essential component of the Wright Whirlwind engine, used in the flights of three pioneering American aviators: Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight on the Spirit of St. Louis; the polar explorer Richard E. Byrd, who followed Lindbergh just a month later; and the forgotten Duncan Chamberlin, who was actually the second trans-Atlantic aviator: he'd gone to Berlin to grab the prize for distance, just two weeks after Lindbergh's flight. Scintilla, a Swiss company headquartered in New York City, was later bought by Bendix.
1927
26½ h × 18 w in (67 × 46 cm)
Societe Polygraphique, Laupen
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Condition: Cond A-: with a few minor touch-ups, creasing, and pinpoints of foxing.
Literature: The Art Deco Poster, Crouse, p. 34; PAI-IX, 463
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