Pair of Early F Machine RPPCs (DeCaters and Blériot), Frankfurt International Airshow, 1909 four fish with two open eyes looking

with two open eyes looking straight ahead and its nose pointing toward us

3 1/8" x 5 1/2"

could stand for anywhere

and perhaps that is the year it was purchased rather than the year it was taken

great color scheme

Pair of Early F Machine RPPCs (DeCaters and Blériot), Frankfurt International Airshow, 1909 four fish with two open eyes lookingI'm finding it hard to photograph photos well, but these are really gorgeous, both formally as images and for the marvelous early flying machines they capture! With a little research I've figured out that they were taken at the 1909 Frankfurt International Airshow in Frankfurt am Main, the world's largest and most important early aviation exhibition, which included all manner of aircraft (from early flying machines to balloons to the Zeppelin, with a