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KERN (DATES UNKNOWN) HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GIRL FLYING OVER NEW YORK? / N.Y. AMERICAN AND JOURNAL. Circa 1906. 15x19 7/8 inches. Condition B / B+: tape along top and bottom edge and on verso; tears and staining in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds. Paper. While posters advertising magazines and newspapers in America were rather common in the 1890s and early 1900s, it is extremely rare to find one devoted to the new, worldwide sensation of heavier-than-air-flight. While no information has been found about the artist, this is another of earliest American posters depicting flight. The New York American and Journal was a William Randolph Hearst publication, so it is no surprise that the poster offers readers a rather fantastic prospect. Often mistakenly described as a woman with a camera, this image in fact shows flying woman with the power supply for her wings slung around her neck. Considering America's fascination with flying, this image was sure to help boost the paper's already large, 800,000 Sunday circulation.
