Antique and classic aircraft

John Bull, standing with one foot on England and the other on Ireland, holds strings attached to many warships which encircle the United Kingdom, while overhead fly menacing armed aircraft. Caption: “Britannia needs no bulwarks, no towers along the steep; / Her march is o’er the mountain wave, her home is on the deep.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909-01-06

In an imaginary battle, aircraft, battleships, and submarines are shooting at each other. Caption: Whereas formerly we fought our naval battles on top of the water only, we now may fight them on the water, over the water, and under the water!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909-10-27

Creator(s)

Crawford, Will, 1869-1944