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Art of Flight

机译:飞行艺术

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In the early 1940s, a slim booklet called the Album of Modern American Airplanes was published. I don't know how many other copies of the Album still exist, but I have one sturdy survivor on my desk. Although it measures about 5 by 7 inches and has only 17 pages of content, this little cardboard archive is impressive because it amounts to a capsule documentary of an important stage of American aviation. The Album holds a collection of old-fashioned, giveaway airplane trading cards that were once offered in packages of cigarettes. The book and its contents were created as promotional devices, meant to take advantage of the public's avid appetite for information about aviation. But given its detailed and colorful illustrations, the little volume quickly became a valuable source,of data— and to this day the Album remains a useful collectiblee.
机译:在1940年代初期,出版了一本纤细的小册子,名为《现代美国飞机专辑》。我不知道还有多少本“专辑”,但我的桌子上还有一个健壮的幸存者。尽管它只有5乘7英寸,只有17页的内容,但这个小小的纸板档案馆却给人留下了深刻的印象,因为它相当于美国航空业一个重要阶段的胶囊记录片。专辑中有一些老式的赠品飞机交易卡,这些卡曾经以香烟包装的形式提供。该书及其内容被创建为促销手段,旨在利用公众对航空信息的强烈需求。但是,由于其详细而生动的插图,很少的体积很快就成为了有价值的数据来源-直到今天,专辑仍然是一个有用的收藏家。

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