Constantinople and Bucharest ̶ Mission Française Aeronautique d'Orient. 1920, 31 photographs

CONSTANTINOPLE AND BUCHAREST ̶ MISSION FRANÇAISE 

Mission Française Aeronautique d'Orient. Port Aérien "Capitane Malavialle", St Stefano, [17 March - 28 June, 1920]

Photograph album, folio (328 x 230mm.), 31 silver prints, mounted on card, recto and verso, original green card sewn wrappers, upper cover with title and pictorial design in watercolour and gouache depicting a biplane flying over the Bosphorus with a mosque and a sailing boat, some fading to photographs, ink stain to lower edge of wrappers and mounts, slight wear to wrappers

The photographs record a flight between Constantinople and Bucharest in spring 1920, and include 2 aerial views of San Stefano and "le Port Aérien", 18 photographs of Constantinople, including 11 aerial views, 6 aerial photographs of Bucharest, and a photograph showing the flight route between Constantinople and Bucharest.