Purchased by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College on August 12, 2020 from Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.

First Photo of a Floating Aerodrome! This is the HMS Furious, the largest floating aerodrome of the British fleet. It is at anchor in Rosyth, where the Allied seacraft await the coming of the German fleet. This huge vessel mothered many airplanes, which arose and alighted from her decks with the same ease as though on land. British official photo.

HMS Furious was a modified Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the First World War. She was designed to support the Baltic Project championed by the First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Fisher. The ship was very lightly armored and designed to be armed with only two heavy guns (18-inch), one forward and one aft, plus a number of lesser guns. Furious was modified and became an aircraft carrier while under construction. Her forward turret was removed and a flight deck was added in its place, such that aircraft had to maneuver around the superstructure in order to land.

On recto: Clear label attached near bottom right corner, "Copyright by / Underwood & Underwood, N.Y. / From Elliott Service Co., N.Y."

On verso: Typewritten label attached in center, "First Photo Of A Floating Aerodrome! / This is the H. M. S. 'Furious,' the largest floating aero- / drome of the British fleet. It is at anchor Rosynth, where / the Allied seacraft awaited the coming of the German / fleet. This huge vessel mothered many aeroplanes / which arose and alighted from her decks with the / same ease as though on land. British official photo. / UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS ELLIOTT SERVICE CO. EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS 141-145 West 36th St., NEW YORK AB-AJ AH 1722 B". Handwritten in graphite in top left corner, "UU-005".

Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.

Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.

This object has the following keywords:

• HMS Furious
• Rosyth
• Royal Navy
• World War I

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