Oversized outdoor photograph of biplane bomber Dayton-Wright De Havilland 4 (DH-4). Dayton, Ohio: Sam R. Kremer, n. d. Presented in a period frame measuring 25 5/8 x 19 3/16 in., visible 11 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.

Evidently photographed from another airplane based on the presence of clouds beneath the DH-4. There are some period enhancements to clarify the subject, but a sense of motion throughout the piece is nonetheless palpable.

The Dayton-Wright Company was an airplane manufacturer active between 1917 and 1923. During this period, the company produced between 3,159 and 3,163 aircraft, with 3,106 of these being Dayton-Wright DH-4s. At the outbreak of the First World War, the Aviation Section, Signal Corps (predecessor to the modern-day United States Air Force), didn't have the capacity to engineer original combat-ready planes. Thus, the Dayton-Wright DH-4 was a modified version of the British Airco DH.4.

Samuel Ritter Kremer (1881-1961) was a prolific photographer in Dayton, OH, producing work for various local news outlets as well as the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. 

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