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English: Photograph of Vernon Castle, taken a few days before his death on February 15, 1918
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    Captain Vernon Castle, formerly of Broadway, U.S.A. and late of the British Royal Flying Corps, who met his death in an airplane collision at Camp Taliaferro, near Fort Worth, Texas. This picture was the last photograph made of Captain Castle. A few days before his death he made a flight at a track meet of his corps, for "The Screen Telegram," newest of the news reels. The picture on this page is an enlargement of one of the tiny images from the original motion picture negative. Captain Castle gave up his career as a dancer of world fame and an income of about $100,000 a year to serve the cause of England and her allies. He was decorated with the Croix de Guerre as a reward for valiant service.
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Source Photoplay, May 1918 (page 94)
Author Photoplay Publishing Company; no photographer credited
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