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Photograph of Ruth Wightman (left) and another woman, circa 1920s.

Photograph of Ruth Wightman standing near a door, circa 1920s.

Photograph of Ruth Wightman (left) with another woman and a dog, circa 1920s.

Photograph of Ruth Wightman (left) with another woman and a dog, circa 1920s.

Photograph album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s. Some images are damaged.

Photograph of a Blackburn Bluebird aircraft (fuselage designation G-ABDS), circa 1930s. Pilot Mildred Bruce is seated in the cockpit. Inscription: "Mrs. Bruce [written backwards on negative]." Inscription on envelope: "Mrs. Bruce."

Photograph of Ruth Law piloting her Curtiss Model D Headless aircraft, Hammondsport, New York, circa 1910s. Inscription: "Ruth Law, Hammondsport, N.Y., (Pioneer Days)." Caption on envelope: "Ruth Law in flight."

Photograph of crowd gathered around Ruth Law (seated at controls) and her Curtiss Model D Headless aircraft, circa 1900s-1910s. Caption on envelope: "Ruth Law in A/C / 3/4 front above ground."

Photograph of Ruth Law seated at the controls of a Curtiss Model D aircraft, circa 1910s. Typed caption on verso: "Ruth Law, the daring woman flyer."

Photograph of Elinor Smith's Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft after crashing upside down near Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, March 27, 1931.Typed caption on verso: "Noseover of Miss Elinor Smith's monoplane [cut off] / March 27, 1931. After…