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Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Hammondsport Glider in a field, likely in Hammondsport, New York, February 12, 1908. Inscription: "The Hammondsport Glider, Feb. 12, 1908."Caption from bulletin: "9. The Hammondsport Glider, Feb, 12,…

Photograph of John A. D. McCurdy flying the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "June Bug" aircraft at a race track near Hammondsport, New York, July 27, 1908. Inscription on verso: "June Bug / Douglas McCurdy. Hammondsport, July 27,…

Photograph of several members and associates of the Aerial Experimental Association at an airfield near Hammondsport, New York, April 6, 1908. Standing, from left to right: Thomas Scott Baldwin, Frederick Walker Baldwin, J. Newton Williams, John A.…

Photograph of several men examining the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 2 "White Wing" aircraft, Hammondsport, New York, May 14, 1908.Inscription: "Drome No. 2, Baldwin's White Wing, at Hammondsport, N.Y. May 14, 1908."Caption from…

Photograph of several men gathered around the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "June Bug" aircraft, Hammondsport, New York, circa 1908. Identified people include Thomas S. Baldwin (seated at controls) and Glenn H. Curtiss (far…

Photograph of several men gathered around the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "June Bug" aircraft at a race track near Hammondsport, New York, June 21, 1908. Inscription: "Drome No. 3, Curtiss' June Bug at Hammondsport N.Y., June 21,…

Photograph of several men gathered around the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "Loon" aircraft near Hammondsport, New York, November 5, 1908.Inscription: "Drome No. 3, Curtiss' June Bug, placed on pontoons and renamed the Loon, on Lake…

Photograph of a group of men examining the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft at the Stoney Brook Farm, Hammondsport, New York, November 3, 1908.Inscription on verso: "At the Stoney Brook Farm. Drome No. 4,…

Photograph of a group of men working on the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "June Bug" aircraft at a race track near Hammondsport, New York, circa 1908. Inscription on verso: "June Bug."

Photograph of people gathered around the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 2 "White Wing" aircraft, Hammondsport, New York, circa May 1908. Typed caption on verso: "White Wing. The first aeroplane to make a public flight starting from the…