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Aerial photograph of the fairgrounds in San Francisco, California, circa 1910s. Inscription: "Taken from Adolph G. Sutro's Hydro Aerolane."Inscription on verso: "Fair Grounds / S.F. Cal."

Oblique aerial photograph of Crissy Field, San Francisco, California, circa 1910s-1930s.Inscription: "Crissy Field [written backwards on negative]."Inscription on envelope: "Crissy Field."

Photograph of a Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on the USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay, California, January 18, 1911. This is credited as the first successful shipboard landing of an aircraft.

Photograph of a Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, taking off from the USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay, California, January 18, 1911. A large crowd of sailors watches from the ship.

Photograph of the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, circa 1917-1919.Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa 1917-1919.

Oblique aerial photograph of port facilities in San Francisco, California, circa 1920s-1930s.

Oblique aerial photograph of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California, circa 1920s-1930s.

Oblique aerial photograph of buildings near McCoy Cove in San Francisco, California, circa 1920s-1930s.

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left), Wesley May (center), and Lowell Yerex (right) inspecting a parachute and rope ladder before a barnstorming performance in San Francisco, California, circa 1922. A Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft is in the…

Photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge, taken by AVG (American Volunteer Group) serviceman Robert H. Neale from a transport ship while en route to the China-Burma-India Theater, San Francisco, California, circa 1941. Inscription on verso: "Outward…