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[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on USS Pennsylvania]
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.

[Clyde Pangborn, Wesley May, and Lowell Yerex inspecting parachute and ladder]
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…

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

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

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

[Aerial view of fairgrounds in San Francisco]
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."
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