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Photograph of Ralph Newcomb (center) and others with an unidentified aircraft, Bakersfield, California, December 22, 1918.Inscription on verso: "Short -- Wilson and myself at Bakersfield / Dec. 22nd, 1918."

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb (far right), Walter Brookins (center), and others with a LePère aircraft, circa 1918. The inscription notes that the aircraft was built for L. C. Brand, likely Leslie Coombs Brand.Inscription on verso: "Le Pere / Venice,…

Photograph of a man in a Blériot XI aircraft, Griffith Aviation Field, Los Angeles, California, circa 1900s-1910s. Inscription in margin: "[Ignato Semmnuk?] -- Bleriot monoplane / Griffith Aviation Field / LA."Part of a set of album pages containing…

Photograph of a beach town, likely in California, circa 1900s-1910s.Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb (right) and two men with an unidentified seaplane, California, circa 1913.Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.

Photograph of Jack Hoffman's Gage Tractor aircraft at Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, circa 1915.Inscription in margin: "Jack Hoffman -- Gage Tractor -- Griffith Park L.A. 1915."Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early…

Photograph of Glenn Martin piloting an unidentified aircraft above a crowd, Balbo Beach, California, circa 1912.Inscription in margin: "Glenn Martin / 1912 / Balboa Beach, Calif."Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early…

Photograph of (from left to right) Fred Schiller, Ruth Wightman, and Edwin Musick at the Venice Flying School, California, circa 1918. Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.

Photograph of Charles Lindberg piloting a Bowlus SP-1 Paper Wing Glider above a crowd, Fish Ranch, Carmel, California, March 1930.Inscription on envelope: "Lindbergh + sail plane at Fish Ranch, Carmel Calif."

Photograph (reproduction) of the first flight of the Wright Flyer, North Carolina, December 17, 1903. Orville Wright at controls, Wilbur Wright on ground. Includes a clipping glued to verso about the importance of gasoline to the aviation industry.