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Engraving, "La descente du globe aerostatique dans la Prairie de Nesle," depicting a balloon descending in Nesle, France, original piece dated circa 1850s. Text in French is engraved below the image.Label included with engraving: "Satirical print on…

Photographic postcard of Wilbur Wright and Charles de Lambert, Camp d'Auvours, France, circa 1908.Typed caption: "Wilbur Wright et M. le Comte de Lambert, son premier élève pilote. - Camp d'Auvours 1908."

Photograph of a group of men looking at the Wright Brothers' Model A aircraft, France, circa 1908-1909.

Photograph of people wheeling the Wright Brothers' Model A aircraft into a temporary hangar, likely at the Hunaudières Racecourse in France, circa 1908-1909.

Photograph of people looking at the Wright Brothers' Model A aircraft, France, circa 1908-1909.

Photograph of people gathered near the Wright Brothers' Model A aircraft, France, circa 1908-1909. The Wrights' derrick-style catapult for aircraft launches is visible in the background.

Photograph of the Wright Brothers' Model A aircraft, presumably piloted by Wilbur Wright, during a demonstration flight, France, circa 1908-1909.

Photograph of several men looking at the Wright Brothers' Model A aircraft, France, circa 1908-1909.

Photograph of several men looking at the Wright Brothers' Model A aircraft and their derrick-style catapult, France, circa 1908-1909.

Photograph of several men looking at the Wright Brothers' Model A aircraft and their derrick-style catapult, France, circa 1908-1909.