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Photograph of several men working on a Wright (Co) Model A aircraft, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909. Inscription on album page: "First Wright plane purchased by U.S. government. Ft. Myer; VA, July 1909."Item from the William Preston Mayfield Wright…

Photographic postcard of a Curtiss aircraft, piloted by William S. Luckey, in flight over a crowd, Winchester Virginia, September 12, 1912. Inscription: "W. S. Luckey at Winchester, Va Sept 12/12."

Photographic postcard of people looking at a wrecked aircraft, Winchester, Virginia, September 12, 1912. Inscription: "Wreck of aeroplane at Winchester, Va. Sept 12/12. Engine quit [illegible] landed in railroad cut. / W. S. Luckey."

Broadside advertisement for William S. Luckey's exhibition flight at Big Stone Gap, Virginia, circa 1913-1915. Features a portrait of Luckey and an image of Luckey with a Curtiss seaplane.

Stereograph, "Lieut. LeMaitre of French Aviation Forces in America, Explaining Mechanism of 'Nieuport' Aeroplane. Fortress Monroe, VA," Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1918. Image features Lieutenant LeMaitre explaining a mechanism on a Nieuport 17…

Photograph of people and vehicles in a field, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, July 2 -3, 1915. Inscription on verso: "Big Stone Gap, Va. / 7/2-3=15."

Photographic postcard of an unidentified Curtiss aircraft, piloted by William S. Luckey, in flight over Big Stone Gap, Virginia, July 2, 1915. The postcard message is written by Luckey to his wife in New Brunswick, Canada.Inscription: "Big Stone Gap,…

Photograph of an unidentified Curtiss aircraft on display during an event in Marion, Virginia, August 1915. Vehicles, people, tents, and a grandstand are present in the scene.Inscription on verso: "Marion Va. / Aug 25-26-27=1915."

Photograph of William S. Luckey in an unidentified Curtiss aircraft, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, August 14, 1915. A crowd watches in the background. Inscription on verso: "Big Stone Gap, Va. / 8/14/15."

Photographic postcard of an unidentified Curtiss aircraft, possibly piloted by William S. Luckey, in flight over Big Stone Gap, Virginia, August 14, 1915. Inscription: "Big Stone Gap, Va. 8/14/15."