Photograph of a Vought VE-7 aircraft (tail number P-23), circa 1910s-1920s. Typed caption on verso: "Vought."Inscription on verso: "Vought."Stamped on verso: "Photo by H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N.Y."
Photograph of a Standard J-1 aircraft (tail number 22677, fuselage number 22693), circa 1910s-1920s. Typed caption on verso: "Standard."Inscription on verso: "Standard."Stamped on verso: "Photo by H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N.Y."
Photograph of a U.S. Army seaplane in flight, circa 1920s-1930s. Caption on verso: "Hydro Aeroplane."Inscription on verso: "Army tractor, with pontoon attached."Stamped on verso: "Photo by H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N. Y."
Photograph of people working on the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "Loon" aircraft, Keuka Lake, New York, December 1908. Caption on verso: "The Loon. This was the first attempt with a water aeroplane. The June Bug being transformed…
Photograph of people with a Curtiss Model H-2 seaplane (designation "America"), circa 1914. The man on the far left is possibly Glenn Curtiss.
Caption on verso: "America. The plane built for Trans-Atlantic flight. 1914."
Stamped on verso: "Photo by /…
Photograph of people gathered around the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 2 "White Wing" aircraft, Hammondsport, New York, circa May 1908. Typed caption on verso: "White Wing. The first aeroplane to make a public flight starting from the…
Photograph of a Nieuport 17 aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. Typed caption on verso: "Nieuport."Inscription on verso: "Nieuport."Stamped on verso: "Photo by H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N.Y."
Photograph of a man with a Curtiss J aircraft, circa 1910s. Inscription: "U.S.A. Scout."Caption on verso: "First J. N. Tractor."Stamped on verso: "Photo by / H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N. Y."
Photograph of Lincoln Beachey seated at the controls of his Beachey Little Looper aircraft, circa 1912.Caption: "Lincoln Beachey and his aeroplane in which he looped the loop."Typed caption on verso: "Lincoln Beachy [sic], in the aeroplane in which…
Photograph of John A. McCurdy seated at the controls of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet II kite, Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, circa February 1909. Caption on verso: "Cygnet No. 2. A tetrahedral kite, designed by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell,…