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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.

Letterpress print of James Sadler during a balloon ascent, undated.

Letterpress print of Vincent Lunardi during a balloon ascent, original piece dated circa 1785.

Letterpress print of crowds with the hydrogen balloon used in the 1783 flight by Nicolas-Louis Robert and Jacques Charles, Paris, France, undated.

Letterpress print of a balloon in flight over Hungerford Market, London, England, original piece dated 1833.

Letterpress print of balloonist James Sadler and passenger William Clayfield landing in the Bristol Channel, original piece dated circa 1810.

Letterpress print of a hot-air balloon and crowds at the 1804 coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte, undated.

Holiday greeting card from Moya Lear, 1996. The card includes an illustration of a nighttime sleigh ride.

Advertisement postcard for exhibition aviator William S. Luckey, circa 1913-1915. The front features a photomechanical print of a Curtiss aircraft, likely piloted by Luckey, in flight over a racetrack. The verso contains information about Luckey's…

Photomechanical print of the Apollo 13 Command Module's recovery from the Pacific Ocean, showing the CM being lifted via crane up to the deck of the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), April 17, 1970.