Photographic postcard of Tony Jannus (in cockpit) and others with a Benoist seaplane, Omaha, Nebraska, circa 1912.Caption: "Tony Jannus receiving final instructions at the start of the flight from Omaha, Nebr. to New Orleans, La."
Photographic postcard of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft after its fatal crash at Long Beach, California on April 3, 1912. A picture of Rodgers is inset on the left.
Photographic postcard of a crowd gathered around the wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft, Long Beach, California, April 3, 1912. Rodgers was killed in this crash.
Photographic postcard of Robert G. Fowler (third from left) and his crew with a Wright Model B aircraft, Orleans, Nebraska, August 1912. A crowd is gathered in the background. Inscription: "Robert G. Fowler's aeroplane and crew. Fowler holding…
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."
Photographic postcard of two men with a Benoist seaplane, Nebraska City, Nebraska, November 8, 1912.Caption: "Benoist Hydro. Aeroplane en route from Omaha, Nebr. to New Orleans, LA at Nebraska City, Nebr. Nov. 8, 1912.
Photographic postcard of a man with a Benoist seaplane, Nebraska City, Nebraska, November 8, 1912.Caption: "Hydro-Aeroplane en-route from Omaha, Nebr. to New Orleans, La. at Nebraska City, Nebr. / Nov. 8, 1912.
Photographic postcard of people with a Benoist seaplane, Nebraska City, Nebraska, November 8, 1912.Caption: "Benoist Hydro-Aeroplane en-route from Omaha, Nebr. to New Orleans, La. at Nebraska City, Nebr. / Nov. 8, 1912.
Photographic postcard of people with a Benoist seaplane, Nebraska City, Nebraska, November 8, 1912.Caption: "Benoist Hydro-Aeroplane en-route from Omaha, Nebr. to New Orleans, La. at Nebraska City, Nebr. / Nov. 8, 1912.