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Silver Dart rear
Photograph of people gathered around the Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 4 Silver Dart aircraft, circa 1907-1909.Caption on envelope: "Silver Dart rear."

White Wing / Herring, Baldwin, Curtiss, Beach, McCurdy, Hawley
Photograph of (from left to right) Augustus Moore Herring, Frederick Walker "Casey" Baldwin, Glenn Hammond Curtiss, Stanley Beach, John A. D. McCurdy, and Allen R. Hawley with the Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 2 White Wing aircraft,…

Red Wing
Photograph of people gathered around the Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 1 Red Wing aircraft, circa 1907-1909.Caption on envelope: "Red Wing."

[People working on Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 3 "Loon" aircraft]
Photograph of people working on the Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 3 "Loon" aircraft, circa 1907-1909.Caption on envelope: "Loon / Photographic description of aviation / H. M. Bonner / Hammondsport, New York."

Wreck of Red Wing
Photograph of people with the wrecked Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft, Lake Keuka, New York, circa 1908. Caption on envelope: "Wreck of Red Wing / 50."

[Airship in flight]
Photograph of an airship in flight, Los Angeles, California, circa 1908. The inscription on the accompanying envelope notes that the airship is being piloted by Ray KnabenshueInscription on envelope: "Rare print / Ray Knabenshue over Los Angeles /…

[People with Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft]
Photograph of people with the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft on the iced-over Keuka Lake, New York, circa March 1908.Caption on verso: "Red Wing. The first aeroplane to make a public flight in America, on March…

[People gathered around Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 2 "White Wing" aircraft]
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…

Bleriot in flight at Rheims [sic], France
Photograph of a Blériot aircraft in flight, Reims, France, August 1908.Caption on envelope: "Bleriot in flight at Rheims [sic], France / August 1908."

Last flight of Chas O. Jones in the Boomerang
Photograph (reproduction) of the airship "Boomerang" on fire, Waterville, Maine, September 2, 1908. Pilot Charles O. Jones is visible at the controls. Shortly after this photo was taken, the airship plunged to the ground and Jones fell to his…
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