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Photograph of a kamikaze aircraft on a collision course with the USS Essex (CV-9), November 25, 1944.Inscription on verso: "12:56 pm Nov. 25, 1944 / 100 miles E. of Luzon. / Jap Kamakazi [sic] one second before he hit Essex / Photographer -- C. S.…

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen extinguishing fires from a kamikaze strike, USS Essex (CV-9), November 25, 1944. Inscription on verso: "Nov. 25, 1944 / Flight deck scene after kamakazi [sic] hit." Part of a disassembled album containing materials…

Select pages from "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine," Volume 32, Number 5, September 1886. Contains two illustrated articles about ballooning in New England: "Amateur ballooning" by Alfred E. Moore and "Balloon experiences of a timid…

Composite photograph of parachutist Katharina Paulus and an unidentified man, possibly her husband Hermann Lattemann, in a balloon, circa 1890s.

Discharge certificate issued to William S. Luckey by the New Jersey National Guard, October 29, 1898. Includes military record on verso and a handwritten note listing Luckey's birth and death dates. Two total pages.

Photograph of Calbraith Perry Rodgers with a cigar, circa 1900-1912.Inscription on verso: "Cal. P. Rodgers."

Photographic portrait of Calbraith Perry Rodgers, circa 1900-1912.Inscription on verso: "Cal. Rodgers who flew the Vin Fizz [Fiz]."

Photograph of birth records for the Wadsworth and Greene families, circa early 1900s.Caption on envelope: "Birth records / Wadsworth/Greene."

Items from Box One, Folder 9 of the Ralph A. Newcomb Early California Aviation Photograph Collection, circa early 1900s. Folder contains 12 photographic negatives and accompanying captioned envelopes depicting automobiles.

Photographic postcard of Laura (Barlow) Luckey and an unidentified man in an automobile, circa 1900s-1910s.Inscription on verso: "Laura Barlow + boy friend."