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Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association Cygnet II aircraft on an iced-over lake, 1909.Caption on envelope: "Cygnet II / Bell Tetrahedral / 1909."

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."

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."

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

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,…

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

Photograph of John A. D. McCurdy at the controls of the Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 4 Silver Dart aircraft, Lake Keuka, Hammondsport, New York, circa 1907-1909. Caption on envelope: "J.A.D. McCurdy in plane number 4 Silver Dart."

Photograph of Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Etholen Selfridge, and Williams [first name not provided], circa 1907-1908. Caption on envelope: "Bell, Selfridge, and Williams."

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 John A. McCurdy seated at the controls of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, circa March 1909.Caption on verso: "Silver Dart. J. A. D. McCurdy, aviator, showing the first…