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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 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 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 the motorboat "Oregon Kid" racing Silas Christofferson in his 1915 Model D seaplane, Lake Washington, Washington, circa 1915.Caption: "Famous 'Oregon Kid,' champion motorboat of the Pacific Coast, racing with Christofferson…

Photographic postcard of Lawrence W. Brown and Ivor Shogran with a De Havilland aircraft (tail number 23307), circa 1915.Inscription on verso: "Larry Brown / Ivor Shogran / 1915 / On the tail of the lonesome De Havilland / Shogie + myself."

Photographic postcard of Robert G. Fowler addressing a crowd from his Wright Model B aircraft, Abeline, Texas, circa 1911-1912. Image likely taken during Fowler's transcontinental flight across the United States.Inscription: "Rob't G. Fowler / Coast…

Photographic postcard of a crowd watching Robert G. Fowler (center), Ralph A. Newcomb (right), and another man working on an aircraft wing, circa 1910s.

Photographic postcard of a man at the controls of an unidentified aircraft, circa 1910s.

Photograph of Bancroft (left) and actress Mabel Van Buren (right) seated in a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1914.

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb seated in the rear cockpit of an unidentified aircraft, circa 1900s-1920s.