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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 five people, circa 1910s. A short message to Ralph Newcomb from Laura Stewart is written on the verso.Inscription on verso: "Mr. R. Newcomb / Such a drink Jin Fiz [sic] I did not get over it for a day. Ha! [illegible} did not…

Letter from Orville Wright, June 22, 1920. Certifies that the Wright motor owned by Ralph A. Newcomb is the one used by Fowler during his 1911 cross-country flight across the United States. One typed page on Fowler Airplane Company letterhead. One…

Letter (photographic reproduction) from Robert G. Fowler, circa 1910s-1920s. Certifies that the Wright motor owned by Ralph A. Newcomb is the one used by Fowler during his 1911 cross-country flight across the United States. One typed page on Fowler…

Letter to Ralph Newcomb from Robert G. Fowler, May 23, 1914. Discusses news in the aviation field and forwards clippings (not included in envelope). Two typed pages and envelope.

Log of a flight across the United States by Robert G. Fowler and Ralph A. Newcomb, circa 1910s. Documents locations and repairs. Two typed pages.

Photograph of a model aircraft in flight, circa 1910. The inscription notes that the model was built by Ralph Newcomb.Inscription on verso of print: "S. F. / 1910 / Flying model built by Ralph Newcomb."Inscription on envelope: "Flying model S.F. /…

Photograph of people working on an unidentified seaplane, Naval Aeronautical Station Pensacola, Florida, circa 1916. One of the men seated in the cockpits may be Ralph Newcomb.Inscription on verso: "[Lary?] Brown / Ralph Newcomb / Standard Aircraft…

Photograph of Ralph A. Newcomb and two others with a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, California, 1919.Inscription on verso: "Start of first flight to Bishop, Calif. via Death Valley / 1919 -- Davis and Newcomb."

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb (standing) and another man in the cockpits of a LePère 11 aircraft, DeMille Field, Los Angeles, California, circa 1919. Inscription on envelope: "French Le Pere built by Fisher Body Co. for U.S. Army / Lut. Clark + Ralph…