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Photograph of the front of General Chiang Kai-shek's Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) aircraft (tail number NC-16929), showing an indent in the soft ground after a rough landing in Nanjing, China, May 2, 1937. Several people, including…

Photograph of pilot Eric Just with General Chiang Kai-shek's Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) aircraft (tail number NC-16929) in Nanjing, China, May 2, 1937. Photo from album page 132.Inscription on album page: "Pilot Eric Just. Pilot just…

Photograph of a Loening OL aircraft at Kelly Field, Texas, circa 1926-1927.Inscription on album page: "Loening Amphibian at Kelly Field before the Pan-Am flight."Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S.…

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 people with a Curtiss Model H-2 seaplane (designation "America"), circa 1914. The man on the far left is possibly Glenn Curtiss. Caption on verso: "America. The plane built for Trans-Atlantic flight. 1914." Stamped on verso: "Photo by /…

Photograph of a U.S. Army seaplane in flight, circa 1920s-1930s. Caption on verso: "Hydro Aeroplane."Inscription on verso: "Army tractor, with pontoon attached."Stamped on verso: "Photo by H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N. Y."

Photograph of Glenn Curtiss (left) and Henry Ford (right) with a Curtiss flying boat, circa 1913.Typed caption on verso: "Glenn H. Curtiss and Henry Ford, standing beside a Curtiss flying boat."Inscription on verso: "Glenn H. Curtiss and Henry Ford,…

Film footage depicting Star Air Service aircraft and a fishing trip to Lake Iliamna, Alaska, circa 1940s. The film begins with footage of an unidentified group of men with fishing equipment, followed by shots of a Star Air Service Bellanca CH-400…

Lithograph of a painting by Lieutenant Henri Farré featuring a seaplane being attacked by an enemy biplane, circa 1914-1918. Part of a series of eight lithographs depicting World War I aerial imagery. Typed caption: "A hydroairplane in distress…

Photograph of American soldiers with a Farman F.40H Horace seaplane parked on a dock, circa 1917-1919. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of…