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Photograph of Amelia Earhart and William P. Lear, circa 1930s.Inscription on verso: "[G. P. Putnam?]."

Photograph of pilot Betsy Ross using a Learadio portable receiver in the cockpit of her Taylorcraft aircraft, August 20, 1940. An accompanying press release describes Ross's recent flight from Harrisburg Pennsylvania State Airport, noted as the first…

Photograph of Florence Seidell (left) and a man seated in a Curtis aircraft, circa 1914. Possibly taken during the making of the short film "The Mistress of the Air." Image includes a business card for Seidell. Typed on business card: "Florence…

Photograph of Florence Seidell with a Curtiss aircraft, circa 1914. Possibly taken during the making of the short film "The Mistress of the Air."Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa…

Photograph of (from left to right) Fred Schiller, Ruth Wightman, and Edwin Musick at the Venice Flying School, California, circa 1918. Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.

Photograph of (from left to right) Fred Schiller, Ruth Wightman, and Edwin Musick at the Venice Flying School, California, circa 1918. Inscription on verso of print: "Ed Music [Musick] / Ruth Wightman / Fred Schiller / Instructor at Flying School /…

Photograph of pilots Lawrence Brown (left) and Ruth Wightman (right) with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. A clipping about Brown and Wingman is glued to the image.Clipping text: "Lawrence Brown, of Venice, [crossed out: 'Illinois']…

Photograph of Peggy Emrick with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1931.Inscription on verso: "Ran across these / Couldn't remember if you had any to remember the hop from K. C. to Cleveland / Sept 1931. Never will I forget it."

Photograph of Peggy Emrick with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1931.Inscription on verso: "Just another one of that happy time / K City 1931 Sept."

Photograph of Ruth Wightman at the controls of an unidentified seaplane, May 1913.Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.