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Photograph of a serviceman standing next to a SPAD XIII aircraft, circa 1917-1919.Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa 1917-1919.

Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Service LePère C II aircraft (tail number SC-42129), circa 1918.

Photograph of an unidentified soldier leaning on the wing of a De Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 biplane, circa 1918-1919. A pilot is in the cockpit, and the plane's propeller is spinning. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six…

Photograph of a SIAI S.13 flying boat (tail number 7), circa 1919.

Photograph of a Fokker C-5 aircraft (tail number 439), circa 1920s-1930s. The text "Tacoma to Tokyo" is painted on the fuselage. "Pacific Era" and a string of kanji characters are painted on the nose.

Photograph of a pilot seated in the cockpit of a Boeing PW-9 aircraft, circa 1926-1927. The inscription notes that this aircraft was used in the 1927 film "Wings."Inscription on album page: "Boeing PW-9 pursuit plane with camera gun. Both planes used…

Photograph of the Taylor C-2 Chummy aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "Taylor Brothers entry in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft…

Photograph of "Shorty" Cummins (right) and an unidentified man standing next to a Douglas O-38D aircraft, Cheyenne, Wyoming, circa 1933. An emblem depicting the Capitol Building dome is painted on the fuselage. Inscription "Shorty Cummins. Cheyenne.…

Photograph of men working on a Boeing Model 247D at Nan Hu Field in Wuchang, China, circa 1934. A temporary wood-and-wire enclosure has been placed around the airplane. Photo from album page 69.Inscription on album page: "Temporary enclosure – Nan…

Photograph of the crate holding the Boeing Model 247D aboard the USS President Grant (originally named the USS Pine Tree State and later the USS Harris APA-2) in Shanghai, China, November 1934. Crate addressed to J.A. Barr Shanghai China. Photo from…