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Photograph from "Notes on the Caproni 600 night-bombing biplane," a technical report by S. E. Hutton, circa 1919.Caption in report: "Fig. 43 'Dummy center section' (Four struts with short spars)."

Photograph of "Baby," a prototype North American P-51 Mustang aircraft, Inglewood, California, circa 1940s. Inscription: "All assembled." Item from the Margery Watson World War II Photographs album pages, circa 1940s. Album pages contain photographs…

Photograph of "Baby," a prototype North American P-51 Mustang aircraft, Inglewood, California, circa 1940s. Inscription: "Baby' ready for an overhaul." Item from the Margery Watson World War II Photographs album pages, circa 1940s. Album pages…

Photographic group portrait of eight African-American female factory workers in front of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress at Boeing's Renton plant, Washington State, circa 1940s. Each woman is identified in the inscriptions. Inscriptions: "Louise…

Photograph of an aircraft engine, circa 1918. Loose photograph from "Notes on the Caproni 600 biplane," a technical report by S. E. Hutton.

Photograph of aircraft fuselages under construction in a hangar, France, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "Fuselage Dept. France. WWI."

Film footage of aircraft manufacturing and test flying activities at a Pfalz aircraft factory, Germany, circa 1918. The first segment depicts workers constructing and assembling Pfalz D.XII aircraft. One scene shows the mounting of Maschinengewehr 08…

Photograph of aircraft under construction, possibly at Lockheed's Burbank facility, circa 1929. The workers in the foreground are building a wing, and the workers in the background are working on fuselages.

Photograph of Martin B-10/B-12 aircraft undergoing disassembly, cleaning, and repair at the Sacramento Air Depot, California, March 20, 1940. Inscription: "Dissassembly [disassembly] & cleaning & fuselage repair. Eng. Dept. S.A.D.…

Photograph of aircraft wings under construction in a factory, circa 1920s-1930s. Caption: "Van Plossem / C-131."