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Photograph of the engine of a wrecked Curtiss JN-4D Jenny aircraft, circa 1910s-1930s.Caption on envelope: "Curtiss JN-4D crash / Close up of engine / 34."

Photograph of the engine and propeller of an unidentified aircraft, circa 1910s-1930s.

Photograph of a radial motor and propeller mounted on a test block, Dayton, Ohio, 1915. Inscription on verso: "Dayton Ohio - 1915. Radial motor on test block."

Handwritten notes on engines and aircraft, circa 1917. Five pages. Part of a series of loose materials included inside the J. M. Wilson notebook.

Typescript article, "The Running and Regulation of the 80 H.P. Gnome Engine," circa 1917. 10 typed pages. Inscription: "J. M. Wilson." Part of a series of loose materials included inside the J. M. Wilson notebook.

Notebook of U.S. Army Air Service serviceman J. M. Wilson, circa July 1917. A4 sized, lined notebook containing notes on World War I-era aircraft engines such as Le Rhône, Beardmore, Salmson and Gnome, along with notes on aircraft rigging and other…

Syllabus for the Brasier-Hispano-Suiza motors instruction course, October 17, 1917. Describes a six-week schedule that includes seven hours a day in motor factory and 90-minute lecture topics. One page with handwritten notes on verso.

Photograph of workers assembling Renault 80HP aircraft engines, France, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "Renault Dept. France. WWI."

Photograph of workers assembling rotary-style aircraft engines, France, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "Rotary Dept. France. WWI."

Photograph of Liberty L-12 aircraft engines in a factory, likely in France, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "Liberty Dept."