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Photographic portrait of Major James Barnes, Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, circa 1918.Inscription: "James Barnes. [illegible], 28, 1918.Part of a photograph album of images connected to the U.S.A. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, New…

Photograph of servicemen sitting on a porch, Morristown, New Jersey, July 21, 1917. The men are identified in the verso inscription as Bill Ely, W. Bartlett Bacon, G. H. Kissel, R. L. Moore, E. E. Bates, Hamilton Coolidge [bottom right], and Doug…

Special Orders No. 279 (extract), U.S. War Department, November 30, 1917. Orders Wilbur D. Kennedy and others to active duty and to report to commanding officer at Garden City, New York. One typed page.

Order No. 127, U.S. War Department, November 21, 1917. Assigns a number of First Lieutenants, Aviation Section, Signal Reserve Corps, including Marc Lagen, to active duty. Men are ordered to report for transportation to France where they will report…

Pass issued to Sidney Van Wyck Peters by the Signal Corps Aviation School (San Diego, California), February 11, 1918.Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa…

Photograph of a military aeronautics building, circa 1910s. A sign outside of the building reads: "Building D - Air Service."Inscription: "450 A.S."

Certificate of Commission issued to Hamilton Coolidge, September 29, 1917. Acknowledges Coolidge's receipt of a commission to be 1st Lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States.

Special Orders No. 60, Headquarters 3rd Aviation Instruction Center, December 1, 1917. Gives orders to several officers at the 3d Aviation Instruction Center at Issoudun, France. Includes orders for 1st Lieutenant R. [sic] Coolidge to be detailed to…

Special Orders No. 21, Headquarters 3rd Aviation Instruction Department, November 3, 1917. Gives several orders to men in the 3rd Aviation Instruction Department, including assigning 1st Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge as the commanding officer of the…

Memorandum receipt for items issued to Hamilton Coolidge, July 20, 1917