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[Kamikaze aircraft on collision course with USS Essex]
Photograph of a kamikaze aircraft on a collision course with the USS Essex (CV-9), November 25, 1944.Inscription on verso: "12:56 pm Nov. 25, 1944 / 100 miles E. of Luzon. / Jap Kamakazi [sic] one second before he hit Essex / Photographer -- C. S.…

[Servicemen extinguishing fires from kamikaze strike]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen extinguishing fires from a kamikaze strike, USS Essex (CV-9), November 25, 1944. Inscription on verso: "Nov. 25, 1944 / Flight deck scene after kamakazi [sic] hit." Part of a disassembled album containing materials…

Baldwin dirigible
Photograph of the U.S. Army's Baldwin dirigible, circa 1900s-1910s. Caption on envelope: "Baldwin dirigible / Piloted by Curtiss / 89."

[Francis A. "Doc" Wildman and J. Lansing Callen with Curtiss F Boat aircraft]
Photograph of Francis A. "Doc" Wildman and J. Lansing Callen with a U.S. Navy Curtiss F Boat aircraft, circa 1910s. Caption on envelope: "J. Lansing Callen and Francis A. "Doc" Wildman / 93 / With flying boat."

[Two people in U.S. Navy seaplane]
Photograph of two people in a U.S. Navy seaplane, circa 1910s-1930s.Caption on envelope: "Two pilots in flying boat / 94 / USN Owl-A2."

USN A-2 flying boat taking off
Photograph of a U.S. Navy Curtiss A-2 aircraft taxiing across water, circa 1910s-1930s.Caption: "U.S. Navy plane boat / Lieut. S[illegible]."Caption on envelope: "USN A-2 flying boat taking off / Lt. Smith pilot."

[Servicemen and unidentified aircraft on ship deck]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen and an unidentified aircraft on a ship deck, circa 1910s-1930s. A Southern Pacific steamship is visible in the background.

[Seaplane in flight over water]
Photograph of an unidentified U.S. Navy seaplane in flight over water, circa 1910s-1930s. The original negative is broken into two pieces.

[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on USS Pennsylvania]
Photograph of a Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on the USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay, California, January 18, 1911. This is credited as the first successful shipboard landing of an aircraft.

[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, taking off from USS Pennsylvania]
Photograph of a Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, taking off from the USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay, California, January 18, 1911. A large crowd of sailors watches from the ship.
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