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.…
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…
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."
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."
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.
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.
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.