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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.

Photograph of a harbor and coastline, circa 1913-1915.

Photograph of two boys in sailor suits, circa 1913-1915.

Photograph of people with a Curtiss seaplane, Kingston, Ontario, June 3, 1913.Inscription on verso: "Kingston, Ontario, Canada / June 3-13."

Photograph of William S. Luckey seated at the controls of a Curtiss aircraft, circa 1913-1915.

Photograph of three adults and a young man near a shoreline, circa 1913-1915.

Photograph of a man holding a scale model of a Curtiss seaplane, circa 1913-1915.

Photograph of an aircraft fuselage, circa 1913-1915.

Photograph of an unidentified Curtiss aircraft, circa 1913-1915. Various parts of the aircraft are marked with numbers.Stamped on verso: "Compliments of the Curtiss Exhibition Co., [address in New York, New York]."