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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 Curtiss Model D Headless aircraft, piloted by William S. Luckey, during an air race, Manhattan, New York, October 13, 1913. The typed caption on the verso notes that the race was held to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Wright…

Photograph of a Curtiss Model E aircraft in flight, circa 1913-1915.

Photograph of a Curtiss Model E Hydro aircraft (right) and Curtiss E-Boat aircraft (left) on the frozen surface of Keuka Lake, New York, circa 1913-1914. William S. Luckey is at the controls of the Model E Hydro.

Photograph of a Curtiss Model E Hydro aircraft in flight over a harbor, Kingston, Ontario, June 3, 1913. A crowd watches from the dock.Inscription on verso: "Kingston, Ontario, Canada / June 3/1913."

Photographic postcard of a Curtiss Model E Hydro aircraft in flight over Keuka Lake, New York, circa 1913-1914. Inscription on verso: "Photo by [illegible]. Will Luckey / Hammondsport N.Y."

Photographic postcard of a Curtiss Model E Hydro aircraft, piloted by William S. Luckey, in flight over steamships, Buffalo, New York, September 1913. Inscription on verso: "W.S. Luckey at Buffalo Centennial. Sept. 1913."

Photographic postcard of a Curtiss Model E Hydro aircraft, piloted by William S. Luckey, in flight over steamships, Buffalo, New York, September 1913.

Photographic postcard of a Curtiss Model E Hydro aircraft, piloted by William S. Luckey, in flight over steamships, Buffalo, New York, September 1913. Inscription: "W. S. Luckey."Inscription on verso: "Roy McCullock."