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Photographic portrait of William S. Luckey, circa 1900s-1915.

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.

Photographic postcard of Charles F. Walsh in a Curtiss Model D aircraft, circa 1911-1912.Caption: "C. F. Walsh, Aviator."

Photograph of William S. Luckey in a Curtiss Model D Headless aircraft, circa 1913. The typed caption on the verso notes that Luckey won an air race around Manhattan that was held to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Wright brothers' flight at…

Photograph of a man in a swimsuit with a Curtiss seaplane, Isle of Palms, South Carolina, circa 1913.Inscription on verso: "Isle of Palms / Charleston, S.C."

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

Photograph of an African American man with a Curtiss seaplane, Isle of Palms, South Carolina, July 1913.Inscription on verso: "Isle of Palms, July [rest obscured]."

Photograph of a crowd gathered around a Curtiss seaplane on a beach, Isle of Palms, South Carolina, July 18, 1913.Inscription on verso: "Isle of Palms. 7-18-13. Landing at Mt. Pleasant."

Photograph of a crowd gathered around a Curtiss seaplane on a beach, Isle of Palms, South Carolina, July 18, 1913.Inscription on verso: "Isle of Palms. 7-18-13. Mt. Pleasant."