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Photograph of the Handley Page H.P.39 Guggenheim aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "The Handley Paige [sic], British entry and winner of the…

Photograph of the Command-Aire Model 5-C-3 aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "The Command-Aire, entry in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft…

Photograph of an automobile at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, June 1929.Inscription on verso: "Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois, June 1929. Photograph by Aarne J. Pisila."

Photograph of the McDonnell Model 1 Doodlebug aircraft (tail number 157N), Mitchel Field, New York, circa December 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Inscription on verso: "McDonnell + Associates monoplane.…

Photograph of the McDonnell Model 1 Doodlebug aircraft Mitchel Field, New York, circa December 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "McDonnell & Associates entry in the Daniel…

Photograph of the Cunningham-Hall Model X aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa December 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Caption: "Cunningham-Hall entry in D.G.S.A.C. Dec. 6, 1929. Caption on verso:…

Photographic group portrait of Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition officials in front of the Field Manager office, Mitchel Field, New York, December 27, 1929. The men and their roles are identified in the verso caption.Typed caption on verso:…

Photograph of a people with a Dornier Do X flying boat, circa 1929-1930s.Caption: "[cut off]flugzeug / Do.X."

Photograph of people looking at a crashed aircraft, Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, October 26, 1930. The verso caption notes that Major Phillip Watson and Julius Nester were killed in the crash.Typed caption on verso: "Crash of Swallow plane…

Photograph of the landing gear of a Curtiss Tanager aircraft, January 1930.Inscription on verso: "Curtiss Tanager, entry in Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition / Mitchell Field, L.I. N.Y. Jan. 9, 1930. Photo by Aarne J. Pisila."