Photograph of a Fokker F.VII aircraft (tail number N-X4204, designation "Friendship") at Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, circa 1920s.
Inscription on verso: "Miss Amelia Earhart's ship 'Friendship,' Mitchel Field."
Photograph of a Handley Page O/400 aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. Caption on verso: "Handley Page."Stamped on verso: "Photo by / H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N. Y."
Photograph of John A. McCurdy seated at the controls of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, circa March 1909.Caption on verso: "Silver Dart. J. A. D. McCurdy, aviator, showing the first…
Photograph of John A. McCurdy seated at the controls of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet II kite, Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, circa February 1909. Caption on verso: "Cygnet No. 2. A tetrahedral kite, designed by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell,…
Photograph of a man with a Curtiss J aircraft, circa 1910s. Inscription: "U.S.A. Scout."Caption on verso: "First J. N. Tractor."Stamped on verso: "Photo by / H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N. Y."
Photograph of a Nieuport 17 aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. Typed caption on verso: "Nieuport."Inscription on verso: "Nieuport."Stamped on verso: "Photo by H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N.Y."
Photograph of people gathered around the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 2 "White Wing" aircraft, Hammondsport, New York, circa May 1908. Typed caption on verso: "White Wing. The first aeroplane to make a public flight starting from the…
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 people with the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft on the iced-over Keuka Lake, New York, circa March 1908.Caption on verso: "Red Wing. The first aeroplane to make a public flight in America, on March…