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Photograph of a Dornier Do J Wal aircraft (fuselage number N25) taxiing across water, circa 1925. This aircraft was used by Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth during their 1925 attempt to reach the North Pole. Part of a photograph album…

Photograph of Lincoln Ellsworth using a sextant, circa 1925. Typed on album page: "Lincoln Ellsworth [crossed out: 'Roald Amundsen] bei Vermessungen in seiner typischen Polarkleidung." Part of a photograph album documenting Dornier aircraft and…

Photograph of people clearing away snow and ice from two Dornier Do J Wal aircraft (fuselage numbers N25 and N24) on the ice, circa 1925. These aircraft were used by Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth during their 1925 attempt to reach the North…

Photograph of three people with a Dornier Do J Wal aircraft (fuselage number N25), circa 1925. This aircraft was used by Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth during their 1925 attempt to reach the North Pole.Inscription on album page: "[in German,…

Photograph of a Handley Page Hamlet aircraft (fuselage number G-EBNS), circa 1926.Inscription on envelope: "English Handley Page / 'Eindecker mit geschlossenem spaltflugel' / 1926."

Photograph of a U.S. Navy Curtiss F7C-1 Seahawk aircraft, February 28, 1927. A pilot is seated in the cockpit.Inscription: "Curtiss Navy Fighter F7C-1 / 2-28-27 / T-3232."

Photograph (reproduction) of the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin in flight, circa 1928-1930s. Inscription: "Zeppelin No. 3 [written backwards on negative]." Inscription on envelope: "Zeppelin No. 3."

Photograph of Glenn H. Curtiss in the cockpit of a Curtiss Condor T-32 aircraft, May 31, 1930. The inscription notes that this was Curtiss's last flight as a pilot.Inscription: "Glenn H. Curtiss / Last flight (5-31-30)."Caption on envelope: "Glenn…

Photograph of a Blackburn Bluebird aircraft (fuselage designation G-ABDS), circa 1930s. Pilot Mildred Bruce is seated in the cockpit. Inscription: "Mrs. Bruce [written backwards on negative]." Inscription on envelope: "Mrs. Bruce."

Photograph of an unidentified aircraft (fuselage designation G-ADPJ), circa 1930s. Other aircraft are visible in the background, including one with the designation "Werner Voss" on the fuselage and one with a swastika on the tail.