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Photograph of Ralph Newcomb working on an unidentified seaplane, Balboa, California, circa 1912.Inscription on envelope: "Newcomb's accident at Balboa / 1912."

Photograph of Lawrence Brown's Gage Tractor aircraft, circa 1912. Inscription on envelope: "Lawrence Brown's Gage Tractor with 80 hp gyro revolving motor."

Photograph of Lawrence Brown's Gage Tractor aircraft, circa 1912. Inscription on envelope: "Lawrence Brown's Gage Tractor with 80 hp gyro revolving motor."

Photograph of a man, possibly Lawrence Brown, with Brown's Gage Tractor aircraft, circa 1912. Inscription on envelope: "Lawrence Brown's Gage Tractor with 80 hp gyro revolving motor."

Photograph of Lawrence Brown's Gage Tractor aircraft taking off, circa 1912. Inscription on envelope: "Lawrence Brown's Gage Tractor with 80 hp gyro revolving motor."

Photograph of an unidentified Martin aircraft, circa 1915. Inscription on verso: "Martin / 1915."

Photograph of an unidentified aircraft, circa 1910s. Inscription on verso: "Smith / (Nat Floyd)."

Photograph of a woman with an unidentified aircraft (fuselage designation AS 22-591), circa 1910s.

Photograph (reproduction) of the first flight of the Wright Flyer, North Carolina, December 17, 1903. Orville Wright at controls, Wilbur Wright on ground. Includes a clipping glued to verso about the importance of gasoline to the aviation industry.

Photograph of Charles Lindberg piloting a Bowlus SP-1 Paper Wing Glider above a crowd, Fish Ranch, Carmel, California, March 1930.Inscription on envelope: "Lindbergh + sail plane at Fish Ranch, Carmel Calif."