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Photograph of pilots Lawrence Brown (left) and Ruth Wightman (right) with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. A clipping about Brown and Wingman is glued to the image.Clipping text: "Lawrence Brown, of Venice, [crossed out: 'Illinois']…

Photograph of Lawrence Brown's Gage aircraft, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, circa 1915.Inscription on verso: "Lawrence Brown's Gage Biplane / Griffith Aviation Park / 1915."

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 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."

Photographic postcard of Lawrence W. Brown and Ivor Shogran with a De Havilland aircraft (tail number 23307), circa 1915.Inscription on verso: "Larry Brown / Ivor Shogran / 1915 / On the tail of the lonesome De Havilland / Shogie + myself."

Letter from Orville Wright, June 22, 1920. Certifies that the Wright motor owned by Ralph A. Newcomb is the one used by Fowler during his 1911 cross-country flight across the United States. One typed page on Fowler Airplane Company letterhead. One…

Letter (photographic reproduction) from Robert G. Fowler, circa 1910s-1920s. Certifies that the Wright motor owned by Ralph A. Newcomb is the one used by Fowler during his 1911 cross-country flight across the United States. One typed page on Fowler…

Letter to Ralph Newcomb from Robert G. Fowler, May 23, 1914. Discusses news in the aviation field and forwards clippings (not included in envelope). Two typed pages and envelope.

Log of a flight across the United States by Robert G. Fowler and Ralph A. Newcomb, circa 1910s. Documents locations and repairs. Two typed pages.