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Photograph of Jack Hoffman's Gage Tractor aircraft at Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, circa 1915.Inscription in margin: "Jack Hoffman -- Gage Tractor -- Griffith Park L.A. 1915."Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early…

Photograph of Jack Hoffman at the controls of his Gage Tractor aircraft, circa 1915.Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.

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 an unidentified aircraft in flight over a tree, Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan, December 11, 1915 large crowd gathered watching a biplane flying low over a tree in Aoyoma, Tokyo, Japan, December 11, 1915Inscription on verso: "'Hurdling' a tree at…

Photograph of people working on an unidentified seaplane, Naval Aeronautical Station Pensacola, Florida, circa 1916. One of the men seated in the cockpits may be Ralph Newcomb.Inscription on verso: "[Lary?] Brown / Ralph Newcomb / Standard Aircraft…

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb with an unidentified aircraft at Griffith Park Aviation Field, Los Angeles, California, circa 1916.Inscription on verso: "Ralph Newcomb / [Day?] tractor / Griffith Park Aviation Field / L.A. 1916."

Photograph of people looking at a crashed, upside-down aircraft (fuselage number 607), circa 1917. Inscription on verso: "Kabashi wreck / Hyde Park / 1917." Inscription on envelope: "California monoplane / [illegible]."

Photograph of Ruth Wightman on a motorcycle, September 19, 1917.Inscription: "To Mama / From She Baby / Sept 19, 1917."Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.

Photograph of (from left to right) Fred Schiller, Ruth Wightman, and Edwin Musick at the Venice Flying School, California, circa 1918. Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.

Photograph of Fred Schiller of the Schiller Aviation School, Venice, California, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "Fred Schiller / Schiller School of Aviation / Venice, Calif. / 1918."