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Photograph of Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Model 5C Vega Special aircraft (tail number NR965Y) being refueled outside a hangar, circa 1920s-1930s.Inscription on verso: "All these United States Army pictures have plenty of pockets, with a hand in each,…

American Express postcard from Lieutenant Hugh Ellis to Mrs. Drew, marked received November 13, 1918. Postcard accompanied a money order for $181 (presumably the 1000 francs Ellis said he would send in his previous letter).

Certificate of Commission issued to First Lieutenant Charles W. Drew by the U.S. Army, January 18, 1918. Appoints Drew as a first lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Officers' Reserve Corp.

Photographic group portrait of Charles W. Drew (standing, second from left) and other servicemen in flight gear, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of Charles W. Drew and other servicemen posing with a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft (fuselage number 26), circa 1917-1918.Inscription on verso: "My photography class."

Photograph of Charles W. Drew in a car, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of serviceman Charles W. Drew in the cockpit of a SPAD XIII (S.13) aircraft (fuselage number 5, designation "Betsy"), circa 1917-1918.

Photographic portrait of Charles W. Drew in flight gear, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of serviceman Charles W. Drew piloting a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of serviceman Charles W. Drew standing near a car, circa 1917-1918.Inscription on verso: "Charles W. Drew."