Browse Items (11 total)

Photograph of a group of aviation mechanics standing with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1908-1913.  Inscription on album page: "Early aviation mechanics." Part of "A Portfolio of Early Aviation Photos, 1908-1913," a photograph album containing ten…

Photograph album entitled "A Portfolio of Early Aviation Photos, 1908-1913," containing ten ten black-and-white photographs of early aviation. Each page has a single photographic print accompanied by a handwritten caption that provides brief…

Photograph of the Condor, a home-built aircraft designed by Charles A. Bossuet, in a field near Seattle, Washington, circa 1910. The unidentified man to the left is possibly Mr. Bossuet.  Inscription on album page: "Plane (?) designed by Mr. Bossuet…

Photograph of the Condor, a home-built aircraft designed by Charles A. Bossuet, in a field near Seattle, Washington, circa 1910.  Inscription on album page: "Front view Bossuet Plane. 1909 [incorrect date]." Part of "A Portfolio of Early Aviation…

Photograph of Charles K. Hamilton flying his Curtiss-Herring No. 1 "Reims Racer" at an air show at Meadows Race Track near Seattle, Washington, March 11 or 12, 1910. Hamilton's flights at this air show are credited as the first heavier-than-air…

Photograph of Charles K. Hamilton flying his Curtiss-Herring No. 1 "Reims Racer" at an air show at Meadows Race Track near Seattle, Washington, March 11 or 12, 1910. Hamilton's flights at this air show are credited as the first heavier-than-air…

Photograph of Charles K. Hamilton crashing his Curtiss-Herring No. 1 "Reims Racer" into a pond during an air show at Meadows Race Track in Georgetown, Washington, May 12, 1910. Inscription on album page: "One of the first spot news candid camera…

Photograph of a man, possibly pilot Roger Varicle, seated in Eugene Romano's "Flying Bed Post" aircraft, circa 1911-1912. Inscription on album page: "1911." Part of "A Portfolio of Early Aviation Photos, 1908-1913," a photograph album containing ten…

Photograph of an unidentified man sitting in a Wright (Co) Model B pusher airplane, circa 1912.  Inscription on album page: "1912." Part of "A Portfolio of Early Aviation Photos, 1908-1913," a photograph album containing ten black-and-white…

Photograph of two unidentified men on an early seaplane in Seattle, Washington, circa 1912. The inscription notes that the plane was built by Thomas F. Hamilton, who later founded Hamilton Standard. Inscription on album page: "Early hydroplane made…