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Composite photograph of Frank M. Hawks and "Texaco 13," his Travel Air Model R aircraft (tail number NR1313), circa 1920s-1930s. Image includes the text "Happy landings!" and Hawks’s signature.

Photograph of a crowd gathered to see "Chicago," a Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) aircraft, in Sweetwater, Texas, circa 1920s. An emblem is painted on the fuselage, along with the text "Air Service U.S.A. World Flight." Inscription on verso: "Smith's…

Photograph of Lowell H. Smith (far left), Erik H. Nelson (far right), and two unidentified men standing next to "New Orleans," a Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) aircraft, circa 1920s. Inscription on verso: "Capt. Lowell Smith on left. Lt. Eric [Erik]…

Photograph of an unidentified man holding a rifle and a handgun while sitting in an open-cockpit aircraft, circa 1920s-1930s.

Photograph of three unidentified women in a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1920s-1930s.

Photograph of Floyd Bennett's headstone in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, circa 1920s-1940s. The text reads: "Bennett: The first man to pilot an airplane over the North Pole with his friend Commander Richard Byrd."Inscription on verso: "On…

Photograph of two unidentified men inspecting an aircraft interior, circa 1940s-1950s. The man on the right has a Douglas Aircraft Company button on his jacket.

Photographic postcard of an unidentified aerial stuntman, circa 1920s. Includes a portrait of the man surrounded by images of his wing-walking stunts on a Curtiss JN-4D Jenny.

Photographic postcard of two unidentified man standing in front of a Burnelli (CanCargo) CBY-3 aircraft, circa 1940s.

Photographic postcard of Howard Hughes, his flight crew and associates, and his Lockheed Model 14-N2 Super Electra aircraft (tail number NX 18973) at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, circa July 1938. The postcard caption identifies the men (Edwin Lund,…