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Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I kite onboard its tender, the catamaran Ugly Duckling, at Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 6, 1907. Several men are on boat, including Thomas E. Selfridge (seated on…

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I kite aboard its tender, the catamaran Ugly Duckling, being towed into launch position by the steamship Blue Hill, Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 6, 1907. Thomas E. Selfridge…

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I kite, manned by Thomas E. Selfridge, aboard the catamaran Ugly Duckling as it is towed into launch position by the steamship Blue Hill, Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 6, 1907.…

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet II kite on the ice at Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, February 25, 1909.Inscription: "Side view of Cygnet II, taken on ice in Baddeck Bay, Feb. 25, 1909."Caption from bulletin: "31. Drome No. 5,…

Photograph of people gathered around the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "June Bug" aircraft, Hammondsport, New York, July 1908. Glenn H. Curtiss is seated at the controls.Inscription on verso: "G.H. Curtiss in the 'June Bug.'"Stamped…

Photograph of Glenn H. Curtiss flying the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "June Bug" aircraft, Hammondsport, New York, July 4, 1908.

Photograph of Glenn H. Curtiss flying the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "June Bug" aircraft at a race track near Hammondsport, New York, July 4, 1908. Inscription on verso: "Drome No. 3: Curtiss's June Bug carrying Glen [Glenn]…

Photograph of Glenn H. Curtiss flying the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "June Bug" aircraft at a race track near Hammondsport, New York, July 1908.Inscription on verso: "June Bug, Hammondsport, N.Y., July 4, 1908 [date possibly…

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft on an iced-over Keuka Lake, New York, March 12, 1908. Glenn H. Curtiss is seated at the controls.Inscription: "Drome No. 1, Selfridge's Red Wing, with Mr. Glenn…

Photograph of Glenn H. Curtiss gliding down a hill in the Aerial Experiment Association's Hammondsport Glider, Hammondsport, New York, February 12, 1908. Inscription: "Mr. Glenn H. Curtiss gliding down hill in the Hammondsport Glider at Hammondsport,…