Text: "'Never was so much owed by so many to so few.' The Prime Minister."
]]>Poster of Royal Air Force servicemen in flight gear, undated reproduction by Vintage Arte, based on an original design from the 1940s. Numbered 101 of 2500.
Text: "'Never was so much owed by so many to so few.' The Prime Minister."
Stereograph, "'Parade Rest' - Naval Training Station," Set Number 26, Image Number 19074, Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1921. Image of Navy men in formation, in uniform and with rifles. Caption on reverse describes the opening of new Navy training schools, with specialty schools in navigation and engineering.
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Inscription at top of page: "As far as is known, Miss Hester was the only woman to ever perform professionally at any of the National Air Races."
]]>Newspaper clipping, "She'll try any death-defying stunt in the air, but boys frighten new champ of girl pilots," from The NEA Service (Cleveland, Ohio), May 28, 1931. Article describes Dorothy Hester's flying career, including her upcoming performance at the National Air Races.
Inscription at top of page: "As far as is known, Miss Hester was the only woman to ever perform professionally at any of the National Air Races."
Inscription on album page: "'The Hill' -- Clermont."
Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of ephemera, circa 1917-1919. The photos trace Kennedy's military career from his infantry training in the United States to his service in France during World War I and post-war service in Germany.
]]>Photograph of a large hill in Clermont (likely Clermont-en-Argonne), France, circa 1918-1919.
Inscription on album page: "'The Hill' -- Clermont."
Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of ephemera, circa 1917-1919. The photos trace Kennedy's military career from his infantry training in the United States to his service in France during World War I and post-war service in Germany.
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Inscription on verso: "'Tubby' Robinson."
]]>Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Forces serviceman, identified in the inscription as "Tubby" Robinson, getting into a jeep, circa 1940s.
Inscription on verso: "'Tubby' Robinson."
Inscription: "All assembled."
Item from the Margery Watson World War II Photographs album pages, circa 1940s. Album pages contain photographs and small ephemera related to Watson's work for North American Aviation during World War II.
]]>Photograph of "Baby," a prototype North American P-51 Mustang aircraft, Inglewood, California, circa 1940s.
Inscription: "All assembled."
Item from the Margery Watson World War II Photographs album pages, circa 1940s. Album pages contain photographs and small ephemera related to Watson's work for North American Aviation during World War II.
Inscription: "Baby' ready for an overhaul."
Item from the Margery Watson World War II Photographs album pages, circa 1940s. Album pages contain photographs and small ephemera related to Watson's work for North American Aviation during World War II.
]]>Photograph of "Baby," a prototype North American P-51 Mustang aircraft, Inglewood, California, circa 1940s.
Inscription: "Baby' ready for an overhaul."
Item from the Margery Watson World War II Photographs album pages, circa 1940s. Album pages contain photographs and small ephemera related to Watson's work for North American Aviation during World War II.
Inscription on verso: "Republic P-47D-10-RE. AC 42-75008. 'Big Stud.' Lt. Col. Baseler's. A/C. P-47D."
]]>Photograph of "Big Stud," fighter ace Robert L. Baseler's Republic P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft (serial number AC 42-75008), circa 1940s. The aircraft's nose art includes its designation and an ace of spades playing card, and the tail is painted with the checkerboard pattern of the 325th Fighter Group.
Inscription on verso: "Republic P-47D-10-RE. AC 42-75008. 'Big Stud.' Lt. Col. Baseler's. A/C. P-47D."
Typed caption glued to verso: "Col. Robert L. Baseler, USAF."
]]>Photograph of "Big Stud," fighter ace Robert L. Baseler's Republic P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft (serial number AC 42-75008), circa 1940s. The aircraft's nose art includes its designation and an ace of spades playing card, and the tail is painted with the checkerboard pattern of the 325th Fighter Group.
Typed caption glued to verso: "Col. Robert L. Baseler, USAF."
Inscription on album page: "Rhine and 'Bridge of Boats.'"
Part of Album Three from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.
]]>Photograph of the "Bridge of Boats" spanning the Rhine, Germany, circa 1918-1919.
Inscription on album page: "Rhine and 'Bridge of Boats.'"
Part of Album Three from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.
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