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Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I aircraft being towed by the steamship Blue Hill (not pictured) at Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 4, 1907. The catamaran below the aircraft is its launch vessel, the Ugly…

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 I kite, manned by Thomas E. Selfridge, in flight over Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 6, 1907. The kite is being towed by the steamship Blue Hill (not pictured). The captions…

Photograph of the Nulli Secundus airship (British Army Dirigible No. 1), circa 1907-1908.Inscription: "24."Part of a photograph album related to John Sylvester Wheelwright's service with the Royal Naval Air Service, circa 1907-1943.

Photograph of Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Etholen Selfridge, and Williams [first name not provided], circa 1907-1908. Caption on envelope: "Bell, Selfridge, and Williams."

Photograph of John A. D. McCurdy at the controls of the Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 4 Silver Dart aircraft, Lake Keuka, Hammondsport, New York, circa 1907-1909. Caption on envelope: "J.A.D. McCurdy in plane number 4 Silver Dart."

Photograph of people gathered around the Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 4 Silver Dart aircraft, circa 1907-1909.Caption on envelope: "Silver Dart rear."

Photograph of (from left to right) Augustus Moore Herring, Frederick Walker "Casey" Baldwin, Glenn Hammond Curtiss, Stanley Beach, John A. D. McCurdy, and Allen R. Hawley with the Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 2 White Wing aircraft,…