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Early Aviation Photograph Collection

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Identifier2022-00-00-37Description

The Early Aviation Photograph Collection is a collection of unknown origins consisting of 328 black-and-white photographic prints and 299 negatives primarily depicting aircraft from the first half of the 20th century. Some airships, airports, pilots, and other subjects are also depicted in the photographs. The collection is arranged into two series: Airplane photographs and Non-airplane photographs.

Date1907- circa 1960sResource RecordGuide to the Early Aviation Photograph CollectionLanguageEnglishRights HolderThe Museum of Flight ArchivesRightsPermission to publish material from the Early Aviation Photograph Collection must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.Bibliographic CitationThe Early Aviation Photograph Collection/The Museum of FlightAccess StatusSelections from this collection have been digitized.

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[Man with ornithopter]

[Man with ornithopter]

[Navy blimp in flight above crowd]

[Navy blimp in flight above crowd]

[Balloon in flight above crowd and hangar]

[Balloon in flight above crowd and hangar]

[Balloon in hangar]

[Balloon in hangar]

[Parachutist Katharina Paulus and unidentified man in balloon]

[Parachutist Katharina Paulus and unidentified man in balloon]

[Illustration of Albert Tissandier and Gaston Tissandier in gondola of airship]

[Illustration of Albert Tissandier and Gaston Tissandier in gondola of airship]

[Illustration of airship]

[Illustration of airship]

[Illustration of hypothetical invasion of England by French forces]

[Illustration of hypothetical invasion of England by French forces]

[People in gondola of airship]

[People in gondola of airship]

[Event at airfield]

[Event at airfield]

[Balloon]

[Observation balloon]

[Observation balloon]

[Balloon]

[Airship "America" outside hangar]

[Airship "America" outside hangar]

[Partially-constructed hangar for airship "America"]

[Partially-constructed hangar for airship "America"]

[Crowd holding tethers of balloon]

[Crowd holding tethers of balloon]

[Airship "America" in flight]

[Airship "America" in flight]

[Farman 1910 Biplane in flight near balloon]

[Farman 1910 Biplane in flight near balloon]

[Interior rigging of airship]

[Interior rigging of airship]

[Illustration of André-Jacques Garnerin's parachute descent]

[Illustration of André-Jacques Garnerin's parachute descent]

[Aerial view of balloon moored in field]

[Aerial view of balloon moored in field]

[Chaplin Air Line Curtiss F Boat seaplane]

[Chaplin Air Line Curtiss F Boat seaplane]

[Partially deflated balloon in flight above military base]

[Partially deflated balloon in flight above military base]

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Document

[Letter to Menasco Manufacturing Company from Ted Brown]

[Letter to Menasco Manufacturing Company from Ted Brown]

[Letter to A. S. Menasco from Ben Howard,]

[Letter to A. S. Menasco from Ben Howard,]

Early Aviation Photograph Collection

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