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[Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California] (Item)

Photograph of the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, circa 1917-1919.Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa 1917-1919.

[Clyde Pangborn, Wesley May, and Lowell Yerex inspecting parachute and ladder] (Item)

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left), Wesley May (center), and Lowell Yerex (right) inspecting a parachute and rope ladder before a barnstorming performance in San Francisco, California, circa 1922. A Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft is in the background. Inscription on verso: "Pang, May, Yerex. SF. 1922." Typed caption on verso: "Inspecting exhibition type of parachute and the plane-change ladder.…

[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, taking off from USS Pennsylvania] (Item)

Photograph of a Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, taking off from the USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay, California, January 18, 1911. A large crowd of sailors watches from the ship.

[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on USS Pennsylvania] (Item)

Photograph of a Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on the USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay, California, January 18, 1911. This is credited as the first successful shipboard landing of an aircraft.

Crissy Field (Item)

Oblique aerial photograph of Crissy Field, San Francisco, California, circa 1910s-1930s.Inscription: "Crissy Field [written backwards on negative]."Inscription on envelope: "Crissy Field."

[Aerial view of fairgrounds in San Francisco] (Item)

Aerial photograph of the fairgrounds in San Francisco, California, circa 1910s. Inscription: "Taken from Adolph G. Sutro's Hydro Aerolane."Inscription on verso: "Fair Grounds / S.F. Cal."