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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.
Photograph of Walter Brookins' Wright Model B aircraft taxiing across water, Los Angeles, California, circa 1915.
Inscription on envelope: "Walter Brookins' Wright biplane / Griffith Park L.A. / 1915."
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.
Photograph of Ralph Newcomb seated in a Wright Model B aircraft, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, circa 1900s-1920s.Inscription on envelope: "Films / Ralph in Wright plane at Griffith Park / 1915 / On Henderson 4 cylinder / M.C. at DeMill [DeMille] Field / 1918."
Photograph of Walter Brookins (right) and Arch Hoxsey (left) with Brookins' Wright Model B aircraft, Los Angeles, California, circa 1910. Inscription on envelope: "Walter Brookins and Arch Hoxsey at [illegible] Field / L.A. / 1910."