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[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on USS Pennsylvania]
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.
[Walter Brookins' Wright Model B aircraft taxiing across water]
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."
[John Fornasero with Great Lakes Model 2T aircraft]
Photograph of John Fornasero with a Great Lakes Model 2T aircraft (tail number NC-131Y) at Dutch Flats Airport, San Diego, California, circa 1929.Inscription on verso: "John Fornasero / Great Lakes biplane at 'Dutch Flats' / San Diego / 1929."
[Stearman PT-13 Kaydet (Model 75) aircraft]
Photograph of a Stearman PT-13 Kaydet (Model 75) aircraft (fuselage number 27) parked at Grand Central Air Terminal, California, circa 1940s.Inscription on verso: "Grand Central + PT-13's."
[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, taking off from USS Pennsylvania]
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.
[Ralph Newcomb seated in Wright Model B aircraft]
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."
[Walter Brookins and Archibald Hoxsey with Wright Model B aircraft]
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."
[Crowd gathered around wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft]
Photographic postcard of a crowd gathered around the wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft, Long Beach, California, April 3, 1912. Rodgers was killed in this crash.
[Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft after fatal crash]
Photographic postcard of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft after its fatal crash at Long Beach, California on April 3, 1912. A picture of Rodgers is inset on the left.
[Wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft]
Photograph of the wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft, Long Beach, California, April 3, 1912. A crowd of people are looking out the windows of the building in the background. Rodgers was killed in this crash.