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[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.
[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.
[General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft on display at Naval Air Station Memphis]
Photograph of a General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft (tail number TBM 85717) on display at Naval Air Station Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1940s-1950s. The text on the sign reads: "Navy Memphis / Headquarters/ Chief of Naval Air Technical Training / Naval Air Technical Training / Naval and Marine Air Reserve Training / Naval Air Maintenance Training Group / U.S. Naval Air Station / U.S. Naval…
[William P. Lear in his U.S. Navy uniform]
Photographic portrait of William P. Lear in his U.S. Navy uniform, Naval Station Great Lakes, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1920. Inscription on verso: "William Powell Lear -- Great Lakes Naval Base -- Chicago, Ill. 1920 / Personal album."
[Aerial view of Curtiss Field]
Aerial photograph of Curtiss Field, Long Island, New York, May 9, 1930. Several aircraft are visible in the scene.Caption: "(0263-876F-14)(5-9-30-2P)(12-1500) / U.S. Navy Airplanes at Curtiss Field, Valley Stream. L. I., N. Y."Typed caption on verso: "A. J. P."
[Navy destroyer off coast of Connecticut]
Aerial photograph of a U.S. Navy destroyer off the coast of Connecticut, circa May 1930. Typed caption on verso: "U.S. Navy destroyer off the coast of Connecticut. May 1930."
[Martin T4M-1 aircraft in formation flight over Long Island]
Photograph of U.S. Navy Martin T4M-1 aircraft in formation flight over Long Island, New York, May 9, 1930.Caption: "(0268-876A-14)(5-9-30-2P)(12-2500) / U.S. Navy airplanes over Corona, Long Island, New York."Typed caption on verso: "A. J. P."
[Martin T4M-1 aircraft in formation flight over Greenpoint]
Photograph of U.S. Navy Martin T4M-1 aircraft in formation flight over Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, May 9, 1930.Caption: "(0270-876B-14)(5-9-30-3P)(12-2000) / Navy airplanes in formation over Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N.Y."Typed caption on verso: "A. J. P."
[People working on unidentified seaplane]
Photograph of people working on an unidentified seaplane, Naval Aeronautical Station Pensacola, Florida, circa 1916. One of the men seated in the cockpits may be Ralph Newcomb.Inscription on verso: "[Lary?] Brown / Ralph Newcomb / Standard Aircraft Corp. / Naval Aeronautical Station Pensacola / RN-1916 / Fla."
[Servicemen working with capsized target sled]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen working with a capsized target sled, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, circa 1942-1943.Caption on envelope: "Aleutians -- aboard target towing destroyer / minesweep target sled capsized, 1942."Inscription on accompanying notecard: "Overturned target sled off Dutch harbor / 1943.