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[Ralph Newcomb at controls of Wright Model B aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb at the controls of a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1910s.Inscription on envelope: "French Le Pere built by Fisher Body Co. for U.S. Army / Lut. Clark + Ralph Newcomb at DeMille Field / Hollywood / 1919."

[Ralph Newcomb on motorcycle] (Item)

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb on a motorcycle, circa 1919. An aircraft is visible in the hangar behind him.Inscription on envelope: "French Le Pere built by Fisher Body Co. for U.S. Army / Lut. Clark + Ralph Newcomb at DeMille Field / Hollywood / 1919."

[Ralph Newcomb with motorcycle] (Item)

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb with a motorcycle, circa 1919. Inscription on envelope: "French Le Pere built by Fisher Body Co. for U.S. Army / Lut. Clark + Ralph Newcomb at DeMille Field / Hollywood / 1919."

[Airship in flight] (Item)

Photograph of an airship in flight, Los Angeles, California, circa 1908. The inscription on the accompanying envelope notes that the airship is being piloted by Ray KnabenshueInscription on envelope: "Rare print / Ray Knabenshue over Los Angeles / 1908.

[Fred Schiller, Ruth Wightman, and Ed Musick at Venice Flying School] (Item)

Photograph of (from left to right) Fred Schiller, Ruth Wightman, and Edwin Musick at the Venice Flying School, California, circa 1918. Inscription on verso of print: "Ed Music [Musick] / Ruth Wightman / Fred Schiller / Instructor at Flying School / Venice, Calif." Inscription on envelope: "Ralph [sic] Schiller -- Ruth Wightman / Venice Flying School / 1918."

[Louis Paulhan piloting Farman aircraft above treetops] (Item)

Photograph of Louis Paulhan piloting a Farman aircraft above the treetops, circa 1910.Inscription on envelope: "Louis Paulhan / Farman Biplane with Gnome Rotary motor / 50 HP / First flight in [S.F.?] / 1910."

[Walter Brookins and Archibald Hoxsey with Wright Model B aircraft] (Item)

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."

[Ralph Newcomb working on an unidentified seaplane] (Item)

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb working on an unidentified seaplane, Balboa, California, circa 1912.Inscription on envelope: "Newcomb's accident at Balboa / 1912."

[Wright Model EX "Vin Fiz" aircraft] (Item)

Postcard of the Wright Model EX "Vin Fiz" aircraft, circa 1911. A picture of Calbraith Perry Rodgers is inset on the lower right. The verso features an inscription written by Rodgers' wife Mabel, noting that he carried the postcard in the "Vin Fiz" during a flight across Arizona, as well as a signature ("Mamma") from Rodgers' mother. The card is addressed to Rodgers's sister, Martha Pease, in…