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[William S. Luckey seated at controls of Curtiss Model E Hydro aircraft] (Item)

Photographic negative of William S. Luckey seated at the controls of a Curtiss Model E Hydro aircraft, Lake Keuka, New York, circa 1912.

[William S. Luckey in Curtiss seaplane] (Item)

Photographic negative of William S. Luckey in a Curtiss seaplane, circa 1913-1915. A crowd is gathered in the background. Luckey is holding up a copy of the "Harrisburg Telegraph" newspaper.

[Letter from Orville Wright, June 22, 1920] (Item)

Letter from Orville Wright, June 22, 1920. Certifies that the Wright motor owned by Ralph A. Newcomb is the one used by Fowler during his 1911 cross-country flight across the United States. One typed page on Fowler Airplane Company letterhead. One typed page on Wright Aeronautical Laboratory letterhead.

[Letter from Robert G. Fowler, circa 1910s-1920s] (Item)

Letter (photographic reproduction) from Robert G. Fowler, circa 1910s-1920s. Certifies that the Wright motor owned by Ralph A. Newcomb is the one used by Fowler during his 1911 cross-country flight across the United States. One typed page on Fowler Airplane Company letterhead.

[Bancroft and actress Mabel Van Buren seated in Wright Model B aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Bancroft (left) and actress Mabel Van Buren (right) seated in a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1914.

[Ralph Newcomb seated in rear cockpit of unidentified aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb seated in the rear cockpit of an unidentified aircraft, circa 1900s-1920s.

[Ralph Newcomb, Robert G. Fowler, and woman with Wright Model B aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb, Robert G. Fowler, and a woman with a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1911-1912. Image likely taken during Fowler's transcontinental flight across the United States.Inscription on envelope: "Transcontinental trip 1911 / Films only."

[Ralph Newcomb and Robert G. Fowler in Wright Model B aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb (left) and Robert G. Fowler (right) in a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1910s.Inscription on envelope: "Transcontinental films / Fowler + Newcomb."Typed on envelope: "California State Automobile Association / [address in San Francisco, California]."

[Robert G. Fowler and others with Wright Model B aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Robert G. Fowler (seated in aircraft) and others with his Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1910s. A grandstand is visible in the background.Inscription on envelope: "Transcontinental films / Fowler + Newcomb."Typed on envelope: "California State Automobile Association / [address in San Francisco, California]."

[Walter Brookins and another man at controls of unidentified aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Walter Brookins (right) and another man at the controls of an unidentified aircraft, California, circa 1900s-1910s. A dog is on the ground underneath the aircraft. Inscription on envelope: "B[illegible] + Brookins / Field Glendale / Brookins in Mercer."