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[Servicemen with 6-inch disappearing gun at Fort Flagler]
Photographic postcard of servicemen with a 6-inch disappearing gun at Fort Flagler, Washington, circa August 1917.Inscription: "6 in. Disappearing Gun - ready trip! No. 153. Torka's Studio, Port Townsend, Wash."Inscription on verso: "Dear folks - Arrived here yesterday. O.K. Things have been pleasant so far, but have been to [too] busy to write. With love, Gail. C/O 4th Co C.A.R.C. [Addressed to…
[Servicemen with antiaircraft gun]
Photograph of servicemen of the 39th C.A. Brigade (AA) with an antiaircraft gun, Seattle, Washington, circa 1917-1920.Typed on verso: "S-2. 39th CA Brigade AA. Seattle, Wash."
[Curtiss-Herring No. 1 "Reims Racer" crash]
Photograph of Charles K. Hamilton crashing his Curtiss-Herring No. 1 "Reims Racer" into a pond during an air show at Meadows Race Track in Georgetown, Washington, May 12, 1910. Inscription on album page: "One of the first spot news candid camera photos. Probabally [sic] the first picture ever taken of an actual plane crash at the moment of impact. Hamilton's plane about 1908 [incorrect date].…
[Curtiss-Herring No. 1 "Reims Racer" in flight]
Photograph of Charles K. Hamilton flying his Curtiss-Herring No. 1 "Reims Racer" at an air show at Meadows Race Track near Seattle, Washington, March 11 or 12, 1910. Hamilton's flights at this air show are credited as the first heavier-than-air flights in Washington State.  Inscription on album page: "Close up view of Hamilton's plane in fleight [sic] – 1909-10." Part of "A Portfolio of Early…
[Curtiss-Herring No. 1 "Reims Racer" in flight]
Photograph of Charles K. Hamilton flying his Curtiss-Herring No. 1 "Reims Racer" at an air show at Meadows Race Track near Seattle, Washington, March 11 or 12, 1910. Hamilton's flights at this air show are credited as the first heavier-than-air flights in Washington State.  Inscription on album page: "Hamilton flying at at [sic] old Meadows race track. 1909-10." Part of "A Portfolio of Early…
Hydroplane made by [Thomas F.] Hamilton
Photograph of two unidentified men on an early seaplane in Seattle, Washington, circa 1912. The inscription notes that the plane was built by Thomas F. Hamilton, who later founded Hamilton Standard. Inscription on album page: "Early hydroplane made by Hamilton in Seattle – 1912." Part of "A Portfolio of Early Aviation Photos, 1908-1913," a photograph album containing ten black-and-white…
[Man with home-built aircraft]
Photograph of the Condor, a home-built aircraft designed by Charles A. Bossuet, in a field near Seattle, Washington, circa 1910. The unidentified man to the left is possibly Mr. Bossuet.  Inscription on album page: "Plane (?) designed by Mr. Bossuet of Seattle – 1909 [incorrect date]." Part of "A Portfolio of Early Aviation Photos, 1908-1913," a photograph album containing ten black-and-white…
[Home-built aircraft]
Photograph of the Condor, a home-built aircraft designed by Charles A. Bossuet, in a field near Seattle, Washington, circa 1910.  Inscription on album page: "Front view Bossuet Plane. 1909 [incorrect date]." Part of "A Portfolio of Early Aviation Photos, 1908-1913," a photograph album containing ten black-and-white photographs of early aviators and their aircraft.
[Panoramic view of a Naval training camp on Lake Washington]
Panoramic photograph in two pieces of a Naval training camp on Lake Washington, 1918. Image features buildings and numerous tents on the hillside, a number of small boats and the large masted ship U.S.S. Princeton at the docks, and the Varsity Boat Club building. Inscription: "1918." Caption split between the two pieces: "Naval Training Camp, / Seattle, Wash."
Fleet entering Puget Sound
Photograph of people watching ships in Puget Sound, Washington, circa 1915-1918. Caption: "Fleet entering Puget Sound."Inscription: "The crowds I saw. Wonderful."Part of a photograph album related to William Monks's military training in the United States during World War I, circa 1915-1918.