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[Amelia Earhart landing Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft]
Photograph of Amelia Earhart landing her Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft at Oakland Airport, California, January 12, 1935. Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. Inscription on verso: "Amelia Earhart landing at Oakland / Jan 12, 1935."
[Ken-Royce and Inland factory at Fairfax Airport]
Composite photograph of the Ken-Royce and Inland factory at Fairfax Airport, Kansas City, Kansas, circa 1920s-1930s. Two aircraft images, one of an Inland Sport Monoplane and the other of a Rearwin Model 2000C Ken-Royce, are overlaid on the factory photo. Caption: "Factory of 'Ken-Royce' and 'Inland' at Fairfax."
[Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Captain Harry Manning, and Fred Noonan]
Photograph of (from left to right) Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Captain Harry Manning, and Fred Noonan with Earhart's Lockheed Model 10-E Electra aircraft, Oakland Airport, California, March 14, 1937. The photo was taken just before her around-the-world flight attempt. Caption on verso: "From: Wide World Photos / San Francisco Bureau / Amelia crew ready for Pacific hop / Oakland Airport .... A new…
[Boeing YB-9 aircraft in flight near Mount Rainier]
Photograph of a Boeing YB-9 aircraft in flight near Mount Rainier, Washington, circa 1930-1935.
[Damaged Curtiss Fledgling aircraft]
Photograph of a damaged Curtiss Fledgling aircraft, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1930. The verso inscription notes that the aircraft had a "bad landing." Inscription on verso: "Fledgling after bad landing by [illegible] -- Cleveland / 1930."
[Landing gear of Curtiss Tanager aircraft]
Photograph of the landing gear of a Curtiss Tanager aircraft, January 1930.Inscription on verso: "Curtiss Tanager, entry in Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition / Mitchell Field, L.I. N.Y. Jan. 9, 1930. Photo by Aarne J. Pisila."
[William P. Lear with Monocoupe 110 aircraft]
Photograph of William P. Lear with his Monocoupe 110 aircraft, Curtiss-Reynolds Field, Illinois, circa 1930-1931.Inscription on verso: "Taken by [illegible] in 1931. WPL / 31-1. Lear Avia Archive."Typed caption on duplicate photo: "Bill Lear pictured with his Monocoupe. This aircraft was instrumental in the development of the Lear 'Radioaire.' Curtiss-Reynolds Airport, Glenview, IL, 1930."
[William P. Lear with Stinson SR Reliant aircraft]
Photograph of William P. Lear with his Stinson SR Reliant aircraft at Roosevelt Field, Mineola, New York, August 1933. Typed caption on verso: "Bill Lear seizes the opportunity to pose with his newly acquired 'Executive Model Stinson Relient [sic]'. Roosevelt Field, Mineola, NY / August 1933."
[Curtiss Tanager aircraft]
Photograph of the Curtiss Tanager aircraft (tail number X181M), Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "Curtiss Tanager, winner of the First Prize, $100,000.00 in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. 1929."
[Curtiss Tanager aircraft]
Photograph of the Curtiss Tanager aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "Curtiss Tanager, winner of the First Prize, $100,000.00, in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, 1929."