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[Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 3 "June Bug" in flight]
Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "June Bug" aircraft, piloted by John A. D. McCurdy, in flight over a race track near Hammondsport, New York, July 27, 1908.Inscription: "Drome No. 3, Curtiss' June Bug, carrying Mr. Douglas McCurdy as Aviator, at Hammondsport, N.Y. July 27, 1908."Caption from bulletin: "22. Drome No. 3, Curtiss' June Bug, carrying Mr. J.A. Douglas…
[Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 3 "Loon" attempting to take off]
Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "Loon" aircraft, piloted by John A. D. McCurdy, attempting to take off on Keuka Lake, New York, November 5, 1908. The aircraft did not get airborne.Inscription: "Drome No. 3, Curtiss' June Bug, placed on pontoons and renamed the Loon, propelled over the water on Lake Keuka, near Hammondsport, N.Y., carrying Mr. Douglas McCurdy as…
[John A. D. McCurdy flying Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 3 "June Bug"]
Photograph of John A. D. McCurdy flying the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "June Bug" aircraft at a race track near Hammondsport, New York, July 27, 1908. Inscription on verso: "June Bug / Douglas McCurdy. Hammondsport, July 27, 1908."
[Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" in flight]
Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft, piloted by John A. D. McCurdy, in flight over a race track near Hammondsport, New York, December 1908. Conflicting dates (December 12 and December 13) are given in the captions. Inscription: "Drome No. 4, McCurdy's Silver-Dart, carrying Mr. Doulas McCurdy as Aviator at Hammondsport, N.Y. Dec. 12,…
[Aerial Experimental Association members at airfield]
Photograph of several members and associates of the Aerial Experimental Association at an airfield near Hammondsport, New York, April 6, 1908. Standing, from left to right: Thomas Scott Baldwin, Frederick Walker Baldwin, J. Newton Williams, John A. D. McCurdy, and Thomas E. Selfridge. Sitting, from left to right: Alexander Graham Bell, William F. Bedwin, and Glenn Hammond Curtiss. Typed caption on…
[Members of the Aerial Experimental Association]
Photograph of several members and associates of the Aerial Experimental Association at an airfield near Hammondsport, New York, April 6, 1908. Standing, from left to right: Thomas Scott Baldwin, Frederick Walker Baldwin, J. Newton Williams, John A. D. McCurdy, and Thomas E. Selfridge. Sitting, from left to right: Alexander Graham Bell, William F. Bedwin, and Glenn Hammond Curtiss.Inscription: "Dr.…
[Letter to Grover Whalen, President of New York World's Fair, from Royal S. Copeland, June 2, 1937]
Letter to Grover Whalen, President of New York World's Fair, from Royal S. Copeland, June 2, 1937. Recommends Harold E. Hartney as Commissioner or Director of Aeronautics for the World's Fair. One typed page, with a large section torn out.
[Airfield in Long Island, New York]
Photograph of an airfield in Long Island, New York, possibly Roosevelt Field, circa 1919.Inscription: "L. I. New York."Part of a photograph album documenting the World War I service of Herman J. Sommerhauser, circa 1918-1919.
[Interned Dutch ships, New York]
Photograph of interned Dutch ships with train tracks in foreground, New York, circa 1917-1919. Inscription on album page: "Dutch boats interned." Part of a scrapbook related to Edward I. Sproull's military career during and after World War I, circa 1916-1919.
[Hudson River, New York]
Photograph of the Hudson River with train tracks in foreground, New York, circa 1916-1919.Inscription on album page: "Hudson from N.Y.C. R.R."Part of a scrapbook related to Edward I. Sproull's military career during and after World War I, circa 1916-1919.