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[Robert G. Fowler addressing crowd from Wright Model B aircraft]
Photographic postcard of Robert G. Fowler addressing a crowd from his Wright Model B aircraft, Abeline, Texas, circa 1911-1912. Image likely taken during Fowler's transcontinental flight across the United States.Inscription: "Rob't G. Fowler / Coast to Coast Flyer / Abilene Tex."Inscription on verso: "Bob talking to the people of Abilene on his arrival there / Nov 20, 1911."
[Robert G. Fowler and crew with Wright Model B aircraft]
Photographic postcard of Robert G. Fowler (third from left) and his crew with a Wright Model B aircraft, Orleans, Nebraska, August 1912. A crowd is gathered in the background. Inscription: "Robert G. Fowler's aeroplane and crew. Fowler holding goggles. / Old Settlers Picnic, Orleans, Neb. Aug 27-8-9 '12."
[Motorboat "Oregon Kid" racing Silas Christofferson in 1915 Model D seaplane]
Photographic postcard of the motorboat "Oregon Kid" racing Silas Christofferson in his 1915 Model D seaplane, Lake Washington, Washington, circa 1915.Caption: "Famous 'Oregon Kid,' champion motorboat of the Pacific Coast, racing with Christofferson in his hydro-aeroplane at Lake Washington, near Seattle."
[Robert G. Fowler addressing crowd from Wright Model B aircraft]
Photographic postcard of Robert G. Fowler addressing a crowd from his Wright Model B aircraft, Abeline, Texas, circa 1911-1912. Image likely taken during Fowler's transcontinental flight across the United States.Inscription: "Rob't G. Fowler / Coast to Coast Flyer / Abilene Tex."
[Ralph Newcomb, Robert G. Fowler, and others with Fowler's Wright Model B aircraft]
Photographic postcard of Ralph Newcomb, Robert G. Fowler, and two unidentified people posing with Fowler's Wright Model B aircraft during his North American transcontinental flight, circa 1911.
[Crowd gathered around wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft]
Photographic postcard of a crowd gathered around the wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft, Long Beach, California, April 3, 1912. Rodgers was killed in this crash.
[Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft after fatal crash]
Photographic postcard of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft after its fatal crash at Long Beach, California on April 3, 1912. A picture of Rodgers is inset on the left.
[Calbraith Perry Rodgers and others with Wright Model EX "Vin Fiz" aircraft]
Photographic postcard of Calbraith Perry Rodgers (foreground left, with crutches) and others with the Wright Model EX "Vin Fiz" aircraft, circa 1911-1912.Caption: "From New York to Long Beach / Aviator Rodgers landing -- 1911."