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8 results

[Pilot with crashed aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of a pilot with a crashed aircraft, circa 1910s.Inscription on envelope: "Airplane wrecks."

[Walter Brookins and Mabel Van Buren in unidentified aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of pilot Walter Brookins and passenger Mabel Van Buren in an unidentified aircraft, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, 1915.Inscription on verso: "Mable [Mabel] Van Buren / Walter Brookins / Flying at Griffith Park L.A. / 1915."Inscription on envelope: "Griffith Park Aviation Field / 1914-15 / and mud field at Santa Monica / Lawrence Brown did that job too [sic] my plane."

[Aircraft taking off from ship] (Item)

Composite photograph of an aircraft taking off from a ship, along with an image of a woman, a man in flight gear, and a ship's captain, circa 1910s.Inscription on envelope: "4 cylinder motorcycle -- Built in B[Illegible] / Pope Toledo would-be racing car / DeMille Field."Typed on envelope: "Mr. Ralph Newcomb / [address in Pacific Grove, California]."

[Airship in flight] (Item)

Photograph of an airship in flight, Los Angeles, California, circa 1908. The inscription on the accompanying envelope notes that the airship is being piloted by Ray KnabenshueInscription on envelope: "Rare print / Ray Knabenshue over Los Angeles / 1908.

[Fred Schiller, Ruth Wightman, and Ed Musick at Venice Flying School] (Item)

Photograph of (from left to right) Fred Schiller, Ruth Wightman, and Edwin Musick at the Venice Flying School, California, circa 1918. Inscription on verso of print: "Ed Music [Musick] / Ruth Wightman / Fred Schiller / Instructor at Flying School / Venice, Calif." Inscription on envelope: "Ralph [sic] Schiller -- Ruth Wightman / Venice Flying School / 1918."

[Louis Paulhan piloting Farman aircraft above treetops] (Item)

Photograph of Louis Paulhan piloting a Farman aircraft above the treetops, circa 1910.Inscription on envelope: "Louis Paulhan / Farman Biplane with Gnome Rotary motor / 50 HP / First flight in [S.F.?] / 1910."

[Walter Brookins and Archibald Hoxsey with Wright Model B aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Walter Brookins (right) and Arch Hoxsey (left) with Brookins' Wright Model B aircraft, Los Angeles, California, circa 1910. Inscription on envelope: "Walter Brookins and Arch Hoxsey at [illegible] Field / L.A. / 1910."

[Ralph Newcomb working on an unidentified seaplane] (Item)

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb working on an unidentified seaplane, Balboa, California, circa 1912.Inscription on envelope: "Newcomb's accident at Balboa / 1912."