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[People looking at wrecked aircraft]
Photographic postcard of people looking at a wrecked aircraft, Winchester, Virginia, September 12, 1912. Inscription: "Wreck of aeroplane at Winchester, Va. Sept 12/12. Engine quit [illegible] landed in railroad cut. / W. S. Luckey."
[People looking at crashed aircraft]
Photograph of people looking at a crashed aircraft, Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, October 26, 1930. The verso caption notes that Major Phillip Watson and Julius Nester were killed in the crash.Typed caption on verso: "Crash of Swallow plane near Mitchel Field, L. I., N. Y. Sunday, Oct. 26, 1930. Killing Major Phillip Watson, Air Corps Reserve, and Julius Nester, a student. Photographed by…
[Damaged Standard J-1 aircraft]
Photograph of a damaged Standard J-1 aircraft, Blue Ash Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1922.Inscription on verso: "Cincinnati, O. 1922 / Blue Ash Field / Kettering's Standard after crash."
[Wrecked Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft]
Photograph of a wrecked Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, Tiffin, Ohio, circa 1921. The text "Emrick and Buton" is painted on the fuselage.Inscription on verso: "Tiffin O. 1921 / Jenny after crash."
[Crowd gathered around wrecked de Havilland H.4 aircraft]
Photograph of a crowd gathered around a wrecked de Havilland H.4 aircraft, Blue Ash Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1922. Inscription on verso: "Cincinnati O. -- 1922 / Army DH after crash at Blue Ash Field."
[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."
[Wrecked Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft]
Photograph of a wrecked Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, Tiffin, Ohio, circa 1921. The text on the fuselage reads "Emrick and [obscured]."Inscription on verso: "Tiffin O. 1921 / Jenny after crash."
Wreck of Red Wing
Photograph of people with the wrecked Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft, Lake Keuka, New York, circa 1908. Caption on envelope: "Wreck of Red Wing / 50."
Last flight of Chas O. Jones in the Boomerang
Photograph (reproduction) of the airship "Boomerang" on fire, Waterville, Maine, September 2, 1908. Pilot Charles O. Jones is visible at the controls. Shortly after this photo was taken, the airship plunged to the ground and Jones fell to his death. Caption: "Last flight of Chas O. Jones in the Boomerang at Waterville, ME losing his life. The airship destroyed by fire. / Sept. 2, 1908. Caption on…
[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.