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Photograph of people with the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft on the iced-over Keuka Lake, New York, circa March 1908.Caption on verso: "Red Wing. The first aeroplane to make a public flight in America, on March 17, 1908, when it flew 319 feet from the ice on Lake Keuka, N. Y., F. W. Balwin, aviator. Aeroplane was wrecked."Stamped on verso: "Photo by / H. M.…
Photograph of people working on the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "Loon" aircraft, Keuka Lake, New York, December 1908. Caption on verso: "The Loon. This was the first attempt with a water aeroplane. The June Bug being transformed into a hydro-aeroplane and tried out on the waters of Lake Keuka, N. Y. Dec. 1908."Stamped on verso: "Photo by / H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N. Y."