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[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on USS Pennsylvania] (Item)

Photograph of a Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on the USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay, California, January 18, 1911. This is credited as the first successful shipboard landing of an aircraft.

[Walter Brookins' Wright Model B aircraft taxiing across water] (Item)

Photograph of Walter Brookins' Wright Model B aircraft taxiing across water, Los Angeles, California, circa 1915. Inscription on envelope: "Walter Brookins' Wright biplane / Griffith Park L.A. / 1915."

[Stearman PT-13 Kaydet (Model 75) aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of a Stearman PT-13 Kaydet (Model 75) aircraft (fuselage number 27) parked at Grand Central Air Terminal, California, circa 1940s.Inscription on verso: "Grand Central + PT-13's."

[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, taking off from USS Pennsylvania] (Item)

Photograph of a Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, taking off from the USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay, California, January 18, 1911. A large crowd of sailors watches from the ship.

[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."

[Wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of the wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft, Long Beach, California, April 3, 1912. A crowd of people are looking out the windows of the building in the background. Rodgers was killed in this crash.

[Crowd with wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of a crowd with the wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft, Long Beach, California, April 3, 1912. Rodgers was killed in this crash.

[Wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of the wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft, Long Beach, California, April 3, 1912. Rodgers was killed in this crash.

[Wright Model EX "Vin Fiz" aircraft in low flight over beach] (Item)

Photograph of the Wright Model EX "Vin Fiz" aircraft, piloted by Calbraith Perry Rodgers, in low flight over a beach, circa 1911-1912.

[Amelia Earhart landing Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Amelia Earhart landing her Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft at Oakland Airport, California, January 12, 1935. Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. Inscription on verso: "Amelia Earhart landing at Oakland / Jan 12, 1935."