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Album of Early Aviation Photographs, Including Glenn CurtissĀ
Lot of 82 photographs, the vast majority showing Glenn Curtiss and his experimental aircraft, ca 1910-1918, as well as views of his partners and pilots. 14 photographs measure 8 x 10 in., 54 are 4.5 x 6.75 in., 3 are 3.25 x 5.5 in., and the rest roughly 4 x 6 in. Almost all are accompanied by typewritten captions.Ā
Subjects include: Alexander Graham Bell with Curtiss and other members of the Aerial Experiment Association, including Augustus Post and Lt. Selfridge; A.G. Bell's "Cygnet 2" tetrahedral kite, piloted by J.A.D. McCurdy, at Baddeck, Nova Scotia; Curtiss and Henry Ford posed with a Curtiss flying boat; several views of the "Langley Aerodrome" being prepared and flown at Hammondsport, NY; Thomas Scott Baldwin with the dirigible built for the US Government; Baldwin and Curtiss together; Curtiss with his "Flying Ice Boat" and "Red Wing" ski plane;the trial flight of "White Wings"; the trial flight of the "June Bug"; J.A.D. McCurdy at the controls of the "Silver Dart"; female aviation pioneer Ruth Bancroft Law at the controls of her trick flying machine; Curtiss at Reims, France, 1910; the Curtiss Bleecker Helicopter; the "Pfistner Monoplane" in flight; the Army training planes at the Curtiss Aviation School; the "Gold Bug" and other experimental flying boats; Lincoln Beachy at the controls of his exhibition plane; two views of aviator Victor Carlstrom performing a loop trick, and another view of the crash that killed him; an aerial view of Newport News; Curtiss with the "America" flying boat; the wreck which caused the death of Curtiss instructor Stephen McGordon at Newport News, 1917; the wreck of "sea plane model R-s" at Keuka Lake, NY; plus a letter from theĀ Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corporation's Dept. of Education and Sales Promotion, dated July 26, 1919, at New York, regarding photographs of Katherine Stinson and her Curtiss flying machine. Also included but not related to the other photographs are several views of World War I planes in a warehouse.
Lot of 82 photographs, the vast majority showing Glenn Curtiss and his experimental aircraft, ca 1910-1918, as well as views of his partners and pilots. 14 photographs measure 8 x 10 in., 54 are 4.5 x 6.75 in., 3 are 3.25 x 5.5 in., and the rest roughly 4 x 6 in. Almost all are accompanied by typewritten captions.Ā
Subjects include: Alexander Graham Bell with Curtiss and other members of the Aerial Experiment Association, including Augustus Post and Lt. Selfridge; A.G. Bell's "Cygnet 2" tetrahedral kite, piloted by J.A.D. McCurdy, at Baddeck, Nova Scotia; Curtiss and Henry Ford posed with a Curtiss flying boat; several views of the "Langley Aerodrome" being prepared and flown at Hammondsport, NY; Thomas Scott Baldwin with the dirigible built for the US Government; Baldwin and Curtiss together; Curtiss with his "Flying Ice Boat" and "Red Wing" ski plane;the trial flight of "White Wings"; the trial flight of the "June Bug"; J.A.D. McCurdy at the controls of the "Silver Dart"; female aviation pioneer Ruth Bancroft Law at the controls of her trick flying machine; Curtiss at Reims, France, 1910; the Curtiss Bleecker Helicopter; the "Pfistner Monoplane" in flight; the Army training planes at the Curtiss Aviation School; the "Gold Bug" and other experimental flying boats; Lincoln Beachy at the controls of his exhibition plane; two views of aviator Victor Carlstrom performing a loop trick, and another view of the crash that killed him; an aerial view of Newport News; Curtiss with the "America" flying boat; the wreck which caused the death of Curtiss instructor Stephen McGordon at Newport News, 1917; the wreck of "sea plane model R-s" at Keuka Lake, NY; plus a letter from theĀ Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corporation's Dept. of Education and Sales Promotion, dated July 26, 1919, at New York, regarding photographs of Katherine Stinson and her Curtiss flying machine. Also included but not related to the other photographs are several views of World War I planes in a warehouse.
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Most with only very light soiling and perhaps some edge wear; very good overall.
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Album of Early Aviation Photographs, Including Glenn
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