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Airplane Watching

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd of people standing on boats lined up along a pier to watch a bi-winged airplane flying over the water. Large buildings ar...
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The Spirit of Saint Louis

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Description: Indoor view of the Spirit of Saint Louis, the first airplane to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a non-stop flight, displayed in the Smithsonian Institute. The ...
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Aerial Mail Station

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Description: A view of an aerial mail station with an airplane and two men visible.
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Landing Field

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Description: View from inside doorway of a hangar toward a man near an airplane at the landing field of an aerial mail station. Hills or mountains are in the distance.
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Departing Air Mail Pilot

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Description: View toward an air mail pilot climbing into his airplane to get ready to leave the field. Other men are walking away from the airplane.
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Curtiss Biplane Over Harbor

Date: 07 04 1911
Description: View of a Curtiss biplane flying over the harbor. The steamship "Three States" are in the center, and several similar ships are in the distance, including ...
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Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the exterior of Hangar No. One of the Naval Air Station. A flag stands atop the steel structure, and through the open section, an airship can be...
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Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the interior of airship Hangar No. One at the Naval Air Station. The "Los Angeles," completed in 1924, is found on the right, and a J-3 blimp, fi...
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Camp Bowie

Date: 1918
Description: Men observe an early airplane at Camp Bowie, established in 1917.
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Camp Vail

Date: 1918
Description: A view of men posing around a bomber, manufactured by Handley Page Limited, a company founded in 1909. Behind the bomber stand the military buildings of C...
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Camp Vail

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Description: A view of man in an early twentieth century United States Army Airplane at Camp Vail, named in 1909.
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Camp Vail

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Description: A view of early twentieth century United States Army airplanes on an air field at Camp Vail, named in 1909. One plane flies overhead, and a man is seen st...
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Kelly Field at Camp Travis

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Description: A view of a plane marked with the number 2900 taking off from Kelly Field, created in 1916. A water tower and the military buidings of Camp Travis are see...
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Maine Air Transport Seaplane

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Description: View of a seaplane gliding on bay waters with a row of homes on the shoreline. Maine Air Transport was in operation from 1932-33. Text on the plane reads...

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