Date: | 1916 |
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Description: | General William "Billy" Mitchell posing next to an airplane wearing flight gear. |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | A hydroplane built by the Wright Brothers being tested by the U.S. Navy on San Diego Bay. |
Date: | 1914 |
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Description: | Lieutenant Patrick N.L. Bellinger, one of the first Navy flyers, piloting a U.S. Navy flying boat during the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico. During t... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Glenn Curtiss sold two hydroplanes (NS 1 & 2) to the U.S. Navy and continued to test them independently from their base also located on North Island. This ... |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | John Kaminski of Milwaukee in his World War I pilot's uniform. |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | Rodney Williams, a World War I pilot from Delafield, Wisconsin, posed wearing his U.S. Air Service uniform. With five enemy aircraft downed in July 1918, ... |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | General William "Billy" Mitchell in the cockpit of his airplane. |
Date: | 05 19 1919 |
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Description: | The crew of NC-4 during their interim stop in the Azores: Left to right: Lt. Elmer Stone, Eugene Rhoades (machinists mate), Lt. Walter Hinton, Ensign H.C. ... |
Date: | 08 1917 |
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Description: | A visiting French officer instructs novice American pilots at Camp Mineola on the conditions that they can expect to find at the front. |
Date: | 05 1917 |
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Description: | A ground school conducted by Princeton University for students who wished to enlist in the Army Air Service. During World War I most American aviators were... |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | Captain John B. Stetson, Jr., the officer in charge of flying instruction at the American Expeditionary Force, 2nd Aviation Instruction Center near Tours, ... |
Date: | 08 21 1917 |
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Description: | Original caption: "The above picture is the first that has been taken of Mrs. Vernon Castle and her soldier husband since he returned to this country aft... |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | The glamorous dancer Irene Castle wearing a World War I "Preparedness Uniform" of her own design. The dress was based on the uniform worn by her husband an... |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | Vernon Castle, half of the glamorous Castle dancing team, enlisted in the British Royal Flying Corps in 1915 and flew over 150 missions at the Western Fron... |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | Two Sopwith Camels, somewhere in France. This image is from the photo collection of Alvin Reis of Madison. He made many wartime photos into lantern slides ... |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | A portrait of Alvin C. Reis of Madison during his service in World War I. During the war, Reis commanded several observation balloon squadrons. Later, he b... |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | Captain Vernon Castle of the British Royal Flying Corps standing in uniform beside a Curtis Jenny with British markings. Castle flew over 150 missions at t... |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | Lieutenant Eric Burgess, a U.S. Army aviator played by Harrison Ford, sits on the edge of a well with Marty Mackenzie (Vivian Martin) in a scene still from... |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | Thanksgiving Day dinner menu given by the Second Aviation Instruction Center of the American Expeditionary Forces near Tours, France. Features two servicem... |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | Poster with an illustration of an airplane with French markings flying in the sky. Two soldiers are in the foreground, one with binoculars, are looking off... |
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