Aviation before the WWI

Parachute jump - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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NC-4 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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D.L. Mabley and aeroplane - Public domain dedication image

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Marine "looping" [plane] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Lt. Com. Byrd and "Air-Raft" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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"Bud" Mars and wife - Public domain portrait photograph

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Lt. Lowell H. Smith and Sgt. Harvey

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Marcel Hanriot and father - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Lagagneux - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Engine of Bleriot machine - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Amundsen (blimp) Air Ship I - SAAN

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Lt. Lester J. Maitland - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Hoxsey flying - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Lieut. Henry S. Lee - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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George S. Russell - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Cyril's aero sled - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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SAMPAIO CORREIA? Ship and plane

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Marine in Scout plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Dubonnet over Paris - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Latham - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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NC-1 under way - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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ZR-III - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Bleriot - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Bleriot aeroplane, on ground - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Aeroplane on HIBERNIA (Brit.) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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[Breguet biplane, type 1910, flying over a town, possibly in Morocco]

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Chevillard - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Murphy -- Police Monoplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Charles Minthorn Murphy (1870-1950) also known as "Mile-a-Minute" Murphy, a cyclist and policeman who proposed the idea of chasing criminals in airplanes. Murphy is seated in a monoplane design... More

Kantner at Start - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows aviator Harold Dewolf Kantner (1886-1973), the winner of a race above the Hudson River, New York on July 4, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and New York Times, July 5, 1914)

Coffin's Hydro-Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Aviators decorated with iron cross: Saenger -- Baas -- Hahn -- Ingold ...

Photograph shows Lieut. Saenger, Lieut. Baas, Lieut. Hahn, Pilot Ingold, Lieut. Hug, Lieut. Bremer, and Sergt. Reichert. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Zeppelin L II - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Lieut. W. Capehart - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photographs shows Navy pilot Wadleigh Capehart (1883-1952). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

J.J. Cole; Bob Fowler; & W.F. Grundy

Photograph shows Joseph Jarret Cole (Cole Motor Car Company) and Robert Grant "Bob" Fowler who are sitting in a Wright Model B Flyer called the "Cole Flyer", preparing for the Hearst Transcontinental Flight Der... More

WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPLANE, ETC. HARRY ATWOOD

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French soldiers examining Zeppelin at Luneville

Photo probably shows the German war dirigible, Zeppelin IV, which landed on the parade ground of Luneville, France in April 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010 and New York Times, May 4, 1913)

Putting "Republique" in Shed - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Gaudart in a Voisin - Public domain portrait photograph

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Lefebvre at Reims - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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NC-1 at Halifax - Public domain image of a steam boat

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Col. A. Miller, Lt. E.C. Kiel, Sgt. F.K. McKee

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R-34 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Delagrance and his aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Return of Naval aviators - Public domain portrait photograph

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Planes in flight aviation meet, Belmont, N.Y.

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Moissant flying - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Monoplane Hanriot - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Norge Leaving Hanger (blimp) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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NC-1 at Halifax - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Wright at Gov. Island - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Governors Island, New York. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Lt. O. Locklear - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Willow Dirigible - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Aubrun - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Cabin of Zeppelin airship - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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U.S. Army plane, Mt. Clemens - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Lt. Paul Micelli, H. Sundstedt - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Sgt. Tanner, Maj. Carl Spatz, Col. A. Miller, C.B. Spatz & wife, and A...

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Lt. W.D. Coney - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Langley's steam model airplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Zeppelin flight July 3 '08 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Zeppelin airship, 6:05 AM Aug. 4 '08

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Curtiss-Herring aeroplane, in fligh over field

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Bolling Field, Hadley Page on polo grounds

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Propeller of Sikorsky Plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photo shows propeller of an airplane designed by Russian-American aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972).(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Harriman Hydroaeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows hydroplane designed by Frank Herbert "Bert" Harriman, an early aviation pioneer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

AMERICA with third engine - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Naval Airship, Parseval - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Moissant Machine wrecked - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Curtiss Flying Boat of Marshall E. Reid

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WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPLANE, ETC. HARRY ATWOOD

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HYDROPLANE, NAVY - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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ELLYSON, THEODORE C. LIEUT. U.S.N. TESTING SEAPLANE ON POTOMAC

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JANNUS, ANTHONY. FLIGHTS AND TESTS OF REX SMITH PLANE FLOWN BY JANNUS....

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Vedrine[s] wins international cup

Photo shows French aviator Jules Vedrines turning the pylon in the James Gordon Bennett Cup Race, Chicago, Illinois.

R-34 (blimp) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Bleriot's Accident at Reims - Public domain portrait photograph

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Coming ashore from naval plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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W.E. Kline & Lt. B.W. Maynard - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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Paulhan and Hamilton aeroplanes in flight, Los Angeles

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George S. Russell - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Zeppelin airship for passengers

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R-34 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Chinese army balloon - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Changing propellers -- NC-3 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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Norge Leaving Hanger (blimp) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Lesh trying his aeroplane, pulled by an auto

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Mille. Dutrieux - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Rohlfs & his Curtiss "Wasp" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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J.C. Mars and Tom Sharkey - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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H. Latham - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Lts.: Royer & Lersch - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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W.E. Kline, "Trixie" (dog) & Lt. B.W. Maynard

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Milton - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Latham aeroplane, on flying field

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Delagrange in his aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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British kite balloon - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Zeppelin airship July 4 '08, 6:21 a.m.

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O. Wright flying [airplane] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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Bleriot, in flight over field - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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WRIGHT FLIGHTS, FORT MYER, Virginia, JULY 1909. FIRST ARMY FLIGHTS

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