843 Aeroplane Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

G.H. Curtiss winning Scientific American Trophy with aeroplane "June B...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Army Air Service "1360 A.S." Copyright by H.M. Benner. Ernest L. Jones Collection. Caption card tracings: NY H-; Aviation 1908; Airplanes ... More

Curtiss-Herring aeroplane, in fligh over field

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer, Virginia

Postcard showing Orville Wright flying biplane, Fort Myer, Va. 131162 U.S. Copyright Office. "Copyright 1909, G.M.C." below photo. Copyright registration records show G.M. Cramer Co., in Washington, D.C.

Three quarter front view (left) of Miss [E.L.] Todd in her aeroplane

J132201 U.S. Copyright Office Another copy may be in SSF - AIRPLANES 1909. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Meckler-Allen Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of ship, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

French sqad aeroplane, a very fast scout plane

This one was used by the French in aiding the American forces in taking Cantigny, near Montdidier, in May. May 26, 1918.

Thomas R. Shipp (Aeroplane) Businessman

Photograph shows Thomas R. Shipp and other guests with airplane from Cleveland that delivered ice cream for National Ice Cream Day.

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretar...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aeroplane wreck - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L'aeroplane Wright [Omnia, Revue Pratique de Locomotion, 24 October 19...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Aeroplane song - Public domain World War One sheet music

[music and lyrics by] Karl Merkau. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Lefebure aeroplane, in flight - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Paulhan in aeroplane greets his wife in a balloon, both in flight

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Cooley aeroplane, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Paul Borguis in Bousson Borguis aeroplane

Public domain photograph of industrial building, factory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

De la Rue aeroplane (Ferber's), in flight

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Silver Dart - Aeroplane at Hammondsport

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Katherine Stinson and her aeroplane

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Meckler-Allen Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meckler-Allen Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

College Park Aviation School from Aeroplane [6]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

RIVIERO, SENORITA LENORE. WITH ANTHONY JANNUS; IN REX SMITH AEROPLANE

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bleriot type airplane of American airplane supply co. [i.e., American ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item, with subsequent revisions. "794 A.S." Ernest L. Jones Collection.

Vedrin[es] wins Fres... Laurels. Aviator brings down two German aeropl...

Jules Védrines seated in airplane. George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wright aeroplane (close view) ready for a flight, Fort Myer, Virginia

J200421 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 11773. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper sup... More

Thomas Aeroplane for U.S. Army - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Photograph shows a Thomas D-2 observation aircraft. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and Aerial Age Weekly (March 20, 1916), p. 12) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms ... More

Thaw Aeroplane in Central Park 3/6/16

Photograph shows plane piloted by Alexander Blair Thaw with passenger John Kane, which had to make a landing in Central Park, New York City when it ran out of gas on the way to Governors Island. (Source: Flickr... More

Information from captured German maps, prisoner's statements, and rece...

"Oct. 2nd, 1918." Base map drawn and printed by G-2-C, 1st A.C.U.S. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Stamped on: Summerall papers. ARP

Aeroplane attacking troops from low height at Vierzy during Soissons a...

Print shows German airplane firing on Allied troops at Vierzy, France, during World War I. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Copyright by Wendell Westover.

Boys playing that they are shooting machine guns at a passing aeroplan...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subject File: Legal Cases--Wright Co. v. Curtiss Aeroplane Co.--Misce...

Picryl description: Public domain page scan, legal document, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two ... More

Hamilton in Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Curtiss-Herring aeroplane, on field

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pischoff aeroplane trying for Deutsch prize

A group of people standing around a small airplane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pischoff aeroplane, George Grantham Bain Collection

Airplane with onlookers, and man pushing propeller as if to start the engine. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Farman aeroplane 1908, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Wright brothers aeroplane - patented plans, 1908

Four plans: The top plan of the Wright aeroplane / drawings by W.B. Robinson from Wright Brothers' specification in the Patent Office; Fig. 1 - Wright flying machine; Fig. 3 - figures descriptives du brevet fra... More

F.L. de Riemsdyk at pilot wheel of Curtiss aeroplane

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Army Aviation School, Augusta from Aeroplane 1

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Signal Corps Aviation School, Augusta From Aeroplane [4]

Public domain photograph of shool building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meckler-Allen Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows John J. Meckler and C.A. Allen standing in front of a biplane intended for transatlantic flight which they built in 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Aeroplane, Gov. Island - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a group of people watching an airplane on the ground at Governors Island, New York. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Installing aeroplane airplane engine

Photograph shows workers putting an engine in an airplane, at the Lowe, Willard & Fowler Engineering Company, College Point, Queens, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provide... More

Aeroplane [airplane] shop - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Congressman O.D. Bleakley arriving in Wash., D.C., in an aeroplane, No...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Thaw Aeroplane in Central Park 3616

Photograph shows plane piloted by Alexander Blair Thaw with passenger John Kane, which had to make a landing in Central Park, New York City when it ran out of gas on the way to Governors Island. (Source: Flickr... More

"Jersey" Ringel standing on top wing of aeroplane

Photograph shows man standing on top of flying plane; Jersey Ringel written on side of plane.

Santa Claus in aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wright Aeroplane and Wireless Communication [Frank L. Perry, Western E...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

The Wright Brothers' Aeroplane [Orville and Wilbur Wright, The Century...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

L.G. Bergdoll's aeroplane in hangar

Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aeroplane in flight, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Dr. William Greene at pilot wheel of aeroplane

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woman in aeroplane ready for swimming, Pittsburgh

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

San Antonio Aeroplane used for army messages

Photograph shows a Wright Model "B" biplane which was rented to the U.S. Army in 1911 in San Antonio, Texas. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Meckler-Allen Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a biplane intended for transatlantic flight, built by John J. Meckler and C.A. Allen in 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

C.J. Edwards, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows C.J. Edwards, J.C. Eberhardt (Dayton Aeroplane Club), aviation enthusiast William J. Hammer, and R. Joseph Collier (1876-1918), publisher and president of the Aero Club of America, at the funeral of... More

Sikhorsky [i.e., Sikirsky] Aeroplane RUSSIAN KNIGHT

Photograph shows the airplane, "Russian Knight" built by Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972) in the winter of 1912-1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

M[...] apparatus for aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

King & Queen Mary at aeroplane factory

Photograph shows King George V and Queen Mary visiting the Canbury Park Road airplane factory of Kingston Aviation during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Glen Echo amusement park. Aeroplane, night view, Glen Echo

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aeroplane view of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley showing Mt. Diab...

J15200 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain image of San Francisco buildings, city, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Promenade sur Paris en aeroplane / ND Phot.. Back of the postcard

Postcard shows an aerial view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris; seen through the framework of a biplane. No. 472. Gift; Marie Dechaux; 1958.

Subject File: Legal Cases--Wright Co. v. Curtiss Aeroplane Co.--Affid...

Picryl description: Public domain page scan, legal document, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two ... More

Paulhan aeroplane taking off, Los Angeles, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

At Nice, Oehlschlager on Bleriot monoplane - Above is Farman aeroplane...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Crowd on field, around Curtiss and aeroplane, Mineola, L.I.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arrival Moissant's aeroplane, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

McCurdy aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lind Painter in a "Sommer" - aeroplane

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Farman aeroplane 1908 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aeroplane of Dr. Greene, on ground

Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aeroplane factory - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Eshault-Pelterie aeroplane, in flight

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

R.P. Warner's aeroplane, in flight

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Morse aeroplane capsized - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Adm. Twinings aeroplane gun - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photo shows a naval airplane gun invented by Rear Admiral Nathan C. Twining (1869-1924). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Model of Shillcutt Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Photo shows model of airplane patented by Alburt A. Shillcutt in US Patent 1,043,473 on November 5, 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Attaching bomb to German Aeroplane

Photograph shows a German soldier attaching a bomb to an airplane during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Aeroplane exhibit, museum - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aeroplane wreck - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wright Aeroplane and Wireless Communication [Frank L. Perry, Western E...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

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

Public domain photograph of cabinet, bureau, office, 1920s - 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. and Mrs. Bleriot, aeroplane, crowd, on field, Dover

A group of people standing next to an airplane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spectators lifting the aeroplane from the bodies of the injured men

H116342 U.S. Copyright Office. Photoprint copyrighted by P.F. Collier & Son. This record contains data transcribed from item.

Wilbur Wright examining canoe attachment to aeroplane before 1st fligh...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. LOT subdivision subject: Orville and Wilbur Wright aviation activities - Wilbur's flights over New York harbor, 1909. George Grantham Bain Collection (... More

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Frank Coffin's Hydro-Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

J.H. Kouns' aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lining aeroplane [airplane] bodies, College Point

Public domain photograph of industrial building, factory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gigli & wife -- D'E Curtiss i.e. De Curtis & wife

Photograph shows Benjamin Gigli (1890-1957), an Italian tenor opera singer with his wife, Costanza Cerron and composer Ernesto de Curtis (1875-1937) in Venice, Italy. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Tit... More

King & Queen Mary at aeroplane factory

Photograph shows King George V and Queen Mary visiting the Canbury Park Road airplane factory of Kingston Aviation during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain... More

Lining aeroplane airplane bodies, College Point

Photograph shows workers lining airplane bodies at the Lowe, Willard & Fowler Engineering Company, College Point, Queens, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title and date from data provided ... More

[Edward Augustus Smith, Jr., Quartermaster lc aviation killed in aerop...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tastefully decorated - the saloon of a large Vickers aeroplane

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1920 Jan. 24, p. 118. Reference copy may be in SSF - Airplanes 1920. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Transportation; A... More