Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Lo...
Significance: As the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach plant, the facility made a significant contribution to the development of the aviation industry in southern California. It was constructed as a critical... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Sea Plane Ramp, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Significance: Constructed in 1940, R8 is one of thirteen concrete ramps built along the seawall at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola that facilitated the movement of seaplanes between the relatively tranquil wa... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Aircraft Hangar, Radford Boulevard, Pensacola,...
Significance: Constructed in 1940, Building No. 632 is one of eleven new hangars erected between 1937 and 1940 as part of a massive expansion of Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola's facilities and aviation train... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Aircraft Hangar, Radford Boulevard, Pensacola,...
Significance: Constructed in 1940, Building No. 632 is one of eleven new hangars erected between 1937 and 1940 as part of a massive expansion of Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola's facilities and aviation train... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Aircraft Hangar, Radford Boulevard, Pensacola,...
Significance: Constructed in 1940, Building No. 632 is one of eleven new hangars erected between 1937 and 1940 as part of a massive expansion of Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola's facilities and aviation train... More
[Houd ini in scenes from "The grim game"]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore...
Significance: They are associated with the expansion of the Fleet Air Base on Ford Island in the mid-1930s. They reflect the Navy's reliance on seaplanes during this decade of aviation history. These seaplane r... More
Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Facility, On County Roa...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Aircraft Storehouse, U.S. Coast Guard Sta...
Significance: This building is one of the three major support buildings erected to serve the U.S. Naval Operating Base in World War II; this building retains much of its integrity and contributes to the general... More
Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Aircraft Storehouse, U.S. Coast Guard Sta...
Significance: This building is one of the three major support buildings erected to serve the U.S. Naval Operating Base in World War II; this building retains much of its integrity and contributes to the general... More
Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Aircraft Storehouse, U.S. Coast Guard Sta...
Significance: This building is one of the three major support buildings erected to serve the U.S. Naval Operating Base in World War II; this building retains much of its integrity and contributes to the general... More
Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Aircraft Storehouse, U.S. Coast Guard Sta...
Significance: This building is one of the three major support buildings erected to serve the U.S. Naval Operating Base in World War II; this building retains much of its integrity and contributes to the general... More
Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Marine Corps Air Station Ewa Aircraft...
Significance: The December 7, 1941 Japanese surprise attack on military bases in Hawaii devastated almost all aircraft parked on the airstrips in Hawaii. As a reaction to the proven vulnerability of exposed ai... More
Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Factory No. 1, 851 Pennsylvania Aven...
Significance: Kreider-Reisner Factory No. 1 (also known as Fairchild No. 1) was built as a result of a partnership between upstart airplane builders Ammon H. Kreider and Lewis E. Reisner and aviation industrial... More
Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Factory No. 1, 851 Pennsylvania Aven...
Significance: Kreider-Reisner Factory No. 1 (also known as Fairchild No. 1) was built as a result of a partnership between upstart airplane builders Ammon H. Kreider and Lewis E. Reisner and aviation industrial... More
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Aircraft Maintenance Dock, Alabama Avenue ...
Significance: Building 2741 was constructed at the same time as, and is essentially identical in appearance to Buildings 2766, 2785, 2793, 2808, 2818, 2837, and 2890. 6 of these were designed as large aircraft ... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...
Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...
Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More
Michoud Assembly Facility, 13800 Old Gentilly Road, New Orleans, Orlea...
Significance: The significance of the Michoud Assembly Complex lies in its architectural heritage, as a structure designed by Albert Kahn, Architects and Engineers, Inc., the foremost factory architectural firm... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Prototype Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centin...
Significance: The last of the research and development buildings completed at HAC's Culver City plant, Building 21 is starkly industrial in appearance. Nearly square in plan, the 50,000 sq ft, two story struct... More
Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Anti-Aircraft Battery Complex-Large G...
Survey number: HABS HI-279-Y Public domain photograph - historical image of Hawaii, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Final Assembly Bui...
Significance: Building No. 13 is one of 18 contributing buildings and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly cont... More
Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Final Assembly Bui...
Significance: Building No. 13 is one of 18 contributing buildings and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly cont... More
USS MISSOURI, Batttleship Row, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu Count...
Significance: USS MISSOURI was the last battleship built by the United States. Her type dominated naval strategy and tactics until World War II when aircraft carriers supplanted battleships as the dominant cap... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Aircraft Repair Shop, Pensacola, Escambia Coun...
Significance: Building 104, Seaplane Erecting Shop, a tall open building with ventilating "butterfly" monitor roof, was built in 1918, and located on the old Navy Yard attached to Building 44, previously conver... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Aircraft Repair Shop, Pensacola, Escambia Coun...
Significance: Building 104, Seaplane Erecting Shop, a tall open building with ventilating "butterfly" monitor roof, was built in 1918, and located on the old Navy Yard attached to Building 44, previously conver... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Army Hangar, Wasp Boulevard at north in...
Significance: Facility No. 130 was built in 1934 as an additional hangar for the Army Air base on Ford Island, known as Luke Field. It was a standard Army hangar design dating from the late 1920s. The hangar ... More
Hill Field, Aircraft Paint, Oil & Dope House, 5923 C Avenue, Layton, D...
Significance: Building 11 stored liquid chemicals that were used on World War II aircraft, and provides particularly vivid images of the processes involved in the repair, maintenance, and storage of aircraft at... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...
Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More
Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage secti...
Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Loring Air Force Base, Alert Area, Southeastern portion of base, east ...
Significance: The design of the structures in the Alert Area at Loring Air Force Base (AFB) represents special, strategic modifications of standard Air Force design in response to Soviet weapons advancements. ... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Ave...
Significance: Built in 1950 as part of a major plant expansion project at Hughes Aircraft, Building 17 is a long, rectangular, high bay one story structure, 442 ft long by 84 ft wide, with a mezzanine level at ... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Garage & Maintenance Building, 6775 Centinela...
Significance: One of the earliest structures of the Hughes complex, Building 11, is a single story, high bay structure, roughly rectangular in plan, with a very slightly pitched gabled roof. Of traditional woo... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Garage & Maintenance Building, 6775 Centinela...
Significance: One of the earliest structures of the Hughes complex, Building 11, is a single story, high bay structure, roughly rectangular in plan, with a very slightly pitched gabled roof. Of traditional woo... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 23, Static Test Labo...
Significance: This building was the site of static structures tests on many World War II and earlier aircraft. It exhibits architecture typical of the early period of construction at Wright Field. Unprocessed... More
Savage Tire Factory, Factory Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, Sa...
Survey number: HAER CA-79-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1989 Subsequent Work
1st Nat'l Aviation Meet, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, June 13-18, 1910
J142597 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. F. Bretzman; 1910. Airplanes added from other negatives before printing. On front: "'Cirkut' photo by C. F. Bretzman, Indp'l's."
U.S. Naval Air Station, Refrigeration Plant, Center Avenue, Pensacola,...
Significance: Constructed in 1917 as the Refrigeration Plant to its companion Mess Hall (Building No. 108), Building No. 107 played a role supporting health and sanitation for personnel during World War I at th... More
Edwards Air Force Base, South Base, Rammed Earth Aircraft Dispersal Re...
Significance: Eleven rammed earth revetments were constructed during World War II to provide shelter and cover for aircraft in case of an attack from the Pacific. The revetments are strongly associated with th... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Aircraft Overhaul & Repair, East Avenue, Pensa...
Significance: Building No. 631 was constructed in 1940 and is one of eleven new hangars completed between 1937 and 1940 as part of a massive building campaign to support the expansion of Naval Air Station (NAS)... More
Roosevelt and Hoxsey - Presidence of Theodore Roosevelt
Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt and Archibald Hoxsey in a biplane preparing for flight on October 11, 1910, from Kinloch Field, St. Louis, Missouri. Copyright Cole & Co. 1910. No. 52.
Savage Tire Factory, Warehouse, 2201-2299 Main Street, San Diego, San ...
Survey number: HAER CA-79-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1989 Subsequent Work
Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Parts Sub-Assembly...
Significance: Building No. 4 is one of 18 contributing buildings and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly contr... More
Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Parts Sub-Assembly...
Significance: Building No. 4 is one of 18 contributing buildings and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly contr... More
Hill Field, Airplane Repair Hangars No. 1-No. 4, 5875 Southgate Avenue...
Significance: The dual mission of the Ogden Air Depot/Ogden Air Materiel Command (OOAMA) at Hill Field/Air Force Base during and after World War II was to repair, maintain, and store aircraft, as well as to rec... More
Hill Field, Airplane Repair Hangars No. 1-No. 4, 5875 Southgate Avenue...
Significance: The dual mission of the Ogden Air Depot/Ogden Air Materiel Command (OOAMA) at Hill Field/Air Force Base during and after World War II was to repair, maintain, and store aircraft, as well as to rec... More
Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersectio...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 1424, 1425, South of Carswell Street, w...
Significance: The SAC hangars retain their essential massing and define the taxiway leading to the West Ramp, occupied by the former SAC complex, a distinct self-contained district at Selfridge that was isolate... More
Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Hangar, 3855 Lakew...
Significance: Building No. 15 is one 18 contributing building and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly contribu... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...
Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More
Souvenir Volume, April 12, 1909
Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl ... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Coal Shed, 499 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escamb...
Significance: Building No. 27, constructed as a Coal House at the Pensacola Navy Yard in 1872, served vital mission-support roles at both the navy yard and, later, at NAS Pensacola. Its original purpose was to ... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Coal Shed, 499 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escamb...
Significance: Building No. 27, constructed as a Coal House at the Pensacola Navy Yard in 1872, served vital mission-support roles at both the navy yard and, later, at NAS Pensacola. Its original purpose was to ... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...
Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...
Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...
Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...
Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Marine Barracks, 232 East Avenue, Pensacola, E...
Significance: Building No. 18 was constructed a General Storehouse for the Bureau of Construction and Repair between 1881 and 1882. Although a specific architect has not been identified for the building, it is ... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...
Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...
Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...
Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...
Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...
Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...
Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...
Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More
Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908
Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909
Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl ... More
Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909
Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Aircraft Engines, Annapolis - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...
Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brauner and Smith aeroplane, on ground
Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Capt. Bellanger - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain image of an early automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Mme. Franck, 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
Navy Boeing Patrol Plane PB - 1
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Vernon Castle - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photograph shows ballroom dancer Vernon Castle (1887-1918) with a monkey on his shoulder, standing near an airplane. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Capt. Thomas S. Baldwin - Public domain portrait photograph
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
L.G. Bergdoll's aeroplane in hangar
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
Lefebure aeroplane, in flight - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...
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
Capt. Bellanger, 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
Capt. T.S. Baldwin flying - 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.
NC-2 - 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.
Detroit Cleveland airship - 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.
Grahame-White - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end of glider ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
O. Wright flying airplane - Public domain portrait photograph
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
Curtiss-Herring aeroplane, in fligh over field
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
Harriman Hydroaeroplane, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows hydroplane designed by Frank Herbert "Bert" Harriman, an early aviation pioneer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part ... More
Grahame-White flights - 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.
Turpin and Lt. Rogers - Public domain portrait photograph
Photo shows aviators Lieutenant John Rodgers (left) and J. Clifford Turpin seated in an airplane, possibly a Wright Model B aircraft. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain C... More
Burgess-Dunn Aeroplane, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
German "Arrow" aeroplane -- Ziegler type
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Army aeroplane - war games Lt. Geiger, 8/10/12
Photo shows Lieutenant Harold E. Geiger, a pioneer aviator. Compare with portrait shown at Hawaii Aviation, http://test.hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation/hawaii-aviation-pioneers/lt-harold-geiger-1/photos-of-lt-geiger ... More
Vedrines wins international cup
Photo shows French aviator Jules Vedrines turning the pylon in the James Gordon Bennett Cup Race, Chicago, Illinois. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from negative. Ge... More
German biplane anchored to tree in Poland
Photograph shows a German Albatros B.II biplane on the ground with aviators during World War I. Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection... More
German guarding wrecked aeroplane
Photograph shows a German soldier guarding the wreck of an airplane during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: G... More
Lieut. Porte & Cabin of Transatlantic flyer
Photograph shows aviator John Cyril Porte with the Curtiss Model H Flying Boat airplane "America" which was launched on June 22, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and Glenn Curtis: Pioneer of Flight, ... More
Porte -- Hallett -- Curtiss -- Miss Masson -- at "America" launch
Photograph shows the christening and launch of the Curtiss Model H Flying Boat airplane "America" on June 22, 1914 in Hammondsport, New York. From left to right, aviators John Cyril Porte, George E.A. Hallett, ... More
Capt. Berthaut and Capt. Hoppe i.e. Happe
Photograph shows Captain Maurice Happe, a French pilot of the Escadrille MF25 during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms ... More