Meetings of British, Arab, and Bedouin officials in Amman, Jordan, Apr...
Photographs show meetings between Arab, Bedouin, and British officials around April 17-27, 1921, at Amir Abdullah ibn Hussein's camp at Amman, Jordan. During these meetings British High Commissioner Herbert Sam... More
Frey, sur monoplan Morane - French postcard, Public domain image
Postcard shows view from the ground of the monoplane "Morane" and small portrait of French aviator André Frey in inset.
Twentieth century transportation / E.S. Yates, des. Chi.
People, train, automobile, trolley, and truck at railroad station, with airplanes and ship in background, in front of large globe; with insert of people working in communications office. Published by the Delmon... More
Progress in flying machines,
This volume contains research that originally appeared in The Railroad and Engineering Journal between 1891 and 1893. In it, the distinguished French-born aviation pioneer Octave Chanute analyzed virtually ever... More
[Houdini and the magic of flight]
Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More
Patent drawing - Flugmaschine. Erfunden von Jacob Degen in Wien, 1807 ...
Technical illustration shows elevation and horizontal section of a man-powered flying machine constructed and tested unsuccessfully by Swiss watchmaker Jakob Degen living in Vienna in the early 1800s. A pair of... More
Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909
Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909
Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
At Nice, Oehlschlager on Bleriot monoplane - Above is Farman 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
Paulham's aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Twining ornithopter, flying machine with bird-like wings
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bird in flight, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Paulhan in aeroplane greets his wife in a balloon, both in flight
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Deck of "Pennsylvania" showing Curtiss biplane
Public domain photograph of ship, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mars. 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.
[Wilbur Wright gliding, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]
Title based on reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
[Close-up view of damaged 1903 machine, rudder frame broken in landing...
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 57. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More
[Flight 85: Orville in flight over treetops, covering a distance of ap...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 58. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
[Close-up view of machine on launching track at Huffman Prairie, Dayto...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 58. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
[Side view of flight 41, showing the machine traveling to the right, w...
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Nitrate film negativ... More
[Left front view of flight 46, Orville shown turning to the left, in t...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 60. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
[Rear view of flight 46, Orville turning to the left; Huffman Prairie,...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 60. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
[Rear view of flight 46, Orville shown flying at a high altitude over ...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 60. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT. SECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. EXPERIMENT...
A black and white photo of an airplane in the water, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1... More
[Front of Louis Blériot's airplane, showing engine and part of propell...
George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - aircraft, aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
O. Wright and aeroplane, in flight over field
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Orville Wright and Lieutenant Lahm of the United States Signal Corps m...
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Malcolm Allison - Gliding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Le Martin - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
British seaplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows a Royal Aircraft Factory HRE2 airplane. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
[Three airplanes flying over boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey]
J143173 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by George A. McKeague Co., Atlantic City, New Jersey.
[Bi-plane] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
J.H. Kouns' 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
Parmalee, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
John Moisant - Public domain print
Accident - 23 October 1910 - overturned plane. Public domain photograph of car crash, accident, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beatty [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.
[Aviator] - 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.
Malcolm Allison - with glider - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...
Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jesse Seligman - 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.
German Biplane Ago type - Public domain portrait photograph
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
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A.J. Drexel in flight - A black and white photo of a plane flying in t...
Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Harriet Quimby in cockpit of plane
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Con. Reinhardt in machine [glider] on track
Copyright by Richard J. Montgomery and Frank C. Cleary.
Helene Dutrieu - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows Helene Dutrieu (1877-1961), Belgian aviator, cyclist, hospital director and journalist. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
Earle Ovington & wife - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows aviator Earle Lewis Ovington (1877-1839) with his wife Adelaide. Possibly taken in New York at start of the Hearst Transcontinental Flight. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009, 2012)
Glenn Curtiss; Lieuts; Park; Goodier; McLeary; Brereton, 12/4/12
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Schmitt's biplane - An old photo of two men sitting on an airplane
Two men seated on airplane. J185294 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Assembling "AMERICA" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows the launch of the Curtiss Model H Flying Boat airplane "America" on June 22, 1914 in Hammondsport, New York. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and Glenn Curtis: Pioneer of Flight, Cecil R. ... More
Body of "America" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows the launch of the Curtiss Model H Flying Boat airplane "America" on June 22, 1914 in Hammondsport, New York. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and Glenn Curtis: Pioneer of Flight, Cecil R. ... More
Capt. E.C. Bass in British "Curtiss" Flying Boat
Photograph shows aviator Ernest C. Bass in his Curtiss Model F Flying Boat with a modified engine. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and New York Times, Jan. 4, 1914)
Aerial photographs - Kantner aeroplane
Photograph shows airplane of aviator Harold Dewolf Kantner (1886-1973) during a race above the Hudson River, New York on July 4, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and New York Times, July 5, 1914)
RICHARDSON TANDEM BIPLANE HYDROPLANE TAKING OFF ON POTOMAC, APRIL, 191...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
CURTISS AIRPLANE. TESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS; TWIN ENGINE BIPLANE, POTOM...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
RICHARDSON TANDEM BIPLANE HYDROPLANE ON POTOMAC, APRIL, 1916
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Aeroplane airplane shop, College Point
Photograph shows airplanes at the Lowe, Willard & Fowler Engineering Company, College Point, Queens, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Serv... More
NATIONAL AERO COAST PATROL COMMN. CURTISS BIPLANE 2 ENGINES, WITH FLOA...
A group of men standing around a small airplane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NATIONAL AERO COAST PATROL COMMN. CURTISS HYDROAEROPLANE OR FLYING BOA...
Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Rockwell Field, San Diego, Cal., Airplanes]
Photograph shows three biplanes in the air and two on the ground; plane in the foreground is empty, plane in background has two men leaning against it. Copyright by Kearny Photo Service, San Diego, Cal. Title f... More
On the Aerodrome at Amman. Col. Laurence [T.E. Lawrence]. Sir Herbert ...
Photograph also shows a woman, possibly Gertrude Bell, at left and Sheik Majid Pasha el Adwan at far right. In album: Meetings of British, Arab, and Bedouin officials in Amman, Jordan, April 1921, [p. 27, no. ... More
[The "American Legion" biplane in which a New York to Paris flight wil...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Alexander Graham Bell (right) and his assistants observing the progre...
Another copy filed in LOT 11533-10-27, no. 7. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs, 18... More
Meetings of British, Arab, and Bedouin officials in Amman, Jordan, Apr...
Photographs show meetings between Arab, Bedouin, and British officials around April 17-27, 1921, at Amir Abdullah ibn Hussein's camp at Amman, Jordan. During these meetings British High Commissioner Herbert Sam... More
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 a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909
Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
L.G. Bergdoll's aeroplane in hangar
Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
C.B. Harmon - 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.
Wrights new machine - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a picnic in the park, outdoor activity, leisure time, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Michael Effimoff seated in flying costume in a primitive plane
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Roger Sommer in a Farman Biplane
Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Latham - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Right rear view of one of the successful glides made on October 21, 1...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 56. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
[Right rear view of one of the successful glides made on October 21, 1...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 56. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
Henri Farman after winning Deutsch prize of aviation, ND Photo / ND Ph...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Eshault-Pelterie 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
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.
The Wright airplane of 1909 at Ft. Myer, Virginia
Public domain photograph of experimental aircraft, prototype, aviation design and development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
WRIGHT FLIGHTS, FORT MYER, Virginia, JULY 1909. FIRST ARMY FLIGHTS; HA...
Public domain photograph related to aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of th...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 24. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
Twining ornithopter, flying machine with bird-like wings
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Prevost - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo probably shows French aviator Maurice Prevost (1887-1952). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
[Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of th...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 24. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
Harry N. Atwood - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows aviator Harry Nelson Atwood (1884-1967). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
Tom Baldwin - 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.
Bert Beavers and his monoplane, June 26, 1910
J150396 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Airplanes 1910; Shelf. Sources checked: OCat.
M. Le Blanc - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows French aviator Alfred LeBlanc (1869-1921). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
J.M. Johnson in Bleriotype [plane]
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Curtiss flying boat - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Capt. Thomas S. Baldwin, in cockpit of airplane
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). LC-B2-2030-9A.
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)
Ward & Hudson Maxim - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows aviator James J. Ward and inventor Hudson Maxim in New York at the start of the Hearst Transcontinental Flight. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Times, September 13, 1911)
Herbert [sic] Latham in Antoinette
Photograph shows an airplane flying across a field.
Sopwith beginning flight
5 men holding back airplane. J155879 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by American Press Association. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Ai... More
["Hammond" airplane], George Grantham Bain Collection
Aviator formerly misidentified as Glenn Hammond Curtiss, but this pilot lacks mustache. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Curtiss Farnum biplane, aviation field, Wenatchee, Washington, June 3,...
Man seated on plane, people standing and seated in grandstand. Copyright by T. Gagnon.
Beachey at Chicago meet, Aug. 12-20, 1911
Biplane over airfield; Chicago buildings in background. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item, with subsequent revisions. "8888 A.S." Ernest L. Jones Collection. Caption card tracin... More
ELLYSON, THEODORE G. LIEUT. U.S.N. TESTING SEAPLANE ON POTOMAC
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Helene Dutrieu - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photo shows Helene Dutrieu (1877-1961), Belgian aviator, cyclist, hospital director and journalist. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
Bill Badger - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows aviator William Badger (d. 1911) in the Baldwin "Red Devil" taken at Mineaola, Long Island, also known as the Garden City Aviation Field, 1911. (Flickr Commons project, 2011)
[Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North...
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 115 Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More