early aviation

[Tending to pilot Orville Wright or passenger Lieutenant Thomas E. Sel...

No. 114875. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aviation in France - [Grahame-White, Claude]

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LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT. SECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. EXPERIMENT...

A black and white photo of an old airplane, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gene... More

Glenn Curtis - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

Glenn Curtis - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Three scenes of Harry Houdini as aviator; close-up in Voisin biplane ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item, with subsequent revisions. "9383 A.S." Ernest L. Jones Collection. Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in ... More

TR's sons' regiments during war, 1917-1918 [1] /

Soldiers walk in formation on a road accompanied by several mounted men. Because of the soldiers' heavy clothing, it must be winter. This group may be the 26th Infantry, Theodore and Archibald Roosevelt's regim... More

Captured German plane during World War I

Photograph shows an empty airplane surrounded by high walls and fence with people looking over. Copyrighted 1919 by E. McConnell.

First airplane to land in Grand Canyon. Aug. 8, 1922, R. V. Thomas, Pi...

Photograph shows R. V. Thomas and E. L. Kolb (holding camera), posing next to their plane in the Grand Canyon.

Bulletins, from October 5, 1908 to December 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions i... More

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

[Balloons, airships, and other flying machines designed with some form...

Single sheet with 45 numbered illustrations; lacking identification key. No. 18 shows a collapsible Montgolfier balloon from 1784; no. 23 is the design for a glider balloon as described in "Reflections on the ... 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

Souvenir Volume, April 12, 1909

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Souvenir Volume, April 12, 1909

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Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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Patent drawing - Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908 P...

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Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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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

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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.

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from 1896 to 1923

[Collecting cards with pictures of events in ballooning history from 1...

Sheet of 10 uncut cards, individually captioned and numbered; issued as "Collection 476," "2ème série." French captions on each card. Tissandier collection. Exhibited: "The Dream of Flight" : American Treasure... More

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

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Tom Sopwith - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows English aviator Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith (1888-1989) in the Howard Wright biplane. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

[Charles K. Hamilton, in biplane, racing an auto on Galveston beach]

Photo copyrighted by H.H. Morris. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

War exhibit -- N.Y., 61415 - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows a Curtiss biplane at an exhibit by the National Security League which was part of the "Peace and Preparation Conference" held at the Hotel Astor in New York City in June 1915. (Source: Flickr C... More

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

War exhibit -- N.Y, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows a Curtiss biplane at an exhibit by the National Security League which was part of the "Peace and Preparation Conference" held at the Hotel Astor in New York City in June 1915. (Source: Flickr C... 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

NATIONAL AERO COAST PATROL COMMN. CURTISS BIPLANE 2 ENGINES, WITH FLOA...

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Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bulletins, from October 5, 1908 to December 28, 1908

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Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Alexander Graham Bell papers - Album, undated

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Alexander Graham Bell papers - Album, undated

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Souvenir Volume, April 12, 1909

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain scan of a female portrait, woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Souvenir Volume, April 12, 1909

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions... 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

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

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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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 July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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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 July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

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

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 Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl ... More

Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

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Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

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Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from 1896 to 1923

Alexander Graham Bell papers - Photograph, undated

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Dr. William Greene at pilot wheel of 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

Lena Pearl Neff Curtiss, wife of Glenn Hammond Curtiss

3/4 lgth., seated in biplane, facing slightly left. J145344 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

"Caudron" biplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a Caudron G-2 biplane. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Alfred Stieglitz - The Aeroplane (1910)

Print shows biplane in flight. Illus. in: Camera Work, no. 36, October 1911, plate VII. Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and modern art promoter. He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1864 and di... More

AVIATION, ARMY. COLLEGE PARK AVIATION FIELD, 2ND SEASON. WRIGHT BIPLAN...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Carlstrom - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows aviator Victor Carlstrom in a Curtiss Model R biplane, possibly arriving at Governor's Island, New York City on Nov. 3, 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

CURTISS AIRPLANE TESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS; TWIN ENGINE BIPLANE, POTOMA...

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President Wilson marching in parade in honor of returned soldiers at 1...

Dirigible and biplane overhead; both superimposed? Photo copyrighted by W.C. Cox. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Parachute jumping - 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.

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bulletins, from October 5, 1908 to December 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions i... More

Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain photograph related to Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Minutes, September 26, 1908

[Two women in automobile, with two men standing alongside, another aut...

10912 (Class K) U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in ink on lower right: © June 6, 1910 Cl. K. 10912. Includes print-registration marks and color bar indicating that at least 10 stones were used. Color bar incl... More

Alexander Graham Bell papers - Album, undated

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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.

Souvenir Volume, April 12, 1909

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Souvenir Volume, April 12, 1909

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Souvenir Volume, April 12, 1909

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

Souvenir Volume, April 12, 1909

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

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 July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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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 July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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

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

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. 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. Public domain aerial photograph, 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

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 experimental aircraft, prototype, aviation design and developmen... 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 aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl ... More

Graham White [i.e., Claude Grahame-White], Eleanor Sears

An old photo of a man and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twining ornithopter, flying machine with bird-like wings

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bird in flight, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aubrun - 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.

Deck of "Pennsylvania" showing Curtiss biplane

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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

[Bi-plane] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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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