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LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia CURTIS JN4D PLANE, WITH USUAL PROPELLER AND ACKERMAN WHEELS

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia CURTIS JN4D PLANE, WITH USUAL PROPELLER AND AC...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Skilled soldier-mechanics make up the gorund crew personnel of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia. These men keep ships like the fast YB-17 bombers in the pink of condition

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Skilled soldier-m...

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Langley Field, Virginia. The massiveness of a YB-17 bomber is well shown by this hands-on view of the giant plane, which has just completed a military mission and is waiting to be rolled to its hanger at Langley Field, Virginia

Langley Field, Virginia. The massiveness of a YB-17 bomber is well sho...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Important business is transcated in the "office" of a mighty YB-17 bomber. The pilot captain and co-pilot lieutenant confer before taking off on a military mission from Langley Field, Virginia

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Important busines...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The men who "keep 'em flying," a sergeant and five corporals of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia complete a thorough overhaul job on one of the big Wright engines of a heavy bomber

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The men who "keep...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley, Virginia. The profile of a YB-17 bomber as seen from beneath the wing of another plane of the same type. These powerful four-engined ships belong to a bombardment squadron at Langley, Virginia

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley, Virginia. The profile of a YB-17 ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Alert, capable men make up the bombardment squadron that fly and fight and service the mighty YB-17 bombers. The outfit to which these men belong was trained at Langley Field, Virginia

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Alert, capable me...

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NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

Hotel at Camp Griffin, near Chain Bridge

Hotel at Camp Griffin, near Chain Bridge

Photograph shows Union soldiers and civilians in front of hotel at Camp Griffin, Virginia, with horse and buggy.

Photographers on the Potomac. Camp Griffin, Virginia

Photographers on the Potomac. Camp Griffin, Virginia

Photograph shows reproduction of drawing, probably by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, of photographers seated at a table in a room with equipment at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Drawing probably made by Larkin Golds... More

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia FRENCH NIEUPORT PLANE, TYPE 17, WITH CAPT. J.C. BARTOLF AND LT.E. LeMAITRE

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia FRENCH NIEUPORT PLANE, TYPE 17, WITH CAPT. J.C...

Two men standing next to 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. Genera... More

U.S. Flyers win Mackay Award. Washington, D.C., May 8. Nine officers and enlisted men of the U.S. Air Corps were today presented with the Mackay trophy for 1936 as a reward for the heroic flight under unfavorable weather conditions from Langley Field, Virginia, to Allecan, Mich., last August. The trophy, which is awarded annually for the most meritorious air plane flight of the year, was presented to the flyers at Bolling Field, D.C., by Maj. General Malin Craig, U.S. Chief of Staff. In the photograph, left to right: Sergt. Frank B. Connor; Capt. Richard D. Nugent; Lieut. Edwin G. Simenson; Charles F. Horner, President of the National Aeronautic Association; Maj. General Malin Craig; Lieut. Burton W. Armstrong; Lieut. Herbert Morgan, Jr.; and Lieut. William P. Ragsdale, 5/8/1937

U.S. Flyers win Mackay Award. Washington, D.C., May 8. Nine officers a...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. One of America's new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber, is pulled up at a bombardment squadron hanger at Langley Field, Virginia. It is all set to taxi out to a runway and take off

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. One of America's ...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The enormous size of the landing wheels of a YB-17 bomber can be appreciated when compared with the sizes of the two men inspecting the landing gear. The men, a staff sergeant and a technical sergeant, belong to a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The enormous size...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. There isn't much these sodlier-mechanics don't know about big airplane engines. Non-coms of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia install a ring cowling around one of the four powerful engines of a YB-17 bomber

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. There isn't much ...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Silhouetted against the dawn, a soldier of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia keeps faithful watch over a giant YB-17 bomber.

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Silhouetted again...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A giant of the airways poises for flight. The four powerful engines of a YB-17 bomber are warmed up before takeoff at Langley Field, Virginia

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A giant of the ai...

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Aerial view of the CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia

Aerial view of the CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

[Burial of Union soldier at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]

[Burial of Union soldier at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]

Attribution of G.H. Houghton as photographer from "A very fine appearance" : the Vermont Civil War photographs of George Houghton / Donald H. Wickman. Barre : Vermont Historical Society, c2010, page 33. Title d... More

[Union soldiers in front of tents, probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]

[Union soldiers in front of tents, probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, ...

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LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia FRENCH NIEUPORT PLANE, TYPE 17, WITH CAPT. J.C. BARTOLF AND LT. E. LeMAITRE

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia FRENCH NIEUPORT PLANE, TYPE 17, WITH CAPT. J.C...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The engines of the mighty YB-17 bombers are always in the pink of condition. This crew of soldier-mechanicas at Langley Field, Virginia is making one of the regular changes of spark plugs that insure peak performance

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The engines of th...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley, Virginia. The profile of a YB-17 bomber as seen from beneath the wing of another plane of the same type. These powerful four-engined ships belong to a bombardment squadron at Langley, Virginia

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley, Virginia. The profile of a YB-17 ...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Skilled soldier-mechanics make up the ground crew personnel of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia. These men keep ships like the fast YB-17 bombers in the pink of condition

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Skilled soldier-m...

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Statue to William Donovan, director of the C.I.A predecessor agency, and a marker to the C.I.A's fallen at Central Intelligence Agency headquarters, Langley, Virginia

Statue to William Donovan, director of the C.I.A predecessor agency, a...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Aerial view of CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia

Aerial view of CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia

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NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

[Camp of 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia, with troops in formation]

[Camp of 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virgi...

Attribution of G.H. Houghton as photographer from "A very fine appearance" : the Vermont Civil War photographs of George Houghton / Donald H. Wickman. Barre : Vermont Historical Society, c2010, page 14. Title d... More

LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT. SECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. MEMORIAL TABLET IN ENTRANCE OF SMITHSONIAN

LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT. SECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. MEMORIAL T...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The soldier-mechanics who serve as guard crews in the Army Air Forces are skilled men. A staff sergeant and a master sergeant caliper a screw that wil be used to fasten a plate on a gas tank

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The soldier-mecha...

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Hancock's headquarters 1861 - Public domain weapon drawing

Hancock's headquarters 1861 - Public domain weapon drawing

Photograph shows a caisson and cannon in the foreground with a military camp and house that served as the headquarters of a person named Hancock, probably General Winfield Scott Hancock, probably at Camp Griffi... More

Here's our mission. A combat crew receives final instructions just before taking off in a mighty YB-17 bomber from a bombardment squadron base at the field, Langley Field, Virginia

Here's our mission. A combat crew receives final instructions just bef...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. In the transparent nose of a mighty YB-17 bomber, a sergeant of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia handles the machine gun

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. In the transparen...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A lieutenant of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia checks his instruments before taking off in a mighty YB-17 bomber on which he is co-pilot

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A lieutenant of a...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. "Here's our mission." A combat crew receives final instructions just before taking off in a mighty YB-17 bomber from a bombardment squadron base at Langley Field, Virginia

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. "Here's our missi...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadrons. A combat crew of one of our mighty YB-17 bombers lines up before a warship of the skies. A captain and lieutenant act as pilot and co-pilot. Two sergeants and four corporals man the machine guns, radio and other equipment. All belong to a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadrons. A combat crew of...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. "By the dawn's early light." A combat crew ready to board a mighty YB-17 bomber on a dawn patrol flight from Langley Field, Virginia

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. "By the dawn's ea...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. A warship of the air, a YB-17 bomber, poised for a takeoff at Langley Field, Virginia. A master sergeant of the bombardment squadron runs a practical eye over the big four-engine ship as the pilot warms up the engine

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. A warship of the ...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A staff sergeant and two corporals of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia thrash out a technical problem that arose during the servicing of the mighty YB-17 bomber that towers above them

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A staff sergeant ...

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NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

[Union saxhorn and drum musicians probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]

[Union saxhorn and drum musicians probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, V...

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LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia FRENCH NIEUPORT PLANE, TYPE 17, WITH LT., E. LeMAITRE AND CAPT. J.C. BARTOLF

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia FRENCH NIEUPORT PLANE, TYPE 17, WITH LT., E. L...

Two men standing next to an airplane on a dirt road, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1... More

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia CURTIS JN4D PLANE, WITH OLMSTEAD PROPELLER AND ACKERMAN WHEELS

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia CURTIS JN4D PLANE, WITH OLMSTEAD PROPELLER AND...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. More fuel-storage space for a mighty aerial warship. A master sergeant of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia installs gasoline tanks in the lower section of a wing of a YB-17 bomber

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. More fuel-storage...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Hitler would like this man to go home and forget about the war. A good American non-com at the side machine gun of a huge YB-17 bomber is a man who knows his business and works hard at it

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Hitler would like...

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Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861 - A black and white photo of a group of people

Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861 - A black and white photo of a group of p...

Photograph shows train of horse-drawn covered wagons on a foraging expedition with the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Houghto... More

Union spy at Camp Griffin, 1861

Union spy at Camp Griffin, 1861

Photograph shows Union soldier on horseback at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattlebor... More

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia FRENCH NIEUPORT PLANE, TYPE 17, WITH CAPT. J.C. BARTOLF AND LT. E. LeMAITRE

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia FRENCH NIEUPORT PLANE, TYPE 17, WITH CAPT. J.C...

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CURTISS AIRPLANE. KIRKHAM TRIPLANE. LANGLEY FIELD

CURTISS AIRPLANE. KIRKHAM TRIPLANE. LANGLEY FIELD

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BOATWRIGHT, W.T. CAPT., U.S.A. ARTILLERY. LANGLEY FIELD

BOATWRIGHT, W.T. CAPT., U.S.A. ARTILLERY. LANGLEY FIELD

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Top-notch performance of our big bombers is made a matter of certainty by the ground crews of the Air Force. A soldier-mechanic at Langley Field, Virginia makes an engine adjustment on a mighty YB-17 bomber under the critical eye of a sergeant

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Top-notch perform...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Two members of a ground crew at Langley Field, Virginia services one of the four powerful engines of a YB-17 bomber. The huge engine nacelle and landing wheel give some idea of the masiveness of this warship of the skies

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Two members of a ...

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NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

[Military camp with Union soldiers, horses, and tents, probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]

[Military camp with Union soldiers, horses, and tents, probably at Cam...

In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], page 77. Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album a... More

Camp Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861

Camp Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861

Photograph shows the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment with row of soldiers in front of tents and trusses of a roof in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Photograph probably by G. H. Hou... More

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia HANGERS: PLANES, LEFT TO RIGHT: CURTISS JN4D, AND KIRKHAM TRIPLANE

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia HANGERS: PLANES, LEFT TO RIGHT: CURTISS JN4D, ...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A warship of the skies takes on a load of fuel. Two corporals of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia fill the gas tanks of a huge YB-17 bomber just before takeoff

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A warship of the ...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. A master sergeant of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia checks over a propeller adjustment job his soldier-mechanics have just made on a big YB-17 bomber

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. A master sergeant...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Hitler would like this man to go home and forget about the war. A good American non-com at the side machine gun of a huge YB-17 bomber is a man who knows his business and works hard at it

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Hitler would like...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. The kind of man Hitler wishes we didn't have. A bomber pilot, captain in a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia, just before he climbs aboard his huge YB-17 bombing plane

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. The kind of man H...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley, Virginia. A mighty YB-17 four-engine bomber taxiing down a runway at Langley, Virginia, just before taking off on a mission

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley, Virginia. A mighty YB-17 four-eng...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Every note from the power plants of the big planes has a meaning for the men of this bombardment squadron. A maintenance crew listens alertly while the pilot of a mighty YB-17 bomber warms up the first of his four powerful engines for a takeoff from Langley Field, Virginia

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Every note from t...

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Aerial view of CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia

Aerial view of CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Aerial view of CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia

Aerial view of CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

[Union fife and drum musicians probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]

[Union fife and drum musicians probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virg...

Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tidewat... More

[Union teamster or hostler with horse, probably with the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]

[Union teamster or hostler with horse, probably with the 2nd Vermont I...

In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], page 78. Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album a... More

"The Flying Senators," Senator Frederick Hale of Maine, left, and Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut are called the "flying senators" on Capitol Hill because of their frequent use of the airplane to transact government business. This photograph was snapped at Bolling Field Washington, just before the Senators took off for Langley Field, Virginia Senator Bingham is an experienced pilot, having seen service with the Army Air Service during the World War

"The Flying Senators," Senator Frederick Hale of Maine, left, and Sena...

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One of America's new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber, is pulled up at a bombardment squadron hangar, Langley Field, Virginia It is all set to taxi out to a runway and take off

One of America's new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber, is pu...

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Defense housing. Langley Field, Newport News, Virginia. This project built by the Federal Works Agency and the Public Buildings Administration, at a cost of $1,282,000 contains 350 units to house married enlisted personnel employed at the Army Air base. Construction is about ninety percent completed and rentals run about twenty percent of tenant's income

Defense housing. Langley Field, Newport News, Virginia. This project b...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Old Glory floats proudly over the nation's oldest air base at Langley Field, Virginia. Among the Air Force groups stationed at this important point are bombardment squadrons equipped with mighty YB-17 bombers

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Old Glory floats ...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. One of Uncle Sam's mighty warships of the air is berthed at Langley Field, Virginia. A tow-car returns a YB-17 bomber to a hanger of the bombardment squadron for which it has just completed a mission

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. One of Uncle Sam'...

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NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

Camp Griffin 1861 - Public domain scan /

Camp Griffin 1861 - Public domain scan /

Photograph shows Union soldiers and men, probably photographers including G.H. or Don Houghton, in front of shed labeled "Picture Gallery" and tent at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Hought... More

Comeing [i.e. coming] home from the Third Regiment Looking at the turkey at Camp Griffin, Larkin G. Mead.

Comeing [i.e. coming] home from the Third Regiment Looking at the turk...

Top photograph shows reproduction of drawing, probably by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, of a Union soldier at a log barricade; bottom photograph shows Larkin Goldsmith Mead holding a turkey at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia.

A giant of the skyways poises for flight, Langley Field, Virginia The four powerful engines of a YB-17 bomber are warmed up before a takeoff

A giant of the skyways poises for flight, Langley Field, Virginia The ...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Silhouetted against the dawn, a soldier of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia keeps faithful watch over a giant YB-17 bomber.

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Silhouetted again...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Skilled soldier-mechanics make up the gorund crew personnel of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia. These men keep ships like the fast YB-17 bombers in the pink of condition

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Skilled soldier-m...

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Lawrence Burns - Doffer - 14 years. Pocasset Mills. 43 Langley St. Eye defect. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Lawrence Burns - Doffer - 14 years. Pocasset Mills. 43 Langley St. Eye...

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Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Virginia

Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Virginia

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NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

[Horses and covered wagons in front of two-chimney brick house and outbuildings, probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]

[Horses and covered wagons in front of two-chimney brick house and out...

Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tidewat... More

[Second Vermont Camp Griffin 1861] during American Civil War

[Second Vermont Camp Griffin 1861] during American Civil War

Photograph shows train of horse-drawn covered wagons on a foraging expedition with the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Houghto... More

Fouth [i.e. Fourth] Regiment band. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Fouth [i.e. Fourth] Regiment band. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows Union saxhorn and drum musicians from the 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in ... More

Langley plane at Smithsonian [Washington, D.C.]

Langley plane at Smithsonian [Washington, D.C.]

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A combat crew of one of our mighty YB-17 bombers lines up before a warship of the skies. A captain and lieutenant act as pilot and co-pilot. Two sergeants and four corporals man the machine guns, radio and other equipment. All belong to a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A combat crew of ...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. The kind of man Hitler wishes we didn't have. A bomber pilot, captain in a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia, just before he climbs aboard his huge YB-17 bombing plane

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. The kind of man H...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A staff sergeant of a bombardment squadron serves as radio operator on a huge YB-17 bomber. He is reporting to his home base at Langley Field, Virginia

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A staff sergeant ...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Brakes on the landing gear of a YB-17 bomber. A sergeant of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia makes adjustments that will help this big warship of the air to land smoothly

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Brakes on the lan...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. The men who keep them flying are proud of Uncle Sam's new warships of the skies. A master sergeant of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia turns a fond but critical eye on one of the four powerful motors of a giant YB-17 bomber

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. The men who keep ...

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The buck privates don't get all of the dirty jobs in this man's army. A group of non-coms in a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia wash down the landing gear of a four-engine bomber

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The buck privates...

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Aerial view of the CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia

Aerial view of the CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

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