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Putting propeller on plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Putting propeller on plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Army photographic plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Army photographic plane - 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.

Plane that had non-stop flight in 1923 from coast to coast

Plane that had non-stop flight in 1923 from coast to coast

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

Miss Janet Moffett, daughter of Adm. [William Adger] Moffett of the Air Service, and her instructor Lt. Rittenhouse [in cockpit of plane]

Miss Janet Moffett, daughter of Adm. [William Adger] Moffett of the Ai...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., Jan. 1923 to Jan. 1924, v. 6, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Librar... More

Camel & plane - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Camel & plane - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two men seated alongside a munitions shell from McCord & Co., one holding a model military plane]

[Two men seated alongside a munitions shell from McCord & Co., one hol...

The first plane of the new transcontinental air line, of which Col. Lindbergh is one of the organizers photographed at Boiling Fields today. It is named The Columbus

The first plane of the new transcontinental air line, of which Col. Li...

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

Naval aviator sets new speed mark to win Curtiss Marine Trophy., Lt. W.G. Tomlinson, right, roaring over a 100 mile course on the Potomac River, in his tiny Navy fighting plane, won the Curtiss Marine Trophy race today and broke the record for service seaplanes by a wide margin. His record speed of 175 miles per hour for the annual classic eclipsed the mark of the late Major C.A. Lutz of the Marine Corps. of 154 which won last year's race. The Secretary of the Navy, Adams is shown on his right

Naval aviator sets new speed mark to win Curtiss Marine Trophy., Lt. W...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Airplanes. Eastern Lines plane I

Airplanes. Eastern Lines plane I

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

Famous transatlantic flyer demonstrates new type plane to Navy Officials. Clarence Chamberlain, famous Transatlantic flyer, and Ruth Nichols (in cabin) noted aviator, arrived in Washington today with the new Chamberlain cabin menoplane. In this photograph they are pointing out the many features of this new plane to Commander A.H. Douglas, Commandant of the Naval Air Station and Commander J.H. Towers, Assistant Chief of the Naval Bureau of Aeronautics (right). Unusual visibility and special aerlons which Chamberlain says practically makes it impossible for this ship to stall or go into a tailspin, are the new features

Famous transatlantic flyer demonstrates new type plane to Navy Officia...

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

I.P.C. [i.e., Iraq Petroleum Company] terminus in Haifa, with plane overhead

I.P.C. [i.e., Iraq Petroleum Company] terminus in Haifa, with plane ov...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lot plane arriving [at Lydda Airport]

Lot plane arriving [at Lydda Airport]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, flight, airplane, aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lot plane arriving [at Lydda air port]

Lot plane arriving [at Lydda air port]

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Curtis Edwards works in the El Segundo plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Autogiro lands near U.S. Treasury, Washington, D.C. Oct. 2. A new type autogiro thousands of city folks may be parking in the yards or on the roofs of apartment houses in is shown about to land near the U.S. Treasury. The ship was flown to Washington by James G. Ray, veteran autogiro pilot, for delivery to the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of Commerce, who will make several acceptance test flights

Autogiro lands near U.S. Treasury, Washington, D.C. Oct. 2. A new type...

A black and white photo of a helicopter in front of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Harris and Ewing photo. Date (... More

Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These planes can spray 100 acres an hour, can usually fly one or two hours unless it rains or storms in an average day. The usual traveling "dusting circus" has at least three or four planes, its own pilots, mechanics and elementary repair shop. Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton and Vineland, New Jersey

Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These p...

Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. Power towing plane in background

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Pag...

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

A sailor mechanic refueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

A sailor mechanic refueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Chri...

Public domain photograph related to navy, naval warfare, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clerk in one of the stock rooms of North American Aviation, Inc., checking to see if the proper numbers of parts were received and placed in the proper bin, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Clerk in one of the stock rooms of North American Aviation, Inc., chec...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Working on a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Working on a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Public domain photograph related to navy, naval warfare, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes into the manufacture of the "Vengeance" (A-31) dive bomber made at Vultee's Nashville division, Tennessee. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the R.A.F. and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes i...

Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasoline is done by sailor mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasolin...

Photograph shows standing on the wing is Floyd Helphrey who came from Iowa to join the Navy early in the year. At right is W. Gardner of Illinois who used to be a crane operator.

Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machine gun he has just installed in a Navy plane, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machi...

Public domain photograph related to navy, naval warfare, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane in construction, North American Aviation, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif.

P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane in construction, North American Aviatio...

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Plane starting off, officers waving farewell

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Plane startin...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aircraft. Naval. The Navy's SBD light dive bomber is the counterpart of the Army's A-24 (Dauntless) with the differences that adapt it to Navy requirements. This Douglas plane is equipped with slotted wing flaps to decrease air speed and obtain greater bombing accuracy. It is more maneuverable than the German Stuka and is capable of carrying heavier bomb loads

Aircraft. Naval. The Navy's SBD light dive bomber is the counterpart o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Checking the fuel in a plane on a rainy day at the municipal airport, Washington, D.C.

Checking the fuel in a plane on a rainy day at the municipal airport, ...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of an airplane at night. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A black and white photo of an airplane at night. War Poduction. Office...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A black and white photo of a man boarding a plane. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A black and white photo of a man boarding a plane. War Poduction. Offi...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A black and white photo of a small plane. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a small plane. Great Depression FFSA / OWI ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee in the dispatching department at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated, hauls another load of vital materials to the proper department. This plant produces the battle-tested ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee in the dis...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women airport workers. Acutely aware of our country's need for more womanpower in airplane plants and airports, Mrs. Majorie Landa has enlisted as a member of the repair crew of the Washington National Airport. Daughter of the late Congressman Frank Mandell of Wyoming, Mrs. Landa is shown making repairs on the engine nacelle of a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3 transport plane. Following her second year at Sweetbriar College, she spent two months at a vocational training school in preparation for her present work

Women airport workers. Acutely aware of our country's need for more wo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He's one of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the way he's getting his chute under contol would do credit to an old timer. A few minutes ago this man bailed out of a high-speed plane at a point calculated to bring him to the spot where he is landing. Good work, soldier

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He'...

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

Fort Benning. Aerial machine gunners. Four aces. This crack aerial machine gunner is part of an unbeatable combination. He has a fast, accurate gun -- and the world's best in the way of plane and pilot

Fort Benning. Aerial machine gunners. Four aces. This crack aerial mac...

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

Melbourne, Australia. Beaufort torpedo bomber final assembly plant. General view of the final assembly plant

Melbourne, Australia. Beaufort torpedo bomber final assembly plant. Ge...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Inglewood, California. A man and woman working on rudder controls for a P-51 fighter plane at North American Aviation, Inc.

Inglewood, California. A man and woman working on rudder controls for ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

As fuselage center sections for B-25 bombers move down a long overhead conveyer, hundreds of North American women employees assemble the thousands of parts that go into a modern combat plane

As fuselage center sections for B-25 bombers move down a long overhead...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. The metal structure for a rudder on a B-25 bomber is assembled by North American employees in the control surface department at Inglewood, California. The part will next move to the covering department for its fabric cover. Women are fast taking the places of men in this department. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mutchell") bomber used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. The metal structure for a r...

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

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. The glider plane hangars

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment tra...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. A women worker at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, attaches clips and accessories to a wing section before the parts meets the next assembly. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. A women worker at the Long B...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Engineers at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated, prepare drawings for the making of a new plane model. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Engineers at the Inglewood,...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-20th century drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. This small cabin plane is being completely overhauled by students in an airplane mechanics class at a WPA training school in the District of Columbia. The overhaul job includes replacing fabric on the fuselage, wings, and tail surfaces. When these students finish the course, they will be qualified for jobs as expert airplane maintenance men

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. This s...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Gas demonstration. Plane spraying tear gas on a column of soldiers

Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Gas demonstration. Plane spraying tear gas...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A Negro employee at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, works on extrusion angles for B-25 bombers. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A Negro employee at North A...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Preparing an experimental scale model of the B-25 bomber for the wind tunnel tests in the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. The model maker is adjusting the empennage to its correct position. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Preparing an experimental ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. Lieutenant Benton putting his duffle bag aboard the plane

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command...

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

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in combat gear is all set to climb into his plane. His flying equipment includes a combined oxygen mask and throat-type microphone, headphones, parachute and Mae West life jacket

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in c...

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

Nome, Alaska. The first Russian military mission to Alaska arrives at Nome. The men in the tin hats and riding breeches are Americans. Note the camouflage on the Russian transport plane

Nome, Alaska. The first Russian military mission to Alaska arrives at ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. Glider plane in flight

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment tra...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. War-time luncheon "under the shade of ....a Navy plane. These women workers held man-size jobs in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base. Slack suits and coveralls take the place of afternoon frocks for these workers

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. War-time luncheon "under the s...

Public domain photograph of life in the USA during the 1930s-1940s, war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The powerful airship slides down the gangplank, hits the water, and the launching is completed. This is the Kingfisher Service type plane, technically termed the OS2-U3

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The powerful airship slides dow...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Paper machinery to naval sights. Sight rings and details for open naval sights are inspected in the plant of an Eastern paper machinery manufacturer who is also turning out tank gun mount housings and plane wing equipment

Conversion. Paper machinery to naval sights. Sight rings and details f...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. The glider plane hangars

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment tra...

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

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Women assembly workers rivet a gusset to a plane wing rib at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Women assembly workers rivet...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Flight's over--an N3N training plane is safe on the dollie and pilot and instructor go back to the hangar. After fulfilling their service schedules, planes at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base are completely reconditioned by civil service mechanics attached to the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Flight's over--an N3N training ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Why our warplanes hold together through the years of steady use, rough landings and anti-aircraft fire. These rivets cover but a small part of the surface of a mighty bomber produced at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Why our warplanes hold toget...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Lowering one of the four engines of a mighty consolidated transport plane at a Western aircraft plant. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24, which is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best and most modern air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Lowering one of the four...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Dusting plane. Dust or insecticide is spread by low flying planes onto crops to control various insect pests

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Dusting plane. Dust or insectici...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Motor tune-up. Flight service mechanics are shown here warming up the motor of a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber prior to the ship's take-off for a test flight at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Motor tune-up. Flight ser...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Safety record at Vultee's Nashville plant. Department safety record board showing the number of work days one department spent on the production of "Vengeance" dive bombers without a lost-time accident. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Safety record at Vultee's...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Gassing a plane

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Ground crew plugging in an auxiliary battery to start a plane on dawn patrol

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Frederick, Maryland. Returning from a practice flight at Stevens Airport, Walter Spangenberg, a student at Woodrow Wilson High School, ties down his plane

Frederick, Maryland. Returning from a practice flight at Stevens Airpo...

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

Tripoli, Libya. Allied air forces bombs rain down on Castel Benito airdrome during a daylight raid which damaged machine shops and other installations. In the foreground a train of bombs may be seen dropping from the bay of a United States plane

Tripoli, Libya. Allied air forces bombs rain down on Castel Benito air...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of Coastal patrol no. 20. Ground crew mechanic making an adjustment on the radio of a patrol plane

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of Coastal patro...

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

[Four P-51 Mustangs flying in formation. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]

[Four P-51 Mustangs flying in formation. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]

Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. Forms part of: Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress).

The Universal exhibit at Arts & Industries Bldg.- Smithsonian Institute also several shots in main hall of Wright Bros. plane, Lindbergh's plane and Astronauts exhibit

The Universal exhibit at Arts & Industries Bldg.- Smithsonian Institut...

Title and date from log book. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 30282, frame 27A. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue at Wyoming Street with West Carson Street near Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue a...

Significance: The first constructed and oldest passenger incline plane in Pittsburgh, this system retains the 1882 safety brake and bull wheel and 1935 electrical system including drive motors, operating brakes... More

Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 10 West, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ

Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 10 West, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ

Significance: The Inclined Plane known as 10 West of the Morris Canal is one of the few remaining salvageable planes of the system. The Morris Canal was the first to utilize this system of canal navigation in ... More

Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 10 West, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ

Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 10 West, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ

Significance: The Inclined Plane known as 10 West of the Morris Canal is one of the few remaining salvageable planes of the system. The Morris Canal was the first to utilize this system of canal navigation in ... More

[Occupational portrait of a carpenter, three-quarter length, seated, facing front, holding hammer and nail, on a chair at his side are a saw, box plane, and measuring device]

[Occupational portrait of a carpenter, three-quarter length, seated, f...

Photographer unidentified. Case: central floral motif surrounded by lillies and leaves. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.14). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

City of New York municipal airports No. 1 Floyd Bennett Field - No. 2 North Beach.

City of New York municipal airports No. 1 Floyd Bennett Field - No. 2 ...

Poster promoting New York's municipal airports, Floyd Bennett Field and North Beach, East River Seaplane bases, Wall Street and 31st Street, showing airplane and seaplane.

Inclined Plane Bridge, Spanning Stonycreek River at State Route 3022 Spur, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

Inclined Plane Bridge, Spanning Stonycreek River at State Route 3022 S...

Significance: This single-span, pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss bridge was constructed across the Stonycreek River in conjunction with an inclined plane railway shortly after the Johnstown Flood of 189... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. ...

Significance: Facility 39 is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Its construction and ensuing modifications reflect the evolution of Navy activity at Ford Island, with periods of signif... More

Trees and shrubs. Oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis L.)

Trees and shrubs. Oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis L.)

Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boat ascending plane, Morris and Essex canal, Boonton, N.J.

Boat ascending plane, Morris and Essex canal, Boonton, N.J.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Army plane, Mt. Clemens - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

U.S. Army plane, Mt. Clemens - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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

West Point from Army Plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

West Point from Army Plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Propeller of Sikorsky Plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Propeller of Sikorsky Plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photo shows propeller of an airplane designed by Russian-American aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972).(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

[V tsentre Preobrazhenskaia (Niol'skaia) tserkov', vnizu sprava Aleksandrovskaia chasovnia, na zadnem plane Voznesenskaia tserkov'. Sniato ot Borisoglebskogo sobora. Staritsa]

[V tsentre Preobrazhenskaia (Niol'skaia) tserkov', vnizu sprava Aleksa...

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English Army inspectors watching test of plane, Ithaca

English Army inspectors watching test of plane, Ithaca

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Harriet Quimby in cockpit of plane

Harriet Quimby in cockpit of plane

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

JANNUS, ANTHONY. FLIGHTS AND TESTS OF REX SMITH PLANE FLOWN BY JANNUS. MISS LAURA MERRIAM IN PLANE WITH JANNUS

JANNUS, ANTHONY. FLIGHTS AND TESTS OF REX SMITH PLANE FLOWN BY JANNUS....

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CURTISS AIRPLANE. TESTS OF CURTISS PLANE FOR ARMY. JAPANESE WATCHING TESTS: COMDR. SAITO; UNIDENTIFIED; COMDR. TOKUTARO HIROGA; COL. K. INOUYO

CURTISS AIRPLANE. TESTS OF CURTISS PLANE FOR ARMY. JAPANESE WATCHING T...

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CURTISS AIRPLANE. TESTS OF CURTISS PLANE FOR ARMY. SECRETARY OF WAR DICKINSON AND GEN. WOOD

CURTISS AIRPLANE. TESTS OF CURTISS PLANE FOR ARMY. SECRETARY OF WAR DI...

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MUNSEY, EDNA. IN PLANE - Public domain portrait photograph

MUNSEY, EDNA. IN PLANE - Public domain portrait photograph

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French sqad aeroplane, a very fast scout plane

French sqad aeroplane, a very fast scout plane

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

Captured German plane during World War I

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.

Naval submarine plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Naval submarine plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Int. Imp. [i.e. International Imperial] Airway plane

Int. Imp. [i.e. International Imperial] Airway plane

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New type amphibian plane, 1/19/25

New type amphibian plane, 1/19/25

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Polish Minister and party fly to Savannah, GA., to honor General Pulaski on 150th anniversary of death. The Polish Minister to the United States, Honorable Tytus Filipowicz and the American Minister to Poland John B. Stetson, with a party of friends left Washington by plane today for Savannah, GA., to attend ceremonies commemorating the 150th anniversary of the death of Brig. General Casimir Pulaski, hero of the siege of Savannah. In the photograph, left to right: Commander Louis Sable, French Naval Attache; Colonel Laborski; Polish Minister Filipowicz; Viktor Padoski, first secretary of Polish Legation; Waclaw Sicrosjowski, Polish author; and John B. Stotson, American Minister to Poland

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Plant quarantine inspector examining baggage brought into the United States by plane from Mexico. Glendale, California

Plant quarantine inspector examining baggage brought into the United S...

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PMG Farley receives airmail plane model. Washington, D.C., May 18. Postmaster General James A. Farley, receives from Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount Starlet who is playing in the Paramount production "Men with Wings" a model of the De Haviland Liberty plane used twenty years ago for carrying airmail, sent from Hollywood as a gift from William Wellman, producer-director of "Men With Wings" a history of air mail. Miss Weldon is also taking part in National Airmail week here in Washington, 5/18/38

PMG Farley receives airmail plane model. Washington, D.C., May 18. Pos...

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Employees on the "Sunshine" assembly line at North American's plant put the finishing touches on another B-25 bomber, Inglewood, Calif. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Employees on the "Sunshine" assembly line at North American's plant pu...

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A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport, before the plane leaves the last station on the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

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Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a western aircraft plant, is making an emplanage section on a new Consolidated transport, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas. This new ship, adapted from the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, carries one of the greatest human and cargo loads of any plane now in mass production

Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a western aircraft...

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Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machine gun he has just installed on a Navy plane, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machi...

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Installing structural parts of a C-87 transport plane in the tunnel of a tail fuselage section at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Installing structural parts of a C-87 transport plane in the tunnel of...

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Operating a hand drill at North American Aviation, Inc., [a] woman is working in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane, Inglewood, Calif.

Operating a hand drill at North American Aviation, Inc., [a] woman is ...

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