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Historical Aviation Photographs

Images documenting early military aircraft during World War I, showcasing vintage airplanes and military activity in a historical context.

A side view of a Caproni night bomber airplane, taken by a photographer from the Signal Corps during World War One. This photograph, labeled as 111-SC-20299, is a part of a collection that documents American military activities during the war, specifically highlighting different types of aircraft.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Aircraft, TAKE-OFF,BOEING War

The Volcania munitions...

Panama Canal Zone - Pedro Miguel Locks, Aerial Photograph.

Air Cargo - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Society: Aqueduct and other water supply installations. Tubes Transport Belawan deli TOWA. 1929. Deli, Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

A Caproni aircraft in flight at Langley Field in Hampton, VA. The photograph, numbered 1348, was taken during World War One. The image shows the airplane in the sky, with the symbol "AU" noted.

Troop transport body for military use is displayed in the image. It was recommended by the Testing and Experimental Engrs. of the Motor Transport Corps. Built by the Harvey Motor Truck Co., it can comfortably carry 32 to 38 men and is designed for transporting troops and freight.

Aircraft and Airports - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

French auto trucks and ambulances parked in the Place Garriere Neufchateau. These vehicles are awaiting a call from the front during World War I. The photo was taken on May 17, 1918, by Captain W. H. Duncan, and it is one of a series of official drawings by American Army artists issued by the Red Cross.

A military observation automobile manufactured by Oscar Marino and his brothers, as seen in the photograph, was offered to the U.S. Army. The automobile features a 25 ft. tall tower that can be extended for observations or folded back during transportation. The tower also includes a small platform for a machine gun and wireless communication capabilities.

Description: Transport. Riding is one of the pleasantest ways of getting around in Kenya in the early mornings. Horses play a big part in life in the Highlands and are invaluable to the dairy farmer in making the rounds of his estate. Location: Kenya africa

Douglas C-47 Being Loaded At Freight Terminal In Panama.

Caption: "The Lepere Liberty battle plane being manufactured by the Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit, Michigan, for the War Department during World War One."

Navy Pby Boat And Hangar, Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brazil. May 1943.

Description: Jamaica. A Cassana taking off Montego Aerodrome. Location: Montego Bay, Jamaica Date: 1944 jamaica, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

On the way to Vaals, Berti Hoppe (Possible), 1930 - 1931 photograph Three photos by Berti Hoppe and Herman Besselaar with acquaintances at their car, en route to Vaals. This page is part of an album. Vaals paper. photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print historical persons. automobile Vaals

Caption: A U.S. Army motor truck manufactured by the Kelly-Springfield Motor Truck Co. is showcased in this photograph taken on July 16, 1918. It was specifically designed for the aviation section, serving as a Signal Corps truck. Location: Springfield, Ohio.

Zeppelins during the First World War, Anonymous, c. 1915 - c. 1917 photograph. scrapbook Six photos from, among others, Zeppelins during the First World War and Graf Zeppelin. All photos are provided with a number and title. This page is part of an album. paper. photographic support gelatin silver print 46C35 airship, zeppelin. historical persons Germany

Arrival in New York: the S.S. Statendam, Pier Hoboken, United States; S.'s statendam to the pier in Hoboken.

Gliders takes off.

Logging: Transportation: Trucks - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Drive-in Theater in Richmond, Indiana, on U.S. Route 40. Original caption: DRIVE-IN THEATER STUDY, 1949, by American Association of State Highway Officials. Drive-in Theater in Richmond, Indiana, on U.S. Route 40. Photos by T. W. Kines, Sept. 4, 1948. State: Indiana. Place: Richmond.

Historical Transportation - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Landing Fields - Philipines - Mindanao Island, Aerial Photograph.

Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Original caption: Photo by C. H. Ritter, April 1952. State: Maryland. Place: Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

Helicopters - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Caption: "Reconstruction work in San Francisco, California after the earthquake and fire in 1906. The image shows a Ferry House trolley car, number 1391, heading towards 19th Avenue. This photograph was taken by the Signal Corps and received on March 10, 1921. Reference notes: *63969"

Description: On the North Coast Railway. africa

Panama Canal Zone - Pedro Miguel Locks, Aerial Photograph.

Description: Launch "Lady Escott". Part of Engine Room. Part of Gallery. Location: Fiji fiji, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Automobile races, Lowell , Automobile racing

Spectators at the Paris-Vienne automotive race with their vehicles parked on a sidewalk, 1902 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. France paper. photographic support automobile. maintenance, repair, storage ~ motor vehicles. motorcar racing France

Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. Plane 33930 was damaged during a bad landing when the pilot's overalls got caught in the control, preventing the plane from banking properly. As a result, the bow wing hit the ground causing minor damage to the plane. Fortunately, no injuries were sustained by the fliers.

IN - Michigan City. Michigan City Light Station, Indiana. Aerial trolley between broken ends of elevated walk.

Family photos, Anonymous, 1939 photograph Album magazine with eight photos of the Vonk family, the son Erik with his father and his mother and the new car, 1939. Part of the family album by Jet Vonk from Celebes. Celebes photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. family life at home. automobile Celebes

Intaglio print from 1912 by Josef Löwy showing a sailboat on calm water, emphasizing maritime scenery and boat details.

Samme Motor i Marine Flyvebaad. Artist: Jacob Christian Hansen Ellehammer (Danish, 1871-1946); Vilhelm Ellehammer (Danish). Dimensions: Image: 3 5/16 × 4 5/16 in. (8.4 × 10.9 cm)Sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 13/16 in. (24.4 × 32.6 cm). Date: 1905-19.Unaware of the Wright brothers' success, the Danish engineer Ellehammer worked in isolation to invent a means of flight, a feat he achieved on September 12, 1906. He soon shifted his attention to vertical flight craft, succeeding in 1912 in hopping along above ground in an experimental helicopter. It is those early, tentative helicopter flights that we see in these remarkable photographs, part of an album documenting Ellehammer's experiments in aviation between 1905 and 1920. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Landing Fields - Alaska - Tanana Crossing, Aerial Photograph.

Greenland, Aerial Photograph.

Wheel Pan - Cycling Club 'Hammonia'. .

Dry ships in the port of Clovelly, Anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1870 photograph Part of album with photos of sights and landscapes in England and of art. Clovelly paper. photographic support albumen print harbour. ships, boats on land, beached Clovelly

The 'Copter Brings Out Another Survivor. Bringing still another of the eighteen survivors of the tragic Belgian airliner crash near Gander Field, Newfoundland, the Coast Guard helicopter approaches Wolf Lake, seven miles from the wreck scene. Here a Coast Guard PBY awaits, to carry the victim to Gander Field, where hospitalization is possible.

Three trains were held up...

Historical Transportation - Nebraska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Coast Guard Helicopter Demonstration. This image depicts a demonstration of a Coast Guard helicopter at the Coast Guard Air Station, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York.

Cholla Cactus, 40 Miles West of Blythe. Original caption: Cholla Cactus, 40 miles west of Blythe. Mr. Westgard. Feb 1911. State: California Place: Near Blythe.

Semper Paratus at Cleveland Lifeboat Station. Surfboat crew in position as boat rolls from boathouse to water. This method of launching is one of the numerous means employed by the Coast Guard to speed rescue crews on their way immediately upon receiving a distress call.

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Landbouwwerktuigen op de Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations van 1851 in Londen; Agricultural Implements. Crosskill. .

Logging: Hauling - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Aerial Photograph.

Racing driver De Kneyff, participant in the Tour de France for cars, on a country road in Vitry-le-François, 1899 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. Vitry-le-François paper. photographic support automobile Vitry-le-François

GHOST TRACKS IN THE...

An A.U. U.S. Armored Motor Truck in service during World War One. This photograph, taken in February 1918 by Brown Brothers, shows the M2163 Mack truck, which was primarily used for official purposes. Photo subject #12851, annotated with the identification number 111-SC-21285 and issued notes 02/285.

Farm machinery almost buried by sand. Cimarron County, Oklahoma. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Cimarron County, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939, Droughts, Dust storms

Aircraft and Airports - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Swedish mountain people travel in foreign.

Historical Transportation - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Transportation: Railroads - Arizona. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Historical Transportation - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wilhelm Ochse and Catharina Maria Groennou on a motorcycle on the beach of Valkeveen, c. 1934 photograph Portrait of a man a woman on a motorcycle on the beach of Vinkeveen. Valkeveen baryta paper gelatin silver print motor-cycles and other two-wheeled motor-vehicles. beach (as place of recreation) Valkeveen

The first flight of Clément van Maasdijk near Heereveen, 1910 photograph A number of men busy with a plane in a hangar. Heerenveen photographic support. passepartout: cardboard aircraft, aeroplane Heerenveen

Arrivage des barres d'acier a obus.. Société des automobiles Delahaye. Photographs. 1916. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Women , Employment in munitions , France , Paris, World War, 1914-1918 , Women's work , France , Paris

Traffic accidents, 1920 - 1930 photograph Album magazine with two photos of traffic accidents. Above a traffic accident due to wrong rise, below: a car pressed together by two tram trucks. Part of the photo album from 1930 with police photos about the opium smuggling in India. Dutch East Indies, The photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print Dutch East Indies, The. Surabaya

Description: Launch "Lady Escott". Lavatory etc. Location: Fiji fiji, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

View of the Emmahaven in Padang with ships, sheds, pier and railway, anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Panorama photo consisting of three prints. Padang paper. photographic support gelatin silver print harbour (+ view ~ vehicle, ship, etc.). warehouse (~ harbour). warehouse (~ harbour). pier, quay, wharf. railway, train Padang

A Pilot Sitting On The Wing Of His Plane The 'Twinkelnose Iv'. England.

Communist Cuban MI-4 General Purpose Helicopter No. 25 on Cay Anguilla Island. Communist Cuban MI-4 General Purpose Helicopter No. 25 on Cay Anguilla Island.

A Pomilio aircraft in flight at the Aviation Experiment Station in Hampton, Virginia during World War I. Photographer's description states that the photo was taken by Wunder Photographer, with reference number 111-SC-3875. This photo was issued and described by H. Sykol on September 12, 1917.

The image captured by Lt. M. deBerri Sig. R.C. shows the Third Liberty Loan Parade in Washington D.C. on April 26, 1918. The parade is making its way up Pennsylvania Ave. and turning north into 15th St. The photograph was censored and released on May 4, 1912, by the Historical Branch of W.P. D.

Float in the Fourth of July parade at Vale, Oregon. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Vale, Oregon , Malheur County

Description: the S.S. "Volta". Location: Gold Coast, Accra, Cape Coast, England, Sierra Leone africa

Rider on a country road, Mont-Dore, G. de Magnitot, c. 1891 - In or Before 1896 photomechanical print Mont-Doreprinter: Paris paper riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. (high) hill Mont-Dore

Bonnerville Dam, Portland, Oregon, United States: truck for transport of rubble, 1936 photograph United States of America paper. photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print traffic by road or path with motor-vehicle

Description: R.A.F. "Fly Past" (Padang, May 6th). Location: Singapore, Malaya singapore, asia, asiathroughalens

Coast Guard's "Old and New" in Protection. In its constant vigil over life and property, the Coast Guard employs a wide variety of ships, planes and aids to navigation. Here, the newest of these devices - the helicopter - hovers over one of the oldest-Boston Lighthouse, which has stood at the present site since 1716 as a sentinel of safety to ships moving along the New England coastline. Helicopters have proved effective in rescuing stranded survivors in isolated areas where plane landings are impossible.

Description: A full domkey-load. Description: Transporting cased oil by caravan in the desert.

Bicycle rack of the Princess Juliana School, 1933 photograph Bicycle rack with bicycles at the Princess Juliana School in Jogyakarta. Picture Packed in the photo album offered to J.H.A. Van der Hoeven at the termination on July 31, 1933 of his service in industrial education in the Dutch East Indies. Jogjakarta photographic support gelatin silver print Dutch East Indies, The. Jogjakarta

Company on a staircase at the Rotterdam Droogdok society, at the baptism of the ship Sunetta, Anonymous, 1934 photograph This photo is part of an album. Rotterdam baryta paper gelatin silver print dry-dock, floating-dock. christening a ship Rotterdam

Woman behind the wheel of a car in the Dutch East Indies. Part of family album with photos of a Dutch-Indian family and from a sugar factory in PurnWorejo.

Portrait of an American man, probably working on a train, 1936 photograph United States of America paper. photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print African Americans United States of America

Fleet work on Lake Kläggen, Östmark.

Elsevier photo collection. airport Leeuwarden. Queen's Commissioner Friesland, Mr. P.A.V. Baron Harinxma Thoe Sloten's Dutch tricolor. July 2, 1938. Friesland, Leeuwarden

Historical Transportation - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Corry Mak van Waay-Zulver on the walking board of a ship of the Batavier Line, Rotterdam, Anonymous, 1932 photograph This photo is part of an album. Rotterdam baryta paper gelatin silver print passengers ~ ship Rotterdam

Historical Transportation - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Young man and a woman at a car, London, Anonymous, 1934 photograph This photo is part of an album. London baryta paper gelatin silver print automobile London

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. aircraft KLM maintain service Biak-Sorang pay attention characters Kebar airport. sign explained drained articles time. June 1954. Guinea

The Ox-Drawn Mexican Carreta. Original caption: Series pictures used to prepare dioramas illustrating traffic on the El Camino Real at San Antonio Texas in 1836 and 1936.

Canadian cyclists. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Praterhütte No, - The flying motorcycle, ILK PhotoPorts, Photo Studio

Helicopters - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

old sled. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Solomon Railroad. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Tender locomotive for a freight train, Joseph Kirsch Fils, c. 1880 - c. 1885 photograph photographic support albumen print locomotive

Historical Transportation - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Communist Cuban MI-4 General Purpose Helicopter No. 25 air borne off Northwest Beach area Anguilla Beach. A Cuban helicopter is photographed in the air by a U.S. Coast Guard patrol plane off Anguilla Key, Bahamas on August 13, 1963. A few minutes before, the Coast Guard plane surprised the helicopter on the island.

Plane dropping off people in McCarthy Lagoon. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Valdez harbor. Alaska Task Force Photographs

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