Collection Number: MS-418 Title: Glenn Curtiss Collection of Early Aviation Photographs Dates: 1908 to 1915 (Bulk: 1912-1914)

Creator The creator of this collection is unknown. Numerous pieces of information on the photographs and photographic postcards hint that the creator might have known Glenn Curtiss and other aviators represented during the years represented in the collection. Summary/Abstract The Glenn Curtiss Collection of Early Aviation Photographs contains 174 photographs and photographic postcards showing the development of Glenn Curtiss aviation and aircraft construction careers between 1908 and 1915. Landmark events in Curtiss career, such as the 1910 Euclid Beach flight in Cleveland and the 1914 rebuild of the Langley Aerodrome, are featured in the collection. There are also photographs of a number of pilotsboth civilian and militarywhom Curtiss trained between 1911 and 1914, as well as photographs of other early aviation pioneers either associated with Curtiss or who flew Curtiss aircraft. A small number of non-Curtiss related photographs are also present in this collection. Quantity/Physical Description: 0.50 linear feet (174 photographs) Language(s): English Repository Special Collections and Archives, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435-001, (937) 775-2092 Restrictions on Access: There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection. Restrictions on Use Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish or reproduce must be secured from the repository. Preferred Citation (Box Number, Folder Number, Photograph Number), MS-418, Glenn Curtiss Collection of Early Aviation Photographs, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio Acquisition: Purchased through auction in January 2010. Separated Material: Photographs 5, 71-72, and 79-80 are oversized and unable to fit in Box 1. They are stored in Box 2 with the scrapbook.

Related Material MS-227 Glenn Curtiss Photograph Collection MS-37 Aeronautical Ephemera Collection I: 1905-1928 Glenn H. Curtiss Collection, National Air and Space Museum Archives (Washington, DC) Glenn Curtiss Early Aviation Photography Collection, National Air and Space Museum Archives (Washington, DC) Langley Experiments Scrapbooks, 1914-1915, National Air and Space Museum Archives (Washington, DC). Additional Sources Louis S. Casey, Curtiss: The Hammondsport Era, 1907-1915; James F. Sunderman, ed., Early Air Pioneers: 1862-1935; Lyman J. Seely, Flying Pioneers at Hammondsport, New York: 19041914; C.R. Roseberry, Glenn Curtiss: Pioneer of Flight; Peter M. Bowers, Curtiss Aircraft: 1907-1947; J.R. K. Main, Voyageurs of the Air; Frank H. Ellis, Canadas Flying Heritage. Processed by: Matthew M. Peek, July 2010 Arrangement The collection is not arranged by series, due to the fact that a large number of photographs came mounted in a scrapbook. The photographs, therefore, are divided into two physical categories: loose photographs (91 photographs) and photographs in the scrapbook (83 photographs). The loose photographs of the collection are arranged first by person with whom they are most associated (i.e. Glenn Curtiss, Lincoln Beachey, etc.), then by date (given or estimated) and event or type of aircraft. For these photographs, all Curtiss photographs are arranged first, followed by photographs of other aviators, which are listed in alphabetical order by last name of the pilot. The photographs in the scrapbook have been assigned photograph numbers, and a corresponding identification for each of these photographs can be found in the Collection Inventory in this finding aid. Historical Note Many of the photographs and photographic postcards represented in this collection were shot by native Hammondsport, New York, photographer Harry M. Benner. Benner started out photographing the landscape around Hammondsport in the first decade of the twentieth century. He purchased a Hammondsport photography business in 1907, and moved the business to a new building in 1908. It was in this new building that Benner would develop many of his Curtiss aviation photographs. Although Curtiss would hire other photographers, such as William Tomer, Benner acted as a semi-official Curtiss photographer during Curtiss pre-WWI career. It was Benner who captured some of the most famous images of Curtiss groundbreaking new aircraft and other aerial milestones, such as the flight of the White Wing in 1908. Harry Benner was best known for his line of immensely popular photographic postcards showing Glenn Curtiss and his aircraft from 1908 to 1916, which connected the public with Curtiss work

and the rapid developments in aviation technology. A large number of the photographs in this collection were taken by Benner in Hammondsport, most of which bear his copyright stamp. There are three photographs in the collection taken by the Ernest Heiser Company of Cleveland, Ohio, at the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Centennial Celebration. The photographs show Glenn Curtiss and John A.D. McCurdy participating in the celebrations two-day long aerial show between October 13 and 14, 1910. The photographs in this collection capturing Philip O. Parmelees famous first commercial cargo flight, made from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio, were shot by the Baker Art Gallery of Columbus, Ohio. Founded by Lorenzo Marvin Baker in the mid nineteenth century, this studio became one of the most famous photography businesses in Columbus during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For historical information on Curtiss aviation career and his aircraft represented in this collection, see the various publications on Curtiss listed in the Additional Sources section of this finding aid. Folder 27 in Box 1 contains a brief historical sketch of Curtiss career between 1908 and 1915 written by this collections processor. Non-Curtiss Events Represented in the Collection As an advertising gimmick, Max Morehouse of the Columbus, Ohio, dry goods store Morehouse-Martens Company arranged with the Wright Brothers to have two parcels of silk carried on a Wright B Flyer from Wright Aviation Field to Columbus. The silk, after being cut into pieces, was to be sold at the store after a flying exhibition by the Wright B Flyer. On November 7, 1910, Philip O. Parmalee, a Wright Brothers pilot, took off from Wright Aviation Field with the 200-pound package, making an approximately 65-mile flight to Columbus. It was the first commercial cargo flight in history. This collection contains five unique photographs of Parmalee, Max Morehouse, and the Wright B Flyer in Columbus, Ohio. Early in 1914, W.A. Dean opened a flying-boat school in Toronto, Canada, at Toronto Harbor, with a Curtiss flying-boat (nicknamed the Sunfish) he purchased from the American Curtiss Company. Deans school was in competition with the Curtiss Aviation School in Toronto. Thus, to draw in customers, Dean hired an expert flying instructor from the Curtiss Company in the U.S.Theodore C. Macaulay. Despite offering competitive prices for flight instruction, Deans Toronto School did not offer as professional a training program as did the Curtiss school. Theodore Macaulay left the Dean School in 1915, becoming an instructor with the Curtiss Aviation School in Toronto. By 1916, Dean was unable to compete with Curtiss in Toronto, and he closed his flying-boat school. There are two photographs of Deans flying-boat in his Toronto flying school, with several unidentified men shown. Victor Vernon was trained as a flying-boat aviator at Glenn Curtiss Hammondsport, New York, flying school in 1914. After receiving his pilots certification, Vernon started his career as an exhibition pilot in his Betty V Curtiss Model F Flying-boat in Buffalo, New York, finally ending up in Portland and Bar Harbor, Maine, in the summer of 1914. During his time as an exhibition aviator, Vernon had to disassemble the Betty V every time he traveled to a new

location (except for the Bar Harbor flight), in order to ship it there ahead of time. Vernon was invited to make an exhibition flight in Bar Harbor, Maine, for September 4, 1914, by the Bar Harbor Labor Day Celebration Committee Chairman. With his expenses covered by the committee and substantial pay for the one-day job, Vernon made the longest flight over water at that time, flying over the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Bar Harbor, Maine, on September 3, 1914. The next day he gave an exhibition of his Curtiss flying-boat for the towns Labor Day celebration. This collection contains a photograph of Vernon floating in his flying-boat on Bar Harbor on Labor Day 1914, as well as five photographs of Vernons Betty V flying-boat hull while it was disassembled from the rest of the plane. Scope and Content This collection only contains photographs and photographic postcards related to Glenn Curtiss and other early aviation pioneers in the United States. The majority of the collection rests within Box 1. Box 2 houses the scrapbook and items that were too large to fit within Box 1. Each page of photographs in the scrapbook has been copied on acid-free paper and interleaved with the scrapbook page on which the photographs are mounted, for identification purposes should a photograph come loose from the scrapbook. Files in Box 1 follow the arrangement scheme laid out in the Arrangement section of the finding aid. Photographs are grouped in files according to subject matter, person, event, or plane type, following the overall numbering scheme of the collection. There are a number of significant sets of photographs in the collection, such as File 3 (Glenn Curtiss Landing at Cedar Point, OH), File 4 (Cuyahoga County, OH, Centennial Air Show), File 7 (Curtiss 1913 Flying-boats), File 13 (Langley Aerodrome rebuild), File 14 (Curtiss America Flying-boat), File 19 (W.A. Dean), File 20 (Bert R.J. Fish Hassell), and File 22 (Philip O. Parmelee). The Langley Aerodrome rebuild is the best represented aviation subject in this collection, with 33 photographs and photographic postcards detailing all aspects of the rebuilt crafts 1914 flight. Subject Terms Persons/Families Adams, Baxter H.
Beachey, Lincoln
Benner, Harry M. (1875-1946)
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond (1878-1930)
Dean, W.A.
Ellyson, Theodore Gordon (1885-1928)
Ford, Henry (1863-1947)
Grahame-White, Claude (1879-1959)
Hassell, Bert R. J.
Callan, John Lansing (1886-1958)
Latham, Hubert (1883-1912)
Macaulay, Theodore C. (1887-1965)
Manly, Charles Matthews (1876-1927)
McCurdy, John A.D.

Parmalee, Philip
Porte, John Cyrill (1883-1919)
Towers, John Henry (1885-1955)
Walcott, Charles Doolittle (1850-1927)
Zahm, Albert Francis
Corporate Names Aerial Experiment Association (1900-1910)
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation (1910-1920)
Places Bar Harbor (Me.)
Belmont Park (Elmont, N.Y.)
Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio)
Columbus (Ohio)
Euclid Beach Park (Cleveland, Ohio)
Hammondsport (N.Y.)
San Diego (Calif.)
Toronto (Ontario)
SubjectTopical Army aviation (United States Army)
Aviation pioneers
Curtiss aircraft
Curtiss America flying boats
Curtiss pusher aircraft
Flying boats
Langley Aerodrome A, Curtiss 1914 Rebuild
Military air pilotsAmerican (1900-1920)
Naval aviationHistory (20th century)
Photography (1900-1920)
SeaplanesAmerican (1910-1920)
Wright Flyer (Airplane)
Material Types Photographs Scrapbook

Collection Inventory Box 1 File 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 4 Photo Number Description Hammondsport, NY, Scenes: Photographs 1-2 Lake Keuka showing Bluff Point Sheather St., Hammondsport, NY AEA plane White Wing: Photograph 3 AEA White Wing (Curtiss Aerodrome No. 2) taking off before a small gathering of people Glenn Curtiss landing at Cedar Point, OH: Photographs 4-5 Glenn Curtiss landing his Hudson Flyer biplane at Cedar Point, OH Glenn Curtiss landing his Hudson Flyer biplane at Cedar Point, OH Cuyahoga County (OH) Centennial Air Show: Photographs 6-8 6 Aviator Mass in Curtiss pusher at Cuyahoga County (OH) Centennial Air Show, with John A.D. McCurdy holding planes rear framing and Glenn Curtiss (standing beside policeman) observing Curtiss pusher in flight at Cuyahoga County (OH) Centennial Air Show Curtiss pusher in flight at Cuyahoga County (OH) Centennial Air Show with other pusher airplane Curtiss and military aviation students: Photographs 9-11 9 10 11 Glenn Curtiss with Army, Navy, and civilian aviation students Glenn Curtiss with Army, Navy, and civilian aviation students Glenn Curtiss with Army, Navy, and civilian aviation students [1911] [1911] [1911] Oct 1910 Aug 31, 1910 Aug 31, 1910 [1908] undated [Circa 1910s] Date

7 8 5

[Oct 1910] [Oct 1910]

Box

File

Photo Number

Description Curtiss Model E Training Hydroplane: Photograph 12 Curtiss Model E Training hydroplane at Lake Keuka launching ramp, with Lincoln Beachey (at flight controls) and Glenn Curtiss (standing on launch) Curtiss 1913 Flying-boats: Photographs 13-21

Date

6 12 7 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 8 22 23

[1911]

Curtiss Tadpole Flying-boat flying over Lake Keuka Curtiss early Model F Flying-boat dry-docked alongside railroad tracks Curtiss Model F Flying-boat taking off from Lake Keuka at 50 miles per hour Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) speeding along the surface of Lake Keuka Curtiss Model E Flying-boat speeding along the surface of Lake Keuka Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) banking in flight over Lake Keuka Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) flying over Lake Keuka Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to land on Lake Keuka Curtiss Model F Flying-boat speeding along the surface of Lake Keuka Navy C-2 Flying-boat: Photographs 22-29 Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to launch with four passengers Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to launch with four passengers

[Circa 1913] [Circa 1913] [Circa 1913] undated undated undated undated undated undated

undated undated

Box

File

Photo Number

Description

Date

24 25 26 27 28 29 9 30 31 32 10 33 11 34 12 35

Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to launch with four passengers Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to launch with four passengers Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to launch with four passengers Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) at Lake Keuka flying-boat launch with small crowd Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) at Lake Keuka flying-boat launch preparing to take-off Unidentified Curtiss Flying-boat speeding along the surface of Lake Keuka Curtiss Model F Flying-boat dry-docked: Photographs 30-32 Curtiss Model F Flying-boat dry-docked alongside railroad tracks Curtiss Model F Flying-boat dry-docked alongside railroad tracks with unidentified pilots Close-up of dry-docked Curtiss Model F Flying-boat cockpit and unidentified pilot Curtiss Tractor Model G biplane: Photograph 33 Curtiss Tractor Model G biplane in front of Hammondsport, NY, hanger with unidentified group of aviators Harry R. Kidney and Curtiss Model F Flyingboat: Photograph 34 Harry R. Kidney and Curtiss Model F Flying-boat at a beach Curtiss Tractor Model J aircraft: Photographs 35-39 Curtiss Tractor Model J biplane: U.S.A. Scout

undated undated undated undated undated undated

[Circa 1913] [Circa 1913] [Circa 1913]

[1913]

July 4, 1914

[1914]

Box

File

Photo Number

Description Curtiss Tractor Model J Single-float seaplane, without upper win extension, flying in tandem with a Curtiss Model J Flying-boat over Lake Keuka Curtiss Tractor Model J Single-float seaplane, without upper win extension, skimming along surface of Lake Keuka in winter Curtiss Tractor Model J Single-float seaplane, without upper win extension, skimming along surface of Lake Keuka Curtiss Tractor Model J Single-float seaplane, without upper win extension, skimming along surface of Lake Keuka Langley Aerodrome rebuild:
Photographs 40-61
Close-up of gears and central framing on Langley Aerodrome in Curtiss workshop Pictured left to right: Glenn Curtiss, Charles M. Mandy, and Dr. Albert Zahm with Langley Aerodrome on Lake Keuka shore Pictured left to right: Charles M. Mandy, Dr. Albert Zahm, and Glenn Curtiss with Langley Aerodrome on Lake Keuka shore Dr. Albert Zahm, Glenn Curtiss, Charles M. Mandy and others posing in front of Langley Aerodrome Harry R. Kidney standing next to Langley Aerodrome on shore of Lake Keuka Left to right: Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Miss Helen Breese Walcott, H.R. Kidney, John Lansing Callan, Glenn Curtiss, and Dr. Albert Zahm posing with Langley Aerodrome on Lake Keuka shore Curtiss employees checking over Langley Aerodrome on Lake Keuka Left to right: Edward A. Kelly, John Lansing Callan, Harry R. Kidney, and Glenn Curtiss checking over Langley Aerodrome on Lake Keuka

Date

36

[Circa 1914]

37

[Circa 1914]

38

[Circa 1914]

39 13

[Circa 1914]

40

[1914]

41

[1914]

42

[1914]

43 44

[1914] [1914]

45

[1914]

46

[1914]

47

[1914]

Box

File

Photo Number 48

Description Glenn Curtiss taking the Langley Aerodrome on its first trial on Lake Keuka, without its wings attached Curtiss employees finishing the rebuild of the Langley Aerodrome, with one float unattached (photograph taken from roof of Curtiss hangar) Curtiss employees finishing the rebuild of the Langley Aerodrome (photograph taken from roof of Curtiss hangar) Curtiss employees working at 5 AM to finish the rebuild of the Langley Aerodrome, Curtiss employees finishing the rebuild of the Langley Aerodrome Curtiss employees working on the Langley Aerodrome, with Curtiss hangar in background Close-up of Curtiss employees setting the Langley Aerodrome into the water of Lake Keuka Close-up of Curtiss employees setting the Langley Aerodrome into the water of Lake Keuka Side view of Langley Aerodrome taking off from Lake Keuka Side view of Langley Aerodrome taking off from Lake Keuka Side view of Langley Aerodrome taking off from Lake Keuka Rear view of Langley Aerodrome as it gathers speed to take off from Lake Keuka Langley Aerodrome just as it lifts off Lake Keuka Langley Aerodrome flying low over Lake Keuka Curtiss America Flying-boat: Photographs 62-64

Date

[1914]

49

[1914]

50

[1914]

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 14 62

[1914] [1914] [1914] [1914] [1914] [1914] [1914] [1914] [1914] [1914] Sept 17, 1914

British Navy Lieut. John C. Porte and Glenn Curtiss standing in front of the America Flying-boat

[1914]

10

Box

File

Photo Number

Description

Date

63

British Navy Lieut. John C. Porte pictured with the unfinished America Flying-boat in Curtiss hangar Curtiss employees and mechanics, standing near America Flying-boat in Curtiss hangar, looking over blueprints of the plane Curtiss Model R Seaplane: Photographs 65-66

1914

64

1914

15 65 66 16 67 17 68

Curtiss Model R Single-float Seaplane in winter at Lake Keuka Curtiss Model R Single-float Seaplane flying in the winter over Lake Keuka Hull of unfinished flying-boat: Photograph 67 Curtiss employees standing around an unfinished flying-boat hull Baxter Adams: Photographs 68-69 Baxter Adams flying a Curtiss pusher, with Adams written on the wings Baxter Adams seated in a Curtiss pusher on the ground while Lincoln Beachey flies a Curtiss pusher, with Beachey written on the wings Lincoln Beachey: Photograph 70

[Circa 1915] [Circa 1915]

undated

undated

69 18 70 19 71 72 20

undated

Lincoln Beachey sitting in his Curtiss pusher at Lake Keuka shore W.A. Dean: Photographs 71-72 Unidentified men posing in W.A. Deans Toronto aviation school with a Curtiss Model F. Flying-boat Unidentified men posing in W.A. Deans Toronto aviation school with a Curtiss Model F Flying-boat Bert R.J. Fish Hassell: Photograph 73

1913

[early 1914] [early 1914]

11

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File

Photo Number 73

Description Signed photograph of Bert R.J. Fish Hassell in his Curtiss Model F Flying-boat Hubert Latham: Photographs 74-75 Close-up of Hubert Latham in leather flying gear Hubert Latham in hangar seated in unfinished Curtiss pusher Philip O. Parmelee: Photographs 76-80

Date

1914

21 74 75 22

undated undated

76

Max Morehouse (left) and Philip O. Parmelee (right) seated in a Wright Model B Flyer in Columbus after the first commercial cargo flight Max Morehouse (left) shaking hands with Philip O. Parmelee (right), seated in a Wright Model B Flyer, in Columbus after the first commercial cargo flight Small gathering of people next to Philip O. Parmelees Wright Model B Flyer in Columbus after the first commercial cargo flight Small gathering of people next to Philip O. Parmelees Wright Model B Flyer in Columbus after the first commercial cargo flight Philip O. Parmelee preparing to take off from Columbus in his Wright Model B Flyer after the first commercial cargo flight Victor Vernon: Photographs 81-85

[Nov 7, 1910]

77

[Nov 7, 1910]

78

[Nov 7, 1910]

79

[Nov 7, 1910]

80

[Nov 7, 1910]

23 81 82 83 84

Hull of Victor Vernons Curtiss Flying-boat hull: the Betty V Hull of Victor Vernons Curtiss Flying-boat hull: the Betty V Hull of Victor Vernons Curtiss Flying-boat hull: the Betty V Hull of Victor Vernons Curtiss Flying-boat hull: the Betty V

undated undated undated undated

12

Box

File

Photo Number

Description

Date

85 24 86 25 87 26 88 89 90 91

Hull of Victor Vernons Curtiss Flying-boat hull: the Betty V Unidentified Pilot: Photograph 86 Unidentified pilot sitting in early Curtiss dual-control hydroplane, with Yours, Art written on front of postcard Unidentified Curtiss biplane: Photograph 87 Unidentified Curtiss biplane being towed by 1910s touring car Miscellaneous Photos: Photographs 88-91 Scene of unidentified town and farms Unidentified steel bridge Close-up of unidentified galleon docked at port Unidentified galleon docked at port Brief History of Glenn Curtiss Aviation Career, with information directly corresponding to scenes depicted in the photographs of MS-418 Glenn Curtiss Collection of Early Aviation Photographs

undated

undated

undated

undated undated [Circa 1910s] [Circa 1910s]

27

Scrapbook Photographs 2 92 93 94 95 96 Langley Aerodrome at Curtiss Lake Keuka hydroplane launch Early Curtiss flying-boat Flight of the June Bug at Hammondsport Curtiss OWL Flying-boat flying over Keuka Lake U.S. Government Airship at Hammondsport, New York, operated by Captain T.S. Baldwin and Glenn Curtiss Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Short-hulled Flying-boat on Lake Keuka [1914] undated [1908] undated [Circa 1907]

97

[Circa 1912]

13

Box

File

Photo Number 98

Description Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Flying-boat at Lake Keuka launch Wreckage of Lincoln Beacheys Beachey Special Looper airplane during a performance at Hammondsport, New York Langley Aerodrome prior to first launch at Hammondsport, New York Tuning up the engine of the Langley Aerodrome prior to its first launch at Hammondsport, NY Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to launch with four passengers Langley Aerodrome achieving first moment of lift-off at Lake Keuka
Langley Aerodrome on shore of Lake Keuka,
moments before first flight
Curtiss Lake Keuka flying-boat dock U.S. Navy Pilot No. 3, Lieut. John H. Towers in Curtiss pusher at N. A. S. Anacostia Langley Aerodrome with assembly crew prior to its first launch at Hammondsport, NY Curtiss Tractor Model G without a fabric-covered hull at Lake Keuka
Curtiss Navy Hydroplane with top wing-mounted,
disk-shaped stick stabilizer
Glenn Curtiss and Henry Ford at Lake Keuka,
standing beside a Curtiss Model E Flying-boat
Curtiss Tractor Model J on Lake Keuka shore Lieut. Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S. Naval Aviator No.
1, and Glenn Curtiss in an early dual-control hydroplane at North Island (San Diego, CA)
Lincoln Beachey and his Curtiss pusher airplane

Date

[Circa 1912]

99

[Oct 1913]

100

[1914]

101

[1914]

102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113

[Circa 1913] [1914] [1914] [Circa 1913]

[1911] [1914] [Circa 1913] undated [Circa 1913] [1914]
undated
[1913]

14

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File

Photo Number

Description

Date

114 115 116

Lieut. John Cyril Porte taking the Curtiss H-1 Flying boat America on a test flight on Lake Keuka Curtiss Tadpole Flying-boat flying over Lake Keuka Wreckage of Lincoln Beacheys Beachey Special Looper aeroplane during a performance at Hammondsport, NY Curtiss Model H-1 America transatlantic flying boat, floating on Lake Keuka along the shoreline Curtiss Model M Flying-boat being prepared for testing at Lake Keuka in the snow Langleys Aerodrome sitting in middle of Lake Keuka Unidentified boat with men inside racing across Lake Keuka
Curtiss Tractor Model J on Lake Keuka shore,
without a rudder Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) Unidentified landscape view, with a number of houses in the foreground Curtiss Model F Flying-boat in flight Curtiss Tractor Model H, with shortened upper wings and ailerons mounted between the wings, in flight over Curtiss Lake Keuka hanger Curtiss McCormick Tractor F Flying-boat on Lake Keuka Unidentified pilot, left, and John A.D. McCurdy, right, shaking hands at early dual-control Curtiss pusher Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) flying over unidentified body of water Curtiss Model H-1 America transatlantic flyingboat sitting on Lake Keuka, without spray shield on top of hull

[1914] [Circa 1913] [Oct 1913]

117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125

[1914] [Jan 1914] [1914] undated [1914] [Circa 1913]

[Circa 1913] [Circa 1913]

126

[Circa 1913]

127

undated

128 129

[Circa 1913] [1914]

15

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File

Photo Number 130 131 132

Description Langley Aerodrome with assembly crew prior to first launch at Hammondsport, NY Curtiss Tadpole Flying-boat flying over Lake Keuka Baxter Adams, with arms stretched out, flying his Curtiss headless pusher biplane Curtiss McCormick Flying-boat, with tractor propeller with Lake Keuka in background (four unidentified men in plane) Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Flying-boat at Lake Keuka launch (with tent in background) Curtiss Model F Flying-boat preparing for flight on San Francisco Bay, with boardwalk and various ships in background Curtiss Amphibious Model A-1 (Triad), with forward elevator and retractable landing gear, floating at the shores edge on Lake Keuka Curtiss Tractor Model G biplane with unidentified group of men in foreground Pilot hangars at the Belmont Park Air Meet. Tents for the following pilots in photograph: Hamilton, Radley, Baldwin, Curtiss, Count de Lesseps, Ren Simon, and others Curtiss Tractor Model J (U.S.A. Scout) Curtiss Single-float Model J Flying-boat, without upper wing extension Curtiss Model H-1 America transatlantic flyingboat sitting on Lake Keuka, with Lieut. Porte and unidentified mechanic in center of photograph Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) Baxter H. Adams flying a Curtiss 1912 Headless Model D pusher, with Adams written on outside of the upper wing

Date

[1914] 1913 undated

133

[1914]

134

[1912]

135

[Circa 1913]

136

[Circa 1911]

137

[1913]

138

[1910]

139 140

[1914] [1914]

141 142 143

[1914] [Circa 1913] [1912]

16

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File

Photo Number

Description

Date

144

Close-up photograph of Lieut. Theodore G. Ellyson (left), U.S. Naval Aviator No. 1, and Glenn Curtiss (right) in an early dual-control hydroplane at North Island (San Diego, CA) Curtiss Navy Hydroplane with top wing-mounted, disk-shaped stick stabilizer Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Flying-boat at Lake Keuka launch Curtiss Amphibious Model A-1 (Triad), with forward elevator and retractable landing gear, running along on the surface of Lake Keuka Unidentified Curtiss Tractor Hydroplane flying over Lake Keuka in Hammondsport, NY Langley Aerodrome taking off on test flight from Lake Keuka
Victor Vernon in his Curtiss Flying-boat (the Betty
V) at Bar Harbour, ME, for a Labour Day Celebration
Harry R. Kidney in a Curtiss Model F Flying-boat on
an unidentified body of water (additional unidentified men in row boats nearing the plane)
Curtiss Model E Flying-boat, with wing-tip
extensions Curtiss Tractor Model J (U.S.A. Scout) Unidentified pilot flying a modified Curtiss Model H
Tractor Scout, with wing-mounted ailerons and shortened upper wings, at Lake Keuka
Curtiss Model E Flying-boat taking off from Lake
Keuka Two variants of the Curtiss Model E Flying-boat and a Curtiss Model AH-13 hydroplane flying over Lake Keuka Various Curtiss flying-boats with unidentified individuals on the shores edge of Lake Keuka

[Circa 1911]

145 146

undated [Circa 1912]

147

1911

148 149

[Circa 1911] [1914]

150

Nov 4, 1914

151

[1913]

152 153 154 155 156

[Circa 1913]
[1914]
[Circa 1913]
[Circa 1913] [Circa 1912]

157

undated

17

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File

Photo Number 158 159

Description Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Short-hulled Flying-boat with unidentified pilot on Lake Keuka Curtiss Model F Flying-boat with unidentified pilot getting up speed on Lake Keuka Curtiss Amphibious Model A-1 (Triad), with forward elevator and retractable landing gear, running along on the surface of Lake Keuka Two variants of the Curtiss Model E Flying-boat and a Curtiss Model AH-13 running along the surface of Lake Keuka Curtiss Model M Flying-boat being prepared for testing at Lake Keuka in the snow Lincoln Beachey and his Curtiss pusher airplane flying along a hillside Curtiss Model F Flying-boat in flight, with the hills of Hammondsport, New York, in the background Modified Curtiss Model H Tractor Scout, with wingmounted ailerons and shortened upper wings, at Lake Keuka Claude Grahame-White carrying an unidentified passenger in a Farman III biplane at the Belmont Park Air Meet Postcard with following caption: G.H. Curtiss, Hammondsport, N.Y. Winning The Scientific American Trophy, flying the June Bug (Model C) 1913 Curtiss Flying-boat (Model E or Model F), flying over Lake Keuka
Glenn Curtiss flying the reconstructed Langley Aerodrome low over Lake Keuka Langley Aerodrome with assembly crew prior to first
launch at Hammondsport, New York Walter Brookins plane wreckage at the Belmont Park Air Meet

Date

[Circa 1912] [Circa 1913]

160

1911

161

[Circa 1912]

162 163 164

[Jan 1914] 1913 [Circa 1913]

165

[Circa 1913]

166

[1910]

167

1908

168 169 170 171

1913 [May 28,

1914]
[1914] [1910]

18

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File

Photo Number

Description

Date

172

Curtiss Tractor Model H, with shortened upper wings and ailerons mounted between the wings, in flight over Curtiss Lake Keuka hanger Curtiss Amphibious Model A-1 (Triad), with forward elevator and retractable landing gear, floating at the shores edge on Lake Keuka Lithographic postcard with following caption: G.H. Curtiss, Hammondsport, N.Y., Worlds record, One Mile, 26 2-5 seconds. Postcard depicts Glenn Curtiss on his 1907 Curtiss 40 hp V8 motorcycle

[Circa 1913]

173

[Circa 1911]

174

[Circa 1908]

19