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 pilots—both civilian and military—whom 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 Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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.

1 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: 1904- 1914; 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, Canada’s 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’ ground- breaking 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

2 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 celebration’s two-day long aerial show between October 13 and 14, 1910.

The photographs in this collection capturing Philip O. Parmelee’s 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 collection’s 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. Dean’s 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, Dean’s 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 Dean’s 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 pilot’s 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

3 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 town’s 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 Vernon’s 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 craft’s 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.

4 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)

Subject—Topical

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 pilots—American (1900-1920) Naval aviation—History (20th century) Photography (1900-1920) Seaplanes—American (1910-1920) Wright Flyer (Airplane)

Material Types

Photographs Scrapbook

5 Collection Inventory

Photo Box File Description Date Number

1 1 Hammondsport, NY, Scenes: Photographs 1-2 1 Lake Keuka showing Bluff Point undated 2 Sheather St., Hammondsport, NY [Circa 1910s] 2 AEA plane White Wing: Photograph 3 AEA White Wing (Curtiss Aerodrome No. 2) taking 3 [1908] off before a small gathering of people Glenn Curtiss landing at Cedar Point, OH: 3 Photographs 4-5 Glenn Curtiss landing his Hudson Flyer biplane at 4 Aug 31, 1910 Cedar Point, OH

Glenn Curtiss landing his Hudson Flyer biplane at 5 Aug 31, 1910 Cedar Point, OH

Cuyahoga County (OH) Centennial Air Show: 4 Photographs 6-8 Aviator Mass in Curtiss pusher at Cuyahoga County (OH) Centennial Air Show, with John A.D. McCurdy 6 Oct 1910 holding plane’s rear framing and Glenn Curtiss (standing beside policeman) observing Curtiss pusher in flight at Cuyahoga County (OH) 7 [Oct 1910] Centennial Air Show Curtiss pusher in flight at Cuyahoga County (OH) 8 [Oct 1910] Centennial Air Show with other pusher airplane

Curtiss and military aviation students: 5 Photographs 9-11

Glenn Curtiss with Army, Navy, and civilian aviation 9 [1911] students

Glenn Curtiss with Army, Navy, and civilian aviation 10 [1911] students

Glenn Curtiss with Army, Navy, and civilian aviation 11 [1911] students

6 Photo Box File Description Date Number

Curtiss Model E Training Hydroplane: 6 Photograph 12 Curtiss Model E Training hydroplane at Lake Keuka 12 launching ramp, with Lincoln Beachey (at flight [1911] controls) and Glenn Curtiss (standing on launch) 7 Curtiss 1913 Flying-boats: Photographs 13-21

13 Curtiss Tadpole Flying-boat flying over Lake Keuka [Circa 1913]

Curtiss early Model F Flying-boat dry-docked 14 [Circa 1913] alongside railroad tracks

Curtiss Model F Flying-boat taking off from Lake 15 [Circa 1913] Keuka at 50 miles per hour

Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) speeding 16 undated along the surface of Lake Keuka

Curtiss Model E Flying-boat speeding along the 17 undated surface of Lake Keuka

Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) banking in 18 undated flight over Lake Keuka

Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) flying over 19 undated Lake Keuka

Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to 20 undated land on Lake Keuka Curtiss Model F Flying-boat speeding along the 21 undated surface of Lake Keuka

8 Navy C-2 Flying-boat: Photographs 22-29

Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to 22 undated launch with four passengers

Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to 23 undated launch with four passengers

7 Photo Box File Number Description Date

Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to 24 undated launch with four passengers Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to 25 undated launch with four passengers Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to 26 undated launch with four passengers Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) at Lake 27 undated Keuka flying-boat launch with small crowd Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) at Lake 28 undated Keuka flying-boat launch preparing to take-off Unidentified Curtiss Flying-boat speeding along the 29 undated surface of Lake Keuka Curtiss Model F Flying-boat dry-docked: 9 Photographs 30-32 Curtiss Model F Flying-boat dry-docked alongside 30 [Circa 1913] railroad tracks Curtiss Model F Flying-boat dry-docked alongside 31 [Circa 1913] railroad tracks with unidentified pilots Close-up of dry-docked Curtiss Model F Flying-boat 32 [Circa 1913] cockpit and unidentified pilot Curtiss Tractor Model G biplane: 10 Photograph 33 Curtiss Tractor Model G biplane in front of 33 Hammondsport, NY, hanger with unidentified group [1913] of aviators Harry R. Kidney and Curtiss Model F Flying- 11 boat: Photograph 34 Harry R. Kidney and Curtiss Model F Flying-boat at 34 July 4, 1914 a beach Curtiss Tractor Model J aircraft: 12 Photographs 35-39

35 Curtiss Tractor Model J biplane: “U.S.A. Scout” [1914]

8 Photo Box File Description Date Number

Curtiss Tractor Model J Single-float seaplane, 36 without upper win extension, flying in tandem with a [Circa 1914] Curtiss Model J Flying-boat over Lake Keuka Curtiss Tractor Model J Single-float seaplane, 37 without upper win extension, skimming along surface [Circa 1914] of Lake Keuka in winter Curtiss Tractor Model J Single-float seaplane, 38 without upper win extension, skimming along surface [Circa 1914] of Lake Keuka Curtiss Tractor Model J Single-float seaplane, 39 without upper win extension, skimming along surface [Circa 1914] of Lake Keuka Langley Aerodrome rebuild: 13 Photographs 40-61

Close-up of gears and central framing on Langley 40 [1914] Aerodrome in Curtiss workshop

Pictured left to right: Glenn Curtiss, Charles M. 41 Mandy, and Dr. Albert Zahm with Langley [1914] Aerodrome on Lake Keuka shore Pictured left to right: Charles M. Mandy, Dr. Albert 42 Zahm, and Glenn Curtiss with Langley Aerodrome [1914] on Lake Keuka shore Dr. Albert Zahm, Glenn Curtiss, Charles M. Mandy 43 [1914] and others posing in front of Langley Aerodrome Harry R. Kidney standing next to Langley 44 [1914] Aerodrome on shore of Lake Keuka Left to right: Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Miss Helen Breese Walcott, H.R. Kidney, John Lansing Callan, 45 [1914] Glenn Curtiss, and Dr. Albert Zahm posing with Langley Aerodrome on Lake Keuka shore Curtiss employees checking over Langley Aerodrome 46 [1914] on Lake Keuka Left to right: Edward A. Kelly, John Lansing Callan, 47 Harry R. Kidney, and Glenn Curtiss checking over [1914] Langley Aerodrome on Lake Keuka

9 Photo Box File Description Date Number

Glenn Curtiss taking the Langley Aerodrome on its 48 [1914] first trial on Lake Keuka, without its wings attached Curtiss employees finishing the rebuild of the 49 Langley Aerodrome, with one float unattached [1914] (photograph taken from roof of Curtiss hangar) Curtiss employees finishing the rebuild of the 50 Langley Aerodrome (photograph taken from roof of [1914] Curtiss hangar) Curtiss employees working at 5 AM to finish the 51 [1914] rebuild of the Langley Aerodrome, Curtiss employees finishing the rebuild of the 52 [1914] Langley Aerodrome Curtiss employees working on the Langley 53 [1914] Aerodrome, with Curtiss’ hangar in background Close-up of Curtiss employees setting the Langley 54 [1914] Aerodrome into the water of Lake Keuka Close-up of Curtiss employees setting the Langley 55 [1914] Aerodrome into the water of Lake Keuka Side view of Langley Aerodrome taking off from 56 [1914] Lake Keuka Side view of Langley Aerodrome taking off from 57 [1914] Lake Keuka Side view of Langley Aerodrome taking off from 58 [1914] Lake Keuka Rear view of Langley Aerodrome as it gathers speed 59 [1914] to take off from Lake Keuka 60 Langley Aerodrome just as it lifts off Lake Keuka [1914] 61 Langley Aerodrome flying low over Lake Keuka Sept 17, 1914 Curtiss America Flying-boat: 14 Photographs 62-64

British Navy Lieut. John C. Porte and Glenn Curtiss 62 [1914] standing in front of the America Flying-boat

10 Photo Box File Number Description Date

British Navy Lieut. John C. Porte pictured with the 63 1914 unfinished America Flying-boat in Curtiss’ hangar Curtiss employees and mechanics, standing near 64 America Flying-boat in Curtiss’ hangar, looking over 1914 blueprints of the plane Curtiss Model R Seaplane: 15 Photographs 65-66 Curtiss Model R Single-float Seaplane in winter at 65 [Circa 1915] Lake Keuka Curtiss Model R Single-float Seaplane flying in the 66 [Circa 1915] winter over Lake Keuka Hull of unfinished flying-boat: 16 Photograph 67 Curtiss employees standing around an unfinished 67 undated flying-boat hull Baxter Adams: 17 Photographs 68-69 Baxter Adams flying a Curtiss pusher, with “Adams” 68 undated written on the wings Baxter Adams seated in a Curtiss pusher on the 69 ground while Lincoln Beachey flies a Curtiss pusher, undated with “Beachey” written on the wings Lincoln Beachey: 18 Photograph 70 Lincoln Beachey sitting in his Curtiss pusher at Lake 70 1913 Keuka shore W.A. Dean: 19 Photographs 71-72 Unidentified men posing in W.A. Dean’s Toronto 71 [early 1914] aviation school with a Curtiss Model F. Flying-boat Unidentified men posing in W.A. Dean’s Toronto 72 [early 1914] aviation school with a Curtiss Model F Flying-boat Bert R.J. “Fish” Hassell: 20 Photograph 73

11 Photo Box File Description Date Number

Signed photograph of Bert R.J. “Fish” Hassell in his 73 1914 Curtiss Model F Flying-boat Hubert Latham: 21 Photographs 74-75 74 Close-up of Hubert Latham in leather flying gear undated

Hubert Latham in hangar seated in unfinished Curtiss 75 undated pusher Philip O. Parmelee: 22 Photographs 76-80 Max Morehouse (left) and Philip O. Parmelee (right) 76 seated in a Wright Model B Flyer in Columbus after [Nov 7, 1910] the first commercial cargo flight Max Morehouse (left) shaking hands with Philip O. 77 Parmelee (right), seated in a Wright Model B Flyer, [Nov 7, 1910] in Columbus after the first commercial cargo flight Small gathering of people next to Philip O. 78 Parmelee’s Wright Model B Flyer in Columbus after [Nov 7, 1910] the first commercial cargo flight Small gathering of people next to Philip O. 79 Parmelee’s Wright Model B Flyer in Columbus after [Nov 7, 1910] the first commercial cargo flight Philip O. Parmelee preparing to take off from 80 Columbus in his Wright Model B Flyer after the first [Nov 7, 1910] commercial cargo flight Victor Vernon: 23 Photographs 81-85 Hull of Victor Vernon’s Curtiss Flying-boat hull: the 81 undated Betty V Hull of Victor Vernon’s Curtiss Flying-boat hull: the 82 undated Betty V Hull of Victor Vernon’s Curtiss Flying-boat hull: the 83 undated Betty V Hull of Victor Vernon’s Curtiss Flying-boat hull: the 84 undated Betty V

12 Photo Box File Number Description Date

Hull of Victor Vernon’s Curtiss Flying-boat hull: the 85 undated Betty V Unidentified Pilot: 24 Photograph 86 Unidentified pilot sitting in early Curtiss dual-control 86 hydroplane, with “Yours, Art” written on front of undated postcard Unidentified Curtiss biplane: 25 Photograph 87 Unidentified Curtiss biplane being towed by 1910s 87 undated touring car Miscellaneous Photos: 26 Photographs 88-91 88 Scene of unidentified town and farms undated 89 Unidentified steel bridge undated 90 Close-up of unidentified galleon docked at port [Circa 1910s] 91 Unidentified galleon docked at port [Circa 1910s] Brief History of Glenn Curtiss’ Aviation Career, with information directly corresponding to scenes depicted 27 in the photographs of MS-418 Glenn Curtiss Collection of Early Aviation Photographs

Scrapbook Photographs

Langley Aerodrome at Curtiss’ Lake Keuka 2 92 [1914] hydroplane launch 93 Early Curtiss flying-boat undated 94 Flight of the June Bug at Hammondsport [1908] 95 Curtiss OWL Flying-boat flying over Keuka Lake undated U.S. Government Airship at Hammondsport, New 96 York, operated by Captain T.S. Baldwin and Glenn [Circa 1907] Curtiss Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Short-hulled Flying-boat on 97 [Circa 1912] Lake Keuka

13 Photo Box File Description Date Number

Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Flying-boat at Lake Keuka 98 [Circa 1912] launch Wreckage of Lincoln Beachey’s “Beachey Special 99 Looper” airplane during a performance at [Oct 1913] Hammondsport, New York Langley Aerodrome prior to first launch at 100 [1914] Hammondsport, New York Tuning up the engine of the Langley Aerodrome 101 prior to its first launch at Hammondsport, [1914] NY Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to 102 [Circa 1913] launch with four passengers Langley Aerodrome achieving first moment of lift-off 103 [1914] at Lake Keuka Langley Aerodrome on shore of Lake Keuka, 104 [1914] moments before first flight 105 Curtiss’ Lake Keuka flying-boat dock [Circa 1913] U.S. Navy Pilot No. 3, Lieut. John H. Towers in 106 [1911] Curtiss pusher at N. A. S. Anacostia Langley Aerodrome with assembly crew prior to its 107 [1914] first launch at Hammondsport, NY Curtiss Tractor Model G without a fabric-covered 108 [Circa 1913] hull at Lake Keuka Curtiss’ Navy Hydroplane with top wing-mounted, 109 undated disk-shaped stick stabilizer Glenn Curtiss and Henry Ford at Lake Keuka, 110 [Circa 1913] standing beside a Curtiss Model E Flying-boat 111 Curtiss Tractor Model J on Lake Keuka shore [1914] Lieut. Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S. Naval Aviator No. 112 1, and Glenn Curtiss in an early dual-control undated hydroplane at North Island (San Diego, CA) 113 Lincoln Beachey and his Curtiss pusher airplane [1913]

14 Photo Box File Number Description Date

Lieut. John Cyril Porte taking the Curtiss H-1 Flying­ 114 [1914] boat “America” on a test flight on Lake Keuka 115 Curtiss Tadpole Flying-boat flying over Lake Keuka [Circa 1913] Wreckage of Lincoln Beachey’s “Beachey Special 116 Looper” aeroplane during a performance at [Oct 1913] Hammondsport, NY Curtiss Model H-1 “America” transatlantic flying­ 117 [1914] boat, floating on Lake Keuka along the shoreline Curtiss Model M Flying-boat being prepared for 118 [Jan 1914] testing at Lake Keuka in the snow Langley’s Aerodrome sitting in middle of Lake 119 [1914] Keuka Unidentified boat with men inside racing across Lake 120 undated Keuka Curtiss Tractor Model J on Lake Keuka shore, 121 [1914] without a rudder 122 Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) [Circa 1913] Unidentified landscape view, with a number of 123 houses in the foreground 124 Curtiss Model F Flying-boat in flight [Circa 1913] Curtiss Tractor Model H, with shortened upper wings 125 and ailerons mounted between the wings, in flight [Circa 1913] over Curtiss’ Lake Keuka hanger Curtiss McCormick Tractor F Flying-boat on Lake 126 [Circa 1913] Keuka Unidentified pilot, left, and John A.D. McCurdy, 127 right, shaking hands at early dual-control Curtiss undated pusher Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) flying over 128 [Circa 1913] unidentified body of water Curtiss Model H-1 “America” transatlantic flying- 129 boat sitting on Lake Keuka, without spray shield on [1914] top of hull

15 Photo Box File Description Date Number

Langley Aerodrome with assembly crew prior to first 130 [1914] launch at Hammondsport, NY 131 Curtiss Tadpole Flying-boat flying over Lake Keuka 1913 Baxter Adams, with arms stretched out, flying his 132 undated Curtiss headless pusher biplane Curtiss McCormick Flying-boat, with tractor 133 propeller with Lake Keuka in background [1914] (four unidentified men in plane) Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Flying-boat at Lake Keuka 134 [1912] launch (with tent in background) Curtiss Model F Flying-boat preparing for flight on 135 San Francisco Bay, with boardwalk and various ships [Circa 1913] in background Curtiss Amphibious Model A-1 (“Triad”), with 136 forward elevator and retractable landing gear, [Circa 1911] floating at the shore’s edge on Lake Keuka Curtiss Tractor Model G biplane with unidentified 137 [1913] group of men in foreground Pilot hangars at the Belmont Park Air Meet. Tents for the following pilots in photograph: Hamilton, Radley, 138 [1910] Baldwin, Curtiss, Count de Lesseps, René Simon, and others 139 Curtiss Tractor Model J (U.S.A. Scout) [1914] Curtiss Single-float Model J Flying-boat, without 140 [1914] upper wing extension Curtiss Model H-1 “America” transatlantic flying- 141 boat sitting on Lake Keuka, with Lieut. Porte and [1914] unidentified mechanic in center of photograph 142 Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) [Circa 1913] Baxter H. Adams flying a Curtiss 1912 Headless 143 Model D pusher, with “Adams” written on outside of [1912] the upper wing

16 Photo Box File Number Description Date

Close-up photograph of Lieut. Theodore G. Ellyson (left), U.S. Naval Aviator No. 1, and Glenn Curtiss 144 [Circa 1911] (right) in an early dual-control hydroplane at North Island (San Diego, CA) Curtiss’ Navy Hydroplane with top wing-mounted, 145 undated disk-shaped stick stabilizer Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Flying-boat at Lake Keuka 146 [Circa 1912] launch Curtiss Amphibious Model A-1 (“Triad”), with 147 forward elevator and retractable landing gear, 1911 running along on the surface of Lake Keuka Unidentified Curtiss Tractor Hydroplane flying over 148 [Circa 1911] Lake Keuka in Hammondsport, NY Langley Aerodrome taking off on test flight from 149 [1914] Lake Keuka Victor Vernon in his Curtiss Flying-boat (the “Betty 150 V”) at Bar Harbour, ME, for a Labour Day Nov 4, 1914 Celebration Harry R. Kidney in a Curtiss Model F Flying-boat on 151 an unidentified body of water (additional unidentified [1913] men in row boats nearing the plane) Curtiss Model E Flying-boat, with wing-tip 152 extensions [Circa 1913] 153 Curtiss Tractor Model J (U.S.A. Scout) [1914] Unidentified pilot flying a modified Curtiss Model H 154 Tractor Scout, with wing-mounted ailerons and [Circa 1913] shortened upper wings, at Lake Keuka Curtiss Model E Flying-boat taking off from Lake 155 [Circa 1913] Keuka Two variants of the Curtiss Model E Flying-boat and 156 a Curtiss Model AH-13 hydroplane flying over Lake [Circa 1912] Keuka Various Curtiss flying-boats with unidentified 157 undated individuals on the shore’s edge of Lake Keuka

17 Photo Box File Description Date Number

Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Short-hulled Flying-boat with 158 [Circa 1912] unidentified pilot on Lake Keuka Curtiss Model F Flying-boat with unidentified pilot 159 [Circa 1913] getting up speed on Lake Keuka Curtiss Amphibious Model A-1 (“Triad”), with 160 forward elevator and retractable landing gear, 1911 running along on the surface of Lake Keuka Two variants of the Curtiss Model E Flying-boat and 161 a Curtiss Model AH-13 running along the surface of [Circa 1912] Lake Keuka Curtiss Model M Flying-boat being prepared for 162 [Jan 1914] testing at Lake Keuka in the snow Lincoln Beachey and his Curtiss pusher airplane 163 1913 flying along a hillside Curtiss Model F Flying-boat in flight, with the hills 164 [Circa 1913] of Hammondsport, New York, in the background Modified Curtiss Model H Tractor Scout, with wing- 165 mounted ailerons and shortened upper wings, at Lake [Circa 1913] Keuka Claude Grahame-White carrying an unidentified 166 passenger in a Farman III biplane at the Belmont [1910] Park Air Meet Postcard with following caption: “G.H. Curtiss, Hammondsport, N.Y. Winning The Scientific 167 1908 American Trophy,” flying the June Bug (Model C) 1913 Curtiss Flying-boat (Model E or Model F), 168 1913 flying over Lake Keuka Glenn Curtiss flying the reconstructed Langley [May 28, 169 Aerodrome low over Lake Keuka 1914] Langley Aerodrome with assembly crew prior to first 170 [1914] launch at Hammondsport, New York Walter Brookins plane wreckage at the Belmont Park 171 [1910] Air Meet

18 Photo Box File Number Description Date

Curtiss Tractor Model H, with shortened upper wings 172 and ailerons mounted between the wings, in flight [Circa 1913] over Curtiss’ Lake Keuka hanger Curtiss Amphibious Model A-1 (“Triad”), with 173 forward elevator and retractable landing gear, [Circa 1911] floating at the shore’s edge on Lake Keuka Lithographic postcard with following caption: “G.H. Curtiss, Hammondsport, N.Y., World’s record, One 174 [Circa 1908] Mile, 26 2-5 seconds.” Postcard depicts Glenn Curtiss on his 1907 Curtiss 40 hp V8 motorcycle

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