ms-418 - glenn curtiss collection of early aviation photographs

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 Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Collection Inventory

Box File Photo Number

Description Date

1 1

2

3

1

2

3

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

undated

[Circa 1910s]

[1908]

4 Glenn Curtiss landing his Hudson Flyer biplane at Cedar Point, OH

Aug 31, 1910

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

Aug 31, 1910

4

6

7

Cuyahoga County (OH) Centennial Air Show: Photographs 6-8

Aviator Mass in Curtiss pusher at Cuyahoga County (OH) Centennial Air Show, with John A.D. McCurdy holding plane’s rear framing and Glenn Curtiss (standing beside policeman) observing

Curtiss pusher in flight at Cuyahoga County (OH) Centennial Air Show

Oct 1910

[Oct 1910]

8 Curtiss pusher in flight at Cuyahoga County (OH) Centennial Air Show with other pusher airplane

[Oct 1910]

5 Curtiss and military aviation students:

Photographs 9-11

9 Glenn Curtiss with Army, Navy, and civilian aviation students

[1911]


[1911]


[1911]

6


Description Date

6

7

12

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

[1911]

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

14

15

16

17

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

[Circa 1913]

[Circa 1913]

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undated

18

19

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

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20 Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to land on Lake Keuka

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21 Curtiss Model F Flying-boat speeding along the surface of Lake Keuka

undated

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

22

23

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


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Box File Photo Number Description Date

24

25

26

27

28

29




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

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undated

9

30

Curtiss Model F Flying-boat dry-docked: Photographs 30-32

Curtiss Model F Flying-boat dry-docked alongside railroad tracks

[Circa 1913]

10

11

12

31

32

33

34

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 Flying-boat: Photograph 34

Harry R. Kidney and Curtiss Model F Flying-boat at a beach

Curtiss Tractor Model J aircraft: Photographs 35-39

[Circa 1913]

[Circa 1913]

[1913]

July 4, 1914

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

8


36

37

13

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

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

[Circa 1914]

[Circa 1914]

[Circa 1914]

[Circa 1914]

[1914]

[1914]

[1914]

[1914]

[1914]

[1914]

[1914]

[1914]

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Description Date

48 Glenn Curtiss taking the Langley Aerodrome on its first trial on Lake Keuka, without its wings attached

[1914]

49 Curtiss employees finishing the rebuild of the Langley Aerodrome, with one float unattached (photograph taken from roof of Curtiss hangar)

[1914]

50

51

52

53

54

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

[1914]

[1914]

[1914]

[1914]

[1914]

55 Close-up of Curtiss employees setting the Langley Aerodrome into the water of Lake Keuka

[1914]

56 Side view of Langley Aerodrome taking off from Lake Keuka

[1914]


[1914]


[1914]

59 Rear view of Langley Aerodrome as it gathers speed to take off from Lake Keuka

[1914]

60 Langley Aerodrome just as it lifts off Lake Keuka [1914]

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61 Langley Aerodrome flying low over Lake Keuka

Curtiss America Flying-boat: Photographs 62-64

Sept 17, 1914

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

[1914]

10


15

63

64

65

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

Curtiss Model R Single-float Seaplane in winter at Lake Keuka

1914

1914

[Circa 1915]

66 Curtiss Model R Single-float Seaplane flying in the winter over Lake Keuka

[Circa 1915]

16

17

67

68

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

undated

undated

18

69

70

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

Lincoln Beachey sitting in his Curtiss pusher at Lake Keuka shore

undated

1913

19

20

71

72

W.A. Dean: Photographs 71-72

Unidentified men posing in W.A. Dean’s Toronto aviation school with a Curtiss Model F. Flying-boat

Unidentified men posing in W.A. Dean’s Toronto aviation school with a Curtiss Model F Flying-boat

Bert R.J. “Fish” Hassell: Photograph 73

[early 1914]

[early 1914]

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Description Date

21

73 Signed photograph of Bert R.J. “Fish” Hassell in his Curtiss Model F Flying-boat

Hubert Latham: Photographs 74-75

1914

74 Close-up of Hubert Latham in leather flying gear undated

75 Hubert Latham in hangar seated in unfinished Curtiss pusher

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22 Philip O. Parmelee: Photographs 76-80

76 Max Morehouse (left) and Philip O. Parmelee (right) seated in a Wright Model B Flyer in Columbus after the first commercial cargo flight

[Nov 7, 1910]

77 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

[Nov 7, 1910]

78 Small gathering of people next to Philip O. Parmelee’s Wright Model B Flyer in Columbus after the first commercial cargo flight

[Nov 7, 1910]

79 Small gathering of people next to Philip O. Parmelee’s Wright Model B Flyer in Columbus after the first commercial cargo flight

[Nov 7, 1910]

80 Philip O. Parmelee preparing to take off from Columbus in his Wright Model B Flyer after the first commercial cargo flight

[Nov 7, 1910]

23 Victor Vernon:

Photographs 81-85

81 Hull of Victor Vernon’s Curtiss Flying-boat hull: the Betty V

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24

25

26

85

86

87

88

Hull of Victor Vernon’s 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

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89 Unidentified steel bridge undated

90 Close-up of unidentified galleon docked at port [Circa 1910s]

91 Unidentified galleon docked at port [Circa 1910s]

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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

Scrapbook Photographs

2 92 Langley Aerodrome at Curtiss’ Lake Keuka hydroplane launch

[1914]

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

96 U.S. Government Airship at Hammondsport, New York, operated by Captain T.S. Baldwin and Glenn Curtiss

[Circa 1907]

97 Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Short-hulled Flying-boat on Lake Keuka

[Circa 1912]

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PhotoBox File

Number

98

99

100

101

102

103

104

105

106

107

108

109

110

111

112

113

Description Date

Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Flying-boat at Lake Keuka [Circa 1912]

launch

Wreckage of Lincoln Beachey’s “Beachey Special Looper” airplane during a performance at [Oct 1913] Hammondsport, New York

Langley Aerodrome prior to first launch at [1914]

Hammondsport, New York

Tuning up the engine of the Langley Aerodrome prior to its first launch at Hammondsport, [1914] NY

Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) preparing to [Circa 1913]

launch with four passengers

Langley Aerodrome achieving first moment of lift-off [1914]

at Lake Keuka

Langley Aerodrome on shore of Lake Keuka, [1914]

moments before first flight

Curtiss’ Lake Keuka flying-boat dock [Circa 1913]

U.S. Navy Pilot No. 3, Lieut. John H. Towers in [1911]

Curtiss pusher at N. A. S. Anacostia

Langley Aerodrome with assembly crew prior to its [1914]

first launch at Hammondsport, NY

Curtiss Tractor Model G without a fabric-covered [Circa 1913]

hull at Lake Keuka

Curtiss’ Navy Hydroplane with top wing-mounted, undated

disk-shaped stick stabilizer

Glenn Curtiss and Henry Ford at Lake Keuka, [Circa 1913]

standing beside a Curtiss Model E Flying-boat

Curtiss Tractor Model J on Lake Keuka shore [1914]

Lieut. Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S. Naval Aviator No. 1, and Glenn Curtiss in an early dual-control undated hydroplane at North Island (San Diego, CA)

Lincoln Beachey and his Curtiss pusher airplane [1913]

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Photo Number Box File

114

115

116

117

118

119

120

121

122

123

124

125

126

127

128

129

Description Date

Lieut. John Cyril Porte taking the Curtiss H-1 Flying[1914]

boat “America” on a test flight on Lake Keuka

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

Wreckage of Lincoln Beachey’s “Beachey Special Looper” aeroplane during a performance at [Oct 1913] Hammondsport, NY

Curtiss Model H-1 “America” transatlantic flying[1914]

boat, floating on Lake Keuka along the shoreline

Curtiss Model M Flying-boat being prepared for [Jan 1914]

testing at Lake Keuka in the snow

Langley’s Aerodrome sitting in middle of Lake [1914]

Keuka

Unidentified boat with men inside racing across Lake undated

Keuka

Curtiss Tractor Model J on Lake Keuka shore, [1914]

without a rudder

Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) [Circa 1913]

Unidentified landscape view, with a number of houses in the foreground

Curtiss Model F Flying-boat in flight [Circa 1913]

Curtiss Tractor Model H, with shortened upper wings and ailerons mounted between the wings, in flight [Circa 1913] over Curtiss’ Lake Keuka hanger

Curtiss McCormick Tractor F Flying-boat on Lake [Circa 1913]

Keuka

Unidentified pilot, left, and John A.D. McCurdy, right, shaking hands at early dual-control Curtiss undated pusher

Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) flying over [Circa 1913]

unidentified body of water

Curtiss Model H-1 “America” transatlantic flying-boat sitting on Lake Keuka, without spray shield on [1914] top of hull

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Description Date

130 Langley Aerodrome with assembly crew prior to first launch at Hammondsport, NY

[1914]

131 Curtiss Tadpole Flying-boat flying over Lake Keuka 1913

132 Baxter Adams, with arms stretched out, flying his Curtiss headless pusher biplane

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133 Curtiss McCormick Flying-boat, with tractor propeller with Lake Keuka in background (four unidentified men in plane)

[1914]

134 Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Flying-boat at Lake Keuka launch (with tent in background)

[1912]

135 Curtiss Model F Flying-boat preparing for flight on San Francisco Bay, with boardwalk and various ships in background

[Circa 1913]

136 Curtiss Amphibious Model A-1 (“Triad”), with forward elevator and retractable landing gear, floating at the shore’s edge on Lake Keuka

[Circa 1911]

137 Curtiss Tractor Model G biplane with unidentified group of men in foreground

[1913]

138

Pilot hangars at the Belmont Park Air Meet. Tents for the following pilots in photograph: Hamilton, Radley, Baldwin, Curtiss, Count de Lesseps, René Simon, and others

[1910]

139 Curtiss Tractor Model J (U.S.A. Scout) [1914]

140 Curtiss Single-float Model J Flying-boat, without upper wing extension

[1914]

141 Curtiss Model H-1 “America” transatlantic flying-boat sitting on Lake Keuka, with Lieut. Porte and unidentified mechanic in center of photograph

[1914]

142 Navy C-2 Flying-boat (Curtiss Model F) [Circa 1913]

143 Baxter H. Adams flying a Curtiss 1912 Headless Model D pusher, with “Adams” written on outside of the upper wing

[1912]

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Photo Number Box File

144

145

146

147

148

149

150

151

152

153

154

155

156

157

Description Date

Close-up photograph of Lieut. Theodore G. Ellyson (left), U.S. Naval Aviator No. 1, and Glenn Curtiss

[Circa 1911](right) in an early dual-control hydroplane at North Island (San Diego, CA)

Curtiss’ Navy Hydroplane with top wing-mounted, undated

disk-shaped stick stabilizer

Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Flying-boat at Lake Keuka [Circa 1912]

launch

Curtiss Amphibious Model A-1 (“Triad”), with forward elevator and retractable landing gear, 1911 running along on the surface of Lake Keuka

Unidentified Curtiss Tractor Hydroplane flying over [Circa 1911]

Lake Keuka in Hammondsport, NY

Langley Aerodrome taking off on test flight from [1914]

Lake Keuka

Victor Vernon in his Curtiss Flying-boat (the “Betty V”) at Bar Harbour, ME, for a Labour Day Nov 4, 1914 Celebration

Harry R. Kidney in a Curtiss Model F Flying-boat on an unidentified body of water (additional unidentified [1913] men in row boats nearing the plane)

Curtiss Model E Flying-boat, with wing-tip extensions [Circa 1913]

Curtiss Tractor Model J (U.S.A. Scout) [1914]

Unidentified pilot flying a modified Curtiss Model H Tractor Scout, with wing-mounted ailerons and [Circa 1913] shortened upper wings, at Lake Keuka

Curtiss Model E Flying-boat taking off from Lake [Circa 1913]

Keuka

Two variants of the Curtiss Model E Flying-boat and a Curtiss Model AH-13 hydroplane flying over Lake [Circa 1912] Keuka

Various Curtiss flying-boats with unidentified undated

individuals on the shore’s edge of Lake Keuka

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PhotoBox File

Number

158

159

160

161

162

163

164

165

166

167

168

169

170

171

Description Date

Curtiss U.S. Navy A-2 Short-hulled Flying-boat with [Circa 1912]

unidentified pilot on Lake Keuka

Curtiss Model F Flying-boat with unidentified pilot [Circa 1913]

getting up speed on Lake Keuka

Curtiss Amphibious Model A-1 (“Triad”), with 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 a Curtiss Model AH-13 running along the surface of [Circa 1912] Lake Keuka

Curtiss Model M Flying-boat being prepared for [Jan 1914]

testing at Lake Keuka in the snow

Lincoln Beachey and his Curtiss pusher airplane 1913

flying along a hillside

Curtiss Model F Flying-boat in flight, with the hills [Circa 1913]

of Hammondsport, New York, in the background

Modified Curtiss Model H Tractor Scout, with wing-mounted ailerons and shortened upper wings, at Lake [Circa 1913] Keuka

Claude Grahame-White carrying an unidentified 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

1908American Trophy,” flying the June Bug (Model C)

1913 Curtiss Flying-boat (Model E or Model F), 1913

flying over Lake Keuka

Glenn Curtiss flying the reconstructed Langley [May 28, Aerodrome low over Lake Keuka 1914]

Langley Aerodrome with assembly crew prior to first [1914]

launch at Hammondsport, New York

Walter Brookins plane wreckage at the Belmont Park [1910]

Air Meet

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172 Curtiss Tractor Model H, with shortened upper wings and ailerons mounted between the wings, in flight over Curtiss’ Lake Keuka hanger

[Circa 1913]

173 Curtiss Amphibious Model A-1 (“Triad”), with forward elevator and retractable landing gear, floating at the shore’s edge on Lake Keuka

[Circa 1911]

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Lithographic postcard with following caption: “G.H. Curtiss, Hammondsport, N.Y., World’s record, One Mile, 26 2-5 seconds.” Postcard depicts Glenn Curtiss on his 1907 Curtiss 40 hp V8 motorcycle

[Circa 1908]

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ms-418 - glenn curtiss collection of early aviation photographs

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