Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Los Angeles Aviation Meet at Dominguez Hills in January 1910 is represented by two photographs, one a composite of airplanes over the stadium, the other of French aviator Louis Paulhan over the stadium. The collection also contains several photographic postcards of the San Francisco Air Meet, January 1911, the gift of B. W. Cohoon, of Pomona, CA; these postcards depict Philip Parmalee in his Wright Standard, Hubert Latham and his "Antoinette", and a Farman biplane. Two...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Los Angeles Aviation Meet at Dominguez Hills in January 1910 is represented by two photographs, one a composite of airplanes over the stadium, the other of French aviator Louis Paulhan over the stadium. The collection also contains several photographic postcards of the San Francisco Air Meet, January 1911, the gift of B. W. Cohoon, of Pomona, CA; these postcards depict Philip Parmalee in his Wright Standard, Hubert Latham and his "Antoinette", and a Farman biplane. Two...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Approximately two thirds of the materials in this subseries are photographs of aircraft, primarily of U.S., French, and German manufacture, 1899-1956; the remaining third consists of postcards published circa 1930 of historic aircraft and models in the Science Museum, London. The earliest photographs, dated October 1899, are of the engine built by Stephen M. Balzer for Samuel P. Langley's unsuccessful airplane. The bulk of the photographs relate to aircraft of U.S. manufacture, in particular...