Historical Photographs [many over 100 years old]

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New York City: 1901

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*New York City as seen from the Statue of Liberty circa 1901. Cyanotype by the Detroit Photographic Co.

Sleigh Ride: 1940
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*February 1940. Automobile transport carrying new Buicks in Chillicothe, Ohio. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA.


Testing Their Wings: 1902
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*Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. "Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end of glider (rebuilt with single vertical rudder), Orville lying prone in machine, and Dan Tate at right." October 10, 1902. 5x7 dry-plate glass negative attributed to the Wright Brothers

Marconi Control Table: 1939
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*"Marconi Control Table" at a radio station in British Mandate Palestine circa 1939.

Flying Lessons: 1943
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*June 1943. Maneuvering in close formation at the Civil Air Patrol base at Bar Harbor, Maine.
 
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