Glenn Curtiss, Early Aviation Photographs
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Lot of 47, featuring: 14 photos, approx. 6.5 x 4.25 in., removed from an album (paper residue at the back corners), including views of various early Curtiss airplanes; Alexander Graham Bell's tetrahedral Cygnet kite. The Cygnet was Bell's creation in collaboration with members of the Aerial Experiment Association (AEA), of which Curtiss was a member; Langley's Curtiss-modified Aerodrome in flight, the Smithsonian's attempt, through Curtiss, to displace Wilbur and Orville Wright as the inventors of the airplane.Magic lantern slide, showing a standing portrait of Glenn Curtiss, posed at the rear of what looks to be a Curtiss Pusher, captioned, Mr. Glenn Curtiss, who flew 150 miles in 170 minutes, thus winning a prize of £2,000. Published by Walter Tyler.Additional images include: 10 Real Photo Postcards of "America" flying boat.; 4 RPPCs of NC-3 and NC-4 flying boats; a group of 15 early Curtiss RPPCs; small format photograph of the NC-1 flying boat, 3.5 x 1.5 in.; Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" photo, 6 x 4 in.; Curtiss Pusher photo, the number 5 on the tail, 5.5 x 3.25 in.Condition:14 photos, approx. 6.5 x 4.25 in., removed from an album (paper residue at the back corners); Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" photo, 6 x 4 in. (.25 in. of the left bottom corner has taken flight); 4 RPPCs of NC-3 and NC-4 flying boats (a bit soiled and faded).
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