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- Robert Smalls (1839-1915), Pilot of the "Planter"
- Slaves; Naval operations; Blockades; Ships; Vessels
- Tintype of Robert Smalls, who along with sixteen other slaves sailed the Confederate steamer "Planter" out of Charleston Harbor and into the hands of the U.S. Navy's South Atlantic Blockading Squadron on 13 May 1862. Smalls and his accomplices...
- Civil War Collections
- Around the World Flight
- Air pilots; Airplanes; Transcontinental flights;
- Text from back of image: 'Technical Sargent Turner--Staff Sargent Ogden--Alternate Pilot Leslie P. Arnold--Pilot Lee Wade--Pilot Lt. Smith--Major Martin Commander--Staff Sargent Harvey
- Lammot du Pont, Jr. Aeronautical Collection, 1783-1950
- Pilot of Racing Airplane
- Air pilots; Airplanes; Airplane racing;
- Text from back of image: "Lt. Lawson H. Sanderson, US Marine Corps, one of the best racing pilots in the US service who will pilot a racing aeroplane in the Pulitzer World Championship air races at Detroit. Sanderson, who is entered in both land...
- Lammot du Pont, Jr. Aeronautical Collection, 1783-1950
- Air freight
- All clear and ready for take-off with three tons of parts for the Edgewater plant of the Ford Motor Company. Routine flights from Detroit to Teterboro Airport, near the New Jersey plant, are made nightly by Meteor. Pilot Matt Byrns is receiving...
- Nations Business Photograph Collection
- Pilot Furnace
- Steel industry; Industrial facilities; Industry;
- United States Steel Research Center, Monroeville, Pennsylvania. Pilot Q-BOP basic oxygen furnace in the laboratory
- American Iron and Steel Institute's Keller Collection
- Nylon pilot plant
- Nylon pilot plant in which the nylon process was proved out before commercialization.
- DuPont Product Information Photographs
- ZMC-2 First All-Metal Dirigible Flies Safely!
- Airships;
- Text from back of image: "The ZMC-2, America's first all-metal dirigible airship landed at Grosse Ile, Airport Detroit (Mich.) last night after its initial flight test. The big metal ship, piloted by Captain William C. Kepner, one of the country's...
- Lammot du Pont, Jr. Aeronautical Collection, 1783-1950
- German Pilot and Observer
- Airplanes;
- Text from back of image: "German pilot & observer in front of A.E.G."
- Lammot du Pont, Jr. Aeronautical Collection, 1783-1950
- Pilot Jean Assolant
- Air pilots; Transcontinental flights;
- Text from back of image: 'Pilot Jean Assolant bidding goodbye to his bride of a few days just before he took the French monoplane 'Yellow Bird' on trans Atlantic flight from Old Orchard Beach, ME, for France.'
- Lammot du Pont, Jr. Aeronautical Collection, 1783-1950
- South American Plane Crash in Which Five Died
- Aircraft accidents;
- Text from back of image: "Five persons were killed and five seriously injured when this Pan-American Grace airliner San Pedro, plunged into the shallow waters of Lake Mar Chiquita, in the Argentine republic recently. By a strange coincidence the...
- Lammot du Pont, Jr. Aeronautical Collection, 1783-1950
- Pilot Suffers Fractured Skull as Mail Airplane Falls in River
- Aircraft accidents;
- Text from back of image: "(Photo shows Harry Chandler, pilot on New York Chicago air mail service, hurt in plane fall) In the first accident since the inaguration of the night air mail service between New York and Chicago, the west-bound mail...
- Lammot du Pont, Jr. Aeronautical Collection, 1783-1950
- Nose Dive Into Sea with Passengers Was Unexpected Thrill at Seaplane Regatta
- Aircraft accidents;
- Text from back of image: "One of the most remarkable aeroplane accidents without injuring the pilot or passengers was witnessed by crowds watching the aeroplane display during the Hove Regatta, England. The photo shows small boats going to the...
- Lammot du Pont, Jr. Aeronautical Collection, 1783-1950
- Planes Seek Missing Pilot Believed Lost in Snowstorm
- Air pilots; Aircraft accidents;
- Text from back of image: "Six army planes left San Francisco on Saturday to aid in the search for Clare A. Vance (above), U.S. airmail pilot, missing since Friday. Nothing has been heard from Vance since he left San Francisco for Reno, Nev. Airmail...
- Lammot du Pont, Jr. Aeronautical Collection, 1783-1950
- Pilot Relief Planes to Marooned Colony
- Air pilots; Rescues;
- Text from back of image: "Nine men and a woman who were facing starvation in a loggers' camp on South Fox Island in northern Lake Michigan are tonight enjoying their first square meal in three weeks. A big De Haviland army plane took off from...
- Lammot du Pont, Jr. Aeronautical Collection, 1783-1950
- Army Flyer Saved in Spectacular Forced Landing
- Airplanes; Air pilots;
- Text from back of image: "Miles from an airport and with his failing motor covered with escaping oil Lt. Robert H. Terrill, Army test pilot, saved his life with a spectacular forced landing in a beet field this afternoon at 107th Street and Central...
- Lammot du Pont, Jr. Aeronautical Collection, 1783-1950
- Personnel of Army Bomber
- Airplanes; Air pilots;
- Text from back of image: "Personnel of army bomber that 'bombed' New York City the night of May 21, 1929. Left to right - Mr. Bradley Jones, navigator; Lieut. Charles T. Skow, radioman; Lieut. Odas Moon, pilot; Lieut. Eugene Eubank, assistant...
- Lammot du Pont, Jr. Aeronautical Collection, 1783-1950
- Harry Huking, veteran air mail pilot
- Air mail service;
- Caption: "Harry Huking, veteran air mail pilot, elected president of the Flying Mail Carriers Association. Photo shows Harry Huking, with nine years experience flying the mail and more than five thousand hours in the air, who is the new president...
- Hagley Digital Images
- Correspondence, Frank Erickson to William du Pont, 1895-03-26
- Correspondence; Yachts; Employment;
- Letter from Frank Erickson to William du Pont soliciting consideration for a position as master and pilot on du Pont's yacht, the "Au Revoir."
- William du Pont Collection
- Turnabout of S.S. United States
- Left to right: British pilot and Captain Fender stand on the bridge deck as they pass the Nab Tower.
- Nations Business Photograph Collection
- Lockheeds Constellation
- The huge tail span of the Constellation-first Lockheed to have three fins. Lockheed is famous for its many twin tailed airplanes. The three tail arrangement not only keep over all height to a minimum for convenience in fitting into hangars the...
- Nations Business Photograph Collection