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  Portrait of Felix Nadar (1820-1910), Photographer and Aeronautical Scientist

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  • 71 comments
  • 447 favorites
  • 94,687 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:10:24
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-16
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, felixnadar, hotairballoon, aeronauticalscientist, basket, tophat, quirky, gaspardfélix, tournachon, french, photographer, xixcentury, 19thcentury, nadar, portrait, 1910, moustache, studio, binoculars, sky, clouds, weave, weights, sandbags, steampunk, photographers, gaspardfélixtournachon, commons:event=commonground2009, flight, science, airballoon, old, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Airmail Pilot E. Hamilton Lee

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  • 1 comment
  • 9 favorites
  • 49,011 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:20:36
  • Date uploaded: 2008-05-30
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, pilot, airmail, usps, portrait, ehamiltonlee, unitedairlines, postoffice, flightsuit, coldweathergear, ejpearson, goggles, airplanes, pilots, postofficedepartment, airmailpilots, biplanes, planes, therearenooldboldpilots, postalservice, aviation, aircraft, airplane, biplane, aviator, flightrecord, airmailpilot, unitedairlime, hamilto, photo, earlyphotography, earlyaviation, pol, plane, sepia, man, flight, fly, hamiltonlee, lee, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons, usairmail
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• Curtiss Jenny (JN-4H) airplanes in Washington, D.C.

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  • 0 comments
  • 13 favorites
  • 31,819 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:20:18
  • Date uploaded: 2008-05-30
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, airplane, biplane, curtissjn4h, jenny, airmail, usps, washingtondc, 1918, airplanes, biplanes, pilots, airmailplanes, curtissjenny, jn4, jn4h, aviation, aircraft, early20thcentury, outdoors, singleprop, potomacpark, washingtondc1stairmaillocation, curtiss, curtissjn4jenny, curtissjn4hjenny, early20thcenturyaircraft, curtissjennyairplanes, firstairmailservice, history, flight, propeller, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons, as38262, 38262, jn4ht, jn4hm, curtissaeroplanecompany, curtissjnjenny, curtissjn, jn, curtissjn4, jn4jenny, jn4hjenny, curtissjn4htjenny, curtissjn4ht, jn4htjenny, curtissjn4hmjenny, curtissjn4hm, jn4hmjenny, hispanosuiza, hispanosuiza8, wrightaeronautical, wrighthispanoe, wrighthissoe, v718
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• Photograph of airmail pilot Wesley Smith

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  • 2 comments
  • 26 favorites
  • 30,615 views
  • Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:20:08
  • Date uploaded: 2009-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, man, portrait, mustache, moustache, pilot, goggles, collar, smile, 1922, airmail, leather, cap, aviation, aviator, helmet, leatherhelmet, flight, hopeful, leathercoat, nationalpostalmuseum, wesleylsmith, wesleysmith, wlsmith, smith, movember
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• JR-1B mail airplane designed by the Standard Aircraft Corporation

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  • 3 comments
  • 15 favorites
  • 26,364 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:37:35
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, airplane, jr1b, airmail, usps, biplane, standardaircraftcorporation, postofficedepartment, 1918, wrighthissoengine, 150hp, standardjr1b, hispanosuiza, aviation, aircraft, luftpostflugzeug, earlyphotoofabiplane, jr1, usmail, propeller, pilot, wheels, flight, post, mailplane, wings, sepia, wright, plane, orville, wilbur, kittyhawk, fly, wrightbrothers, biwing, aeroplane, prop, mailacrossthecommons, airmailacrossthecommons, nationalpostalmuseum
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• Army Air Corps pilots Major Reuben Fleet and Lt. George Boyle

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  • 3 comments
  • 11 favorites
  • 25,526 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:38:52
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, armyaircorps, airmail, usps, curtissjn4h, jenny, washingtondc, curtissjenny, jn4, jn4h, aviation, aircraft, airplane, majorreubenfleet, curtiss, georgeboyle, boylegeorge, reubenfleet, fleetreuben, reubenhfleet, consolidatedaircraft, consolidated, flight, pilot, pilots, plane, warpilots, firstairmail, 1918, worldwari, goggles, leatherhelme, boyle, fleet, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons
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• Airmail pilot Eddie Gardner

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  • 3 comments
  • 14 favorites
  • 24,762 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:38:47
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, airmail, usps, curtissjn4h, jenny, pilots, airplanes, biplanes, airmailpilots, airmailairplanes, eddiegardner, robertshank, eddieradell, turkeybird, turkbird, curtissjenny, jn4, jn4h, airplane, aircraft, aviation, pilot, gentlemen, flight, biplane, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons
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• Loading airmail in New Brunswick, New Jersey

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  • 1 comment
  • 10 favorites
  • 24,220 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:37:27
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, newbrunswick, newjersey, hadleyfield, airmail, usps, dehavilland, vintage, nj, dh4b, dehavillanddh4, aviation, aircraft, airplane, dh4, aormail, usmail, plane, truck, aol, mail, biplane, hanger, packages, deluvery, flight, 1920s, nationalpostalmuseum, newbrunswicknewjersey, mailacrossthecommons, usairmail, libertyengine, libertyl12, liberty12
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• Airmail pilot Edward Killgore

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  • 2 comments
  • 19 favorites
  • 22,180 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:37:11
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, airplane, pilot, airmail, usps, imprint, photohraph, original, signed, signature, goggles, biplane, seated, lipsner, captain, edward, killgore, sepia, aviation, aircraft, warletter, letter, photo, plane, flight, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons
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• Photograph of airmail pilot Jack Knight and unidentified individual

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  • 0 comments
  • 12 favorites
  • 20,570 views
  • Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:11:50
  • Date uploaded: 2009-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, men, two, standing, goggles, cap, aviation, aviator, plane, knight, pilot, airmail, boots, 1922, aircraft, airplane, biplane, usmail, usairmail, dehavilland, dehavillanddh4, dh4, photoemulsion, nationalpostalmuseum, cockpit, solo, twomen, flight, radio, opencockpit, jackknight, jamesherbertknight, jamesherbertjackknight, jameshjackknight, jameshknight, jhknight, jamesknight
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• Photograph of airmail plane at Reno, Nevada

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  • 17 favorites
  • 19,118 views
  • Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:06:25
  • Date uploaded: 2009-10-19
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, aviation, aircraft, airplane, biplane, hangar, reno, renonevada, nevada, usmail, airmail, dehavilland, dehavillanddh4b, dh4, dh4b, dehavillanddh4, plane, circa1920, photoemulsion, blackandwhitephotograph, nationalpostalmuseum, postalemployees, earlyaviation, avião, renonevadaaerialbiplane, pilotswalkingtoplane, hangerinnevada, transcontinental, mail, flight
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• Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov (1927-1967), his wife Valentina Komarov, and their daughter Irina

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  • 1 comment
  • 5 favorites
  • 13,435 views
  • Date taken: 2011-01-25 16:40:27
  • Date uploaded: 2011-03-08
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, cosmonaut, family, man, woman, girl, child, space, manned, flight, 1960s, sixties, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, 2011, 20thcenturymid, astronomics, government
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