This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/10/2020
Pre-WWI Aviation Photo Archive. 110 original photographs of some of the earliest aviation pioneers and their airplanes, mostly from France. Some of these include interior of Farman factory, new Canard flown by Lt. Blard, Maillefert’s H. Farman with bombs aboard, Garros vs. Hamel, military biplanes at Villacoumblay, Astra-Wright piloted by Scott, Canard Voisin with floaters, Jourdan monoplane, Vedrines landing on galleries Lafayette rooftop, Lt. Varain flying over Col. Hirschaum and Mr. Poincarre, Breguet with 12 cyl 100 HP Renault, set of Picat du Breuil monoplane with non-rigid wings, military Farmans at Reims aerodrome, first France to Africa monoplane, racing Bleriot, French army air force review at Villacoublay, Le Laudron, Nieuport hydroplane with Lt. Delage and other flyers, Sperry-Curtiss hydroplane, Fischer’s Henri Farman, Borel hydroplane, Colliex-Jeanson, Deperdussin biplane in Gordon-Bennett Cup race, Sopwith in 1914 Monaco Schneider Cup race, Levasseur arriving in Nieuport hydro in Monaco, Bristol biplane, F. B. A. de Burri in Monaco, Santos Dumont’s “Nouvelle Demoiselle,” Lt. Remy in flight, Maurice Colliex, Canard Voisin, Jean Louis Conneau (aka Andre Beaumont), Lt. Maillefert, Bezon’s Paulham-Curtss flying boat, Sommer military biplane, and others. Good.