Aviation park and flyers, 1910

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  Great aviation meet at L. A., 1910

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  Planes, dirigibles, and balloons in the air over a grandstand.

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  Aviation at Dominguez Field, Dec. 1910. W.R. Brookins in the air

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  Two planes on the ground and one in the air.

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  Paulham making record flight at Dominguez Field, 1910

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  Airplane flying over grandstand.

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  Roy Knabenshue scrapbook

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  A scrapbook with photographs and newspaper clippings relating to the dirigible flights of Roy Knabenshue in Pasadena, California, in October 1913. There are numerous photographs of the dirigible frame; the envelope (or balloon); the dirigible on the ground and in the air; people watching and moving the aircraft; pilot Walter Brookins; and aerial views of Pasadena taken from the dirigible. There are also three photographs of a spherical balloon called the "Fairy." Newspaper clippings describe the first flights of the first passenger dirigible in the United States, with one including speculation by Knabenshue on the cause of the Johannisthal air disaster in Germany on October 17, 1913.

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  Aerial view of a residential area of Pasadena. 1913

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  An aerial view of a residential area taken during Roy Knabenshue’s dirigible flight over Pasadena. The houses shown are large, with extensive gardens and lawns. Part of the metal frame of the dirigible is visible on the right.

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  Maddux Air Lines planes in a hangar. approximately 1929

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  A panoramic view of at least six airplanes in a hangar at an unknown location. The planes belong to the fleet of Maddux Air Lines. Workers in white coveralls stand near the nearest plane, while four men in suits mill around the hangar.

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