Men inspect airplanes used in "Great Aviation Meet" at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky on June 18, 1910. According to "Memories: Louisville's Family Album" by R.G. Potter (St. Anthony Hospital, 1976) and The Louisville...
Men examine early aviation accident at Churchill Downs. Biplane wing appears to have broken in what R.G. Potter described as a "slight mishap" that occurred when American aviation pioneer Glen H. Curtiss brought two planes to Churchill...
Biplane landing during first aviation flight in Kentucky staged by American aviation pioneer Glen H. Curtiss, June 18, 1910 at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
Biplane preparing to take off during the first aviation flight staged by American aviation pioneer Glen H. Curtiss at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky on June 18, 1910. Title supplied by cataloger.
Large group of men in multiple rows wearing military uniforms and coats in front of a building. Across the bottom of the photo reads "443rd. Ordnance Co. - Aviation Bombardment - Bowman Field, KY. Nov. 8, 1941."
Huston Quinn, mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1921 until 1925, sitting on "mechanical horse" (metal structure with saddle-shaped seat, stirrups, and motor). Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Collection /...