ELLYSON, THEODORE C. LIEUT. U.S.N. TESTING SEAPLANE ON POTOMAC

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ELLYSON, THEODORE C. LIEUT. U.S.N. TESTING SEAPLANE ON POTOMAC

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Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Glass negatives of everything that was flying between 1890 and 1913.

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01/01/1911
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