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Preferred Citation:

Langley Airfield Photograph Album, 1918- 1919, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Scope and Contents

Collection of 59 silver print photographs of early images of Langley Air Field in 1918- 1919.  At that time the base was called the United States Army School of Aerial Photographic Reconnaissance, founded in 1917.  Depicted in the photographs are images of Curtiss JN-4 Jennys both on the ground and in flight, a picture of the school's commanding officer, Captain M.A. McKinney, Jr., and multiple shots of pilots and planes in flight.  There is also one photograph of an aerial shot of Hampton/ Newport News.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Aerial photographs
• Airplanes
• Langley Air Force Base (Va.)