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Vintage Aviation Photography Prints

Early airplanes, airships, airmail pilots and the hangars and airfields where flight grew up. Every photo is restored from America’s public archives and made into printable black & white wall art – an instant download you can print at home or at any print shop.

Helmet, Aviator, Sally K. Ride, vintage black and white photograph
Helmet, Aviator, Sally K. Ride
Undated · Smithsonian Institution
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Navy Ridged Airship USS Macon being moved into Hangar 1 NAS Sunnyvale, vintage black and white photograph
Navy Ridged Airship USS Macon being moved into Hangar 1 NAS Sunnyvale
1933 · NASA
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Photograph of airmail pilot Warren D. Williams, vintage black and white photograph
Photograph of airmail pilot Warren D. Williams
1921 · Smithsonian Institution
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WOE153 Waterfowl Survey Airplane control panel, vintage black and white photograph
WOE153 Waterfowl Survey Airplane control panel
Undated · U.S. National Archives
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"K" Type Blimps in Airship Hangar at Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, vintage black and white photograph
"K" Type Blimps in Airship Hangar at Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey
1943 · U.S. National Archives
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"Making ready", U.S. Aviation Field, Fairfield, O., June 9th, vintage black and white photograph
"Making ready", U.S. Aviation Field, Fairfield, O., June 9th
1917 · Library of Congress
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"Sea horses" tune up for invasion, vintage black and white photograph
"Sea horses" tune up for invasion
Undated · U.S. National Archives
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111-SC-616 - Airplane production - Assembling ribs for airplane wings, vintage black and white photograph
111-SC-616 - Airplane production - Assembling ribs for airplane wings
Undated · U.S. National Archives
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40x80ft wind tunnel testing of a modification to a A-26B airplane, vintage black and white photograph
40x80ft wind tunnel testing of a modification to a A-26B airplane
1943 · NASA
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Aeroplane airplane shop, College Point, vintage black and white photograph
Aeroplane airplane shop, College Point
1917 · Library of Congress
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Airfield near San Antonio, vintage black and white photograph
Airfield near San Antonio
1920 · Library of Congress
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Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane
1936 · Library of Congress
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Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane
1909 · Library of Congress
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Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane
1936 · Library of Congress
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Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane
1915 · Library of Congress
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Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane
1930 · Library of Congress
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Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane
1934 · Library of Congress
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Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane
1936 · Library of Congress
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Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane
1936 · Library of Congress
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Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane
1930 · Library of Congress
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Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane
1930 · Library of Congress
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Airplane and pilot, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane and pilot
1915 · Library of Congress
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Airplane in snow, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane in snow
1922 · Library of Congress
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Airplane instruments?, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane instruments?
1936 · Library of Congress
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Airplane with artillery, vintage black and white photograph
Airplane with artillery
1915 · Library of Congress
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Airplanes - Flight - Airplane starting flight, vintage black and white photograph
Airplanes - Flight - Airplane starting flight
Undated · U.S. National Archives
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Airship Felled by German Submarine, vintage black and white photograph
Airship Felled by German Submarine
1919 · U.S. National Archives
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Ames mechanics working on C-46 airplane in front of hangar, vintage black and white photograph
Ames mechanics working on C-46 airplane in front of hangar
1943 · NASA
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Ames Pilot George Cooper and F-84F airplane on ramp, vintage black and white photograph
Ames Pilot George Cooper and F-84F airplane on ramp
1955 · NASA
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Army Carnival, Washington Barracks, DC, vintage black and white photograph
Army Carnival, Washington Barracks, DC
1930 · U.S. National Archives
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Bell X-1, vintage black and white photograph
Bell X-1
1946 · Smithsonian Institution
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Bleriot Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Bleriot Airplane
1911 · Library of Congress
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Bleriot Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Bleriot Airplane
1911 · Library of Congress
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Car of British Airship GAMMA, vintage black and white photograph
Car of British Airship GAMMA
1910 · Library of Congress
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Colleges and Universities - Harley Davidson School for Motorcycle Mechanics - Studying the different parts of the motor at School for Motorcycle mechanics, vintage black and white photograph
Colleges and Universities - Harley Davidson School for Motorcycle Mechanics - Studying the different parts of the motor at School for Motorcycle mechanics
Undated · U.S. National Archives
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Douglas BTD-1 airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Douglas BTD-1 airplane
1944 · NASA
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Douglas Xa3D-1 #413 Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Douglas Xa3D-1 #413 Airplane
1955 · NASA
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F11F Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
F11F Airplane
1957 · NASA
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Fishing - Idaho, vintage black and white photograph
Fishing - Idaho
Undated · U.S. National Archives
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Gondola of R-34 Britain's largest airship, vintage black and white photograph
Gondola of R-34 Britain's largest airship
1919 · U.S. National Archives
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Group at airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Group at airplane
1924 · Library of Congress
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Group at airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Group at airplane
1915 · Library of Congress
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Group at airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Group at airplane
1936 · Library of Congress
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Group at airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Group at airplane
1915 · Library of Congress
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Group at airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Group at airplane
1929 · Library of Congress
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Group exiting airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Group exiting airplane
1936 · Library of Congress
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Group of men boarding an airship, vintage black and white photograph
Group of men boarding an airship
1915 · Library of Congress
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GRUMMAN F6F-3 #874 AIRPLANE on the NACA Ames flight line, vintage black and white photograph
GRUMMAN F6F-3 #874 AIRPLANE on the NACA Ames flight line
1955 · NASA
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Installing aeroplane airplane engine, vintage black and white photograph
Installing aeroplane airplane engine
1915 · Library of Congress
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Love Field Aviation Camp, Dallas, Texas, May 30, vintage black and white photograph
Love Field Aviation Camp, Dallas, Texas, May 30
1918 · Library of Congress
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Mechanism Berry airship, St. Louis, vintage black and white photograph
Mechanism Berry airship, St. Louis
1900 · Library of Congress
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Men in airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Men in airplane
1922 · Library of Congress
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Middle Rhine River Valley, from an airship, vintage black and white photograph
Middle Rhine River Valley, from an airship
1910 · Library of Congress
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NACA photographer Lockheed 12A icing research airplane, vintage black and white photograph
NACA photographer Lockheed 12A icing research airplane
1941 · NASA
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Navy Victor A Hermann in hay next to the USS AKRON. Note lack, vintage black and white photograph
Navy Victor A Hermann in hay next to the USS AKRON. Note lack
1932 · NASA
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Navy ZR-1 airship flying over the White House, Washington, D.C., September 22, vintage black and white photograph
Navy ZR-1 airship flying over the White House, Washington, D.C., September 22
1923 · Library of Congress
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North American Aviation F-100 in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel, vintage black and white photograph
North American Aviation F-100 in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel
1959 · NASA
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North American F-100 Airplane , with Pilot George Cooper, vintage black and white photograph
North American F-100 Airplane , with Pilot George Cooper
1957 · NASA
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North American P-51B 'Mustang' fighter in flight over bay area, vintage black and white photograph
North American P-51B 'Mustang' fighter in flight over bay area
1945 · NASA
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O-47A Airplane - first test airplane at Ames, vintage black and white photograph
O-47A Airplane - first test airplane at Ames
1940 · NASA
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P-61A Airplane at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, vintage black and white photograph
P-61A Airplane at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
1944 · NASA
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P-61A Airplane at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, vintage black and white photograph
P-61A Airplane at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
1944 · NASA
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Passengers in Cooley airship, vintage black and white photograph
Passengers in Cooley airship
1900 · Library of Congress
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Photograph of a Coast Guard Airplane Hangar, vintage black and white photograph
Photograph of a Coast Guard Airplane Hangar
1935 · U.S. National Archives
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Photograph of airmail pilot Dean Smith, vintage black and white photograph
Photograph of airmail pilot Dean Smith
1924 · Smithsonian Institution
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Photograph of airmail planes at Omaha, Nebraska, vintage black and white photograph
Photograph of airmail planes at Omaha, Nebraska
1924 · Smithsonian Institution
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Pilot in an airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Pilot in an airplane
1920 · Library of Congress
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Ryan Deflected Slipstream VTOL/STOL in 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel, vintage black and white photograph
Ryan Deflected Slipstream VTOL/STOL in 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel
1958 · NASA
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Santa in airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Santa in airplane
1915 · Library of Congress
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Santa Maria airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Santa Maria airplane
1922 · Library of Congress
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Stern of Zeppelin airship, vintage black and white photograph
Stern of Zeppelin airship
1908 · Library of Congress
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T.C. Army airship, 3/28/23, vintage black and white photograph
T.C. Army airship, 3/28/23
1923 · Library of Congress
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World Cruiser airplane, vintage black and white photograph
World Cruiser airplane
1900 · Library of Congress
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XP-51B airplane in 16ft wind tunnel with test engineer, vintage black and white photograph
XP-51B airplane in 16ft wind tunnel with test engineer
1943 · NASA
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ZR-1 (U.S. Navy official photo), vintage black and white photograph
ZR-1 (U.S. Navy official photo)
1920 · Library of Congress
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ZR-1 (U.S. Navy official photo), vintage black and white photograph
ZR-1 (U.S. Navy official photo)
1922 · Library of Congress
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