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Louis Bennett, Jr. and others wait next to plane at Sheepshead Bay.

1. Bennett, Louis and Others Waiting to Fly, Sheepshead Bay

IDNO:
001351
Title:
Bennett, Louis and Others Waiting to Fly, Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917
Description:
Louis Bennett, Jr. and others wait next to plane at Sheepshead Bay.
Captain Kelly, British Flying Corps, on crutches and Louis Bennett, Jr., West Virginia Flying Corps, holding bottle, pose for a portrait at Sheepshead Bay, May 24, 1917.

2. Bennett, Lt. Louis and Captain Kelly (On Crutches) at Sheepshead Bay

IDNO:
001317
Title:
Bennett, Lt. Louis and Captain Kelly (On Crutches) at Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917/05/24
Description:
Captain Kelly, British Flying Corps, on crutches and Louis Bennett, Jr., West Virginia Flying Corps, holding bottle, pose for a portrait at Sheepshead Bay, May 24, 1917.
Louis Bennett, Jr. walks away from the group and airplane at Sheepshead Bay. The airplane appears to be a Bleriot monoplane.

3. Bennett, Louis (Left) Walking Away From Group and Plane at Sheepshead Bay

IDNO:
001352
Title:
Bennett, Louis (Left) Walking Away From Group and Plane at Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917/05/26
Description:
Louis Bennett, Jr. walks away from the group and airplane at Sheepshead Bay. The airplane appears to be a Bleriot monoplane.

4. Curtis JN-4 'Jenny' Airplane with Propeller in Motion at Sheepshead Bay

IDNO:
001355
Title:
Curtis JN-4 'Jenny' Airplane with Propeller in Motion at Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917/05/26
Group of men stand in front of an airplane.

5. Airplane Ready to be 'Tried Out,' Sheepshead Bay

IDNO:
001356
Title:
Airplane Ready to be 'Tried Out,' Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917/05/26
Description:
Group of men stand in front of an airplane.
Side view of Louis Bennett, Jr.'s airplane at Sheepshead Bay in 1917.

6. Curtis JN-4 'Jenny' Airplane at Sheepshead Bay

IDNO:
001354
Title:
Curtis JN-4 'Jenny' Airplane at Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917/05/26
Description:
Side view of Louis Bennett, Jr.'s airplane at Sheepshead Bay in 1917.
Louis Bennett, Jr. and others stand to the right of an airplane while waiting for his 'tryout.' The aircraft appears to be an early Curtiss JN ("Jenny").

7. Bennett, Louis Waiting for 'Tryout' Next to Aircraft at Sheepshead Bay

IDNO:
001353
Title:
Bennett, Louis Waiting for 'Tryout' Next to Aircraft at Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917/05/26
Description:
Louis Bennett, Jr. and others stand to the right of an airplane while waiting for his 'tryout.' The aircraft appears to be an early Curtiss JN ("Jenny").
The airplane is a Curtis JN-4 ("Jenny").

8. Broken Airplane, ' After Capt. Kelly Fell,' at Sheepshead Bay

IDNO:
001357
Title:
Broken Airplane, ' After Capt. Kelly Fell,' at Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917/05/26
Description:
The airplane is a Curtis JN-4 ("Jenny").
Men inspect Louis Bennett, Jr.'s airplane 'after the fall.' Photograph taken at 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 27th, 1917 at Sheepshead Bay. The aircraft is a Curtiss JN-4 ("Jenny").

9. Bennett, Louis' Airplane, 'After the Fall,' at Sheepshead Bay

IDNO:
001358
Title:
Bennett, Louis' Airplane, 'After the Fall,' at Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917/05/27
Description:
Men inspect Louis Bennett, Jr.'s airplane 'after the fall.' Photograph taken at 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 27th, 1917 at Sheepshead Bay. The aircraft is a Curtiss JN-4 ("Jenny").
Candid portrait World War I soldier at Taliaferro (Hick's Field), Forth Worth Texas in January of 1918.

10. World War I Soldier in Training at Taliaferro (Hick's Field), Forth Worth Texas

IDNO:
001347
Title:
World War I Soldier in Training at Taliaferro (Hick's Field), Forth Worth Texas
Date:
1918/01
Description:
Candid portrait World War I soldier at Taliaferro (Hick's Field), Forth Worth Texas in January of 1918.
Candid portrait of two World War I Soldiers at Taliaferro (Hick's Field), Fort Worth, Texas in January 1918.

11. World War I Soldiers in Training at Taliaferro (Hick's Field), Fort Worth, Texas

IDNO:
001346
Title:
World War I Soldiers in Training at Taliaferro (Hick's Field), Fort Worth, Texas
Date:
1918/01
Description:
Candid portrait of two World War I Soldiers at Taliaferro (Hick's Field), Fort Worth, Texas in January 1918.
Candid portrait of Louis Bennett, Jr. at Taliaferro (Hick's Field), Fort Worth, Texas in January of 1918.

12. Bennett, Louis at Taliaferro (Hicks Field,) Fort Worth, Texas

IDNO:
001345
Title:
Bennett, Louis at Taliaferro (Hicks Field,) Fort Worth, Texas
Date:
1918/01
Description:
Candid portrait of Louis Bennett, Jr. at Taliaferro (Hick's Field), Fort Worth, Texas in January of 1918.
Candid portrait of grandmother and child, Agra Bennett, Jr. This photograph was found in Louis Bennett, Jr.'s Royal Air Force wallet.

13. Grandmother and Agra Bennett, Jr.

IDNO:
001365
Title:
Grandmother and Agra Bennett, Jr.
Date:
1918/07
Description:
Candid portrait of grandmother and child, Agra Bennett, Jr. This photograph was found in Louis Bennett, Jr.'s Royal Air Force wallet.
Postcard showing destruction at Wavrin, France. Lt. Louis Bennett was buried at Wavrin, near Lille, France, where a Memorial Church was dedicated in his honor on August 24, 1919.

14. Rubble at Wavrin, near Lille, France

IDNO:
001350
Title:
Rubble at Wavrin, near Lille, France
Date:
1918/10
Description:
Postcard showing destruction at Wavrin, France. Lt. Louis Bennett was buried at Wavrin, near Lille, France, where a Memorial Church was dedicated in his honor on August 24, 1919.
Portrait of Henri Montelecque, the young boy who saw the fall of Lt. Louis Bennett on August 24, 1918. Accompanied letter from Marie-Louis Plancy to Mrs. Louis Bennett, 22 July 1919 in the Bennett Collection Box 3, Folder 3.

15. Mortelecque, Henri

IDNO:
001315
Title:
Mortelecque, Henri
Date:
1919/08/24
Description:
Portrait of Henri Montelecque, the young boy who saw the fall of Lt. Louis Bennett on August 24, 1918. Accompanied letter from Marie-Louis Plancy to Mrs. Louis Bennett, 22 July 1919 in the Bennett Collection Box 3, Folder 3.
Louis Bennett, Jr. and two men stand in field at Sheepshead Bay.

16. Bennett, Louis (Right) and Others at Sheepshead Bay

IDNO:
001359
Title:
Bennett, Louis (Right) and Others at Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1971/05/26
Description:
Louis Bennett, Jr. and two men stand in field at Sheepshead Bay.
Lt. Louis Bennett, Jr. and dog standing in front of a S. E. 5a airplane.

17. Lieutenant Louis Bennett and Dog

IDNO:
001328
Title:
Lieutenant Louis Bennett and Dog
Date:
ca, 1918
Description:
Lt. Louis Bennett, Jr. and dog standing in front of a S. E. 5a airplane.
Louis Bennett, Jr. driving his car at approximately age 12. See 'Cross and Cockade Journal' vol. 21, no. 4, winter 80 (West Virginia Collection Pamphlet no. 14277) for an identification on candid portrait of Bennett in car.

18. Bennett, Louis and His Car

IDNO:
001337
Title:
Bennett, Louis and His Car
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
Louis Bennett, Jr. driving his car at approximately age 12. See 'Cross and Cockade Journal' vol. 21, no. 4, winter 80 (West Virginia Collection Pamphlet no. 14277) for an identification on candid portrait of Bennett in car.
Louis Bennett, Jr. driving his car at approximately age 12. See 'Cross and Cockade Journal' vol. 21, no. 4, winter 80 (West Virginia Collection Pamphlet no. 14277) for an identification on candid portrait of Bennett in car.

19. Bennett, Louis and His Car

IDNO:
001338
Title:
Bennett, Louis and His Car
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
Louis Bennett, Jr. driving his car at approximately age 12. See 'Cross and Cockade Journal' vol. 21, no. 4, winter 80 (West Virginia Collection Pamphlet no. 14277) for an identification on candid portrait of Bennett in car.

20. Engine of Louis Bennett's Car

IDNO:
001341
Title:
Engine of Louis Bennett's Car
Date:
ca. 1906
Louis Bennett, Jr. driving his car at approximately age 12. See 'Cross and Cockade Journal' vol. 21, no. 4, winter 80 (West Virginia Collection Pamphlet no. 14277) for an identification on candid portrait of Bennett in car.

21. Bennett, Louis and His Car

IDNO:
001336
Title:
Bennett, Louis and His Car
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
Louis Bennett, Jr. driving his car at approximately age 12. See 'Cross and Cockade Journal' vol. 21, no. 4, winter 80 (West Virginia Collection Pamphlet no. 14277) for an identification on candid portrait of Bennett in car.
Car belonging to Louis Bennett, Jr. loaded with beer barrels.

22. Car Owned by Louis Bennett

IDNO:
001339
Title:
Car Owned by Louis Bennett
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
Car belonging to Louis Bennett, Jr. loaded with beer barrels.
Postcard portrait of Abbot Leon Delannoy, of Wavrin, Northern France, Pastor during World War I, 1914-1919. Card is addressed to 'Madame Bennett, glorious Bennett's mother, affectionate remembrance.' Cure Leon Delannoy, Wavrin France sent this picture to Dora Frost a friend of Sallie Maxwell Bennett. Frost forwarded the photo to Sallie with letter 2 November 1919. Bennett Collection, Box 3, Folder 11.

23. Delanny, Abbot Leon of Wavrin, Northern France, Pastor During World War I, 1914-1919

IDNO:
001349
Title:
Delanny, Abbot Leon of Wavrin, Northern France, Pastor During World War I, 1914-1919
Date:
ca. 1914-1919
Description:
Postcard portrait of Abbot Leon Delannoy, of Wavrin, Northern France, Pastor during World War I, 1914-1919. Card is addressed to 'Madame Bennett, glorious Bennett's mother, affectionate remembrance.' Cure Leon Delannoy, Wavrin France sent this picture to Dora Frost a friend of Sallie Maxwell Bennett. Frost forwarded the photo to Sallie with letter 2 November 1919. Bennett Collection, Box 3, Folder 11.
Lt. Louis Bennett, Jr. and dog standing in front of S. E. 5a airplane.

24. Lieutenant Louis Bennett and Dog

IDNO:
001327
Title:
Lieutenant Louis Bennett and Dog
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Lt. Louis Bennett, Jr. and dog standing in front of S. E. 5a airplane.