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Side view of Louis Bennett, Jr.'s airplane at Sheepshead Bay in 1917.

1345. Curtis JN-4 'Jenny' Airplane at Sheepshead Bay

1346. Curtis JN-4 'Jenny' Airplane with Propeller in Motion at Sheepshead Bay

Group of men stand in front of an airplane.

1347. Airplane Ready to be 'Tried Out,' Sheepshead Bay

The airplane is a Curtis JN-4 ("Jenny").

1348. Broken Airplane, ' After Capt. Kelly Fell,' at Sheepshead Bay

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").

1349. Bennett, Louis' Airplane, 'After the Fall,' at Sheepshead Bay

Louis Bennett, Jr. and two men stand in field at Sheepshead Bay.

1350. Bennett, Louis (Right) and Others at Sheepshead Bay

Candid portrait of Louis Bennett, Jr. standing in the snow in front of an icicle covered building.  This photograph was found in Bennett's Royal Air Force Wallet.

1351. Bennett, Louis Standing in Snow

The farm of the West Virginia Artificial Breeders' Cooperative.

1352. West Virginia Artificial Breeders' Cooperative Farm

Portrait of Jarvis Offutt and Lt. Louis Bennett.  At left is Jarvis Jenness Offutt of the U.S. Air Sevice, who was temporarily attached to Number 56 Aero Squadron of the R.A.F. He was killed in an accident in France, August 13, 1918.  He was from Nebraska and a classmate of Bennett at Yale.  This photograph was found in Bennett's Royal Air Force wallet.

1353. Bennett, Lt. Louis and Jarvis Offutt

1354. Photograph Found in Louis Bennett's Royal Air Force Wallet

Jarvis Offutt (left) and Orville A Ralston (right), sitting on luggage trunks.  This photograph was found in Bennett's Royal Air Force wallet.  Back of photo says, 'Lou - here you have the picture Bliss took wish you had been in it.  Am ferrying now with H.B [?] at American Officers Inn, London. - Jarvis

1355. Friends of Louis Bennett Jr

Candid portrait of grandmother and child, Agra Bennett, Jr.  This photograph was found in Louis Bennett, Jr.'s Royal Air Force wallet.

1356. Grandmother and Agra Bennett, Jr.