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The photos and documents in this exhibit explore the important role played by Port Washington in the early days of aviation.

Greetings from Port Washington, L.I.

Allan Litty and Wife on Wing, 1949

Bermuda By Air in 5 Hours via Pan American Airways

Pan Am’s Sikorsky S-42B In Hangar

Republic Aviation F-84F Thunderstreak Postcard

Boeing 314, Known As “Dixie Clipper”, Takes Off

Pan American’s Sikorsky S-42B in Water, 1937

Paul Kotze and Volunteers with Sperry Messenger Replica

Pan American Document Describing Port Washington Airport, 1937

The Cavalier Flying Boat, c. 1930s

6th Annual Cruise of the L.I. Aviation Country Club, c. 1928

Republic Aviation Corporation Hangar, 1994

Grumman Corp. WWII Poster

Imperial Airways’ Cavalier, 1930s

Plaque at Town Dock Commemorating 1st Commercial Flights Across Atlantic, July 9, 1939

Championship Riveters, April 22, 1943

Construction of the American Aeronautical Corp. Plant in Port Washington

Draftsmen at the American Aeronautical Corp. Plant, 1929

American Aeronautical Corp. Plant in Port Washington

Interior of Grumman Plant in Port Washington, June 11, 1943

Curtiss Sail Plane in Flight, September 13, 1922

William B. Atwater, c. 1930

Republic Aviation Corp. Hangars, 1950s

Dornier Do X Over New York City, c. 1920s

Aerial View of Manhasset Isle, 1927

Billy Bomar Hanging by His Hands, c. 1925

View of Hangars on Manhasset Isle, 1938

Sikorsky S-42

Republic RC-3 Seabee Pulled By Crane, 1949

Seaplane Pulled Out of Water, 1949

Allan Litty & Wife With Their Piper J-3

Allan Litty & His Piper J-3 at Tom’s Point Skyport

Pan American Passengers Check-In, c. 1940s

Miscellaneous Business Cards

Munch & Romeo Flying Service Rates, 1937

‘The Aviators March’ By John Philip Sousa

Eddie Harrington & Friends at Jamaica Sea Airport, 1930

Passengers Prepare To Board Pan Am’s Boeing Clipper

Captain Edward Harrington, c. 1968

Women Outside of Manufacturing Plant

Female Grumman Aviator

Ward Davidson, Jr. With His Family, December 1931

John T. McCoy Painting of 1939 Dixie Clipper

Aerial View of Tom’s Point on Manhasset Isle

Republic Aviation Corporation, Plant No. 2

Grumman Employees Work on a Bomber, 1943

Passengers Board a Sikorsky S-42B, June 12, 1937

Savoia-Marchetti S-56 on Manhasset Isle

TWA Ford Tri-Motor

Pan American Annual Report Cover, 1942

Port Resident, Capt. Eddie Harrington, c. 1930

Joseph Gaeta and Tommy Hitchcock, 1940

Bermuda Air Cruises Brochure, 1938 [Front Cover]

Bermuda Air Cruises Brochure, 1938 [Inside]

Bermuda Air Cruises Brochure, 1938 [Inside Flap]

Bermuda Air Cruises Brochure, 1938 [Back Cover]

American Aeronautical Corp. Type S-55 Taking Off From Manhasset Bay, 1929

Wing Walkers on a Waco 10, 1929