Aviation History: Hoxsey, Johnstone, Latham, and Aeroplane Sheds, Four Wonderfully Annotated Pre-1910 Snapshots rare antique card game A chip or two to

A chip or two to the lip incurred long ago

(On page 1 is a list of records bought that day--Cat Stevens

The added bonus and my very favorite thing about them are the trace memories of the  what I assume were designs on adjacent pages in the album

I would have guessed earlier 19th century

5 1/4" long measured beak to tail

Aviation History: Hoxsey, Johnstone, Latham, and Aeroplane Sheds, Four Wonderfully Annotated Pre-1910 Snapshots rare antique card game A chip or two toI know little to nothing about aviation history, but was really struck by these, which, with their evocative handwritten annotations (hard to tell but it looks to me as if scratched onto the negative before printing) for me capture quite a feeling of adventure and excitement about the early days of flight. And the names here are notable ones: (Archibald) Hoxsey (American, worked for the Wright Brothers, first pilot to fly at night); (Ralph) Johnstone