California Collection (#94)

Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II 152674b
United States Navy - Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II 152674b (msn 292, base code XE, call-sign 16 ), of VX-5 at Los Alamitos Naval Air Station, in California, on 29 July 1967

Garland-Lincoln LF-1 N12237, of Tallmantz Aviation, at Orange County Airport, in California. The LF-1 was a re-manufactured version of the Nieuport 28, with short-span wings. Date: circa 1957

Boeing DH-4M-1 N3258 ET-4, of the Tallmantz Collection at Orange County Airport, in California. A Boeing built / designed version of the Airco DH.4, with a welded steel tube fuselage. Date: circa 1957

Monocoupe 90A N19434 (msn A-784), at Ramona, in California. Date: circa 1965

Monocoupe 90A N19430 (msn A-781), at Ramona, in California. Date: circa 1965

Great Lakes 2T-1 Sport Trainer N872K (msn 133). N872K was written-off on 09 April 1966, during an impromptu aerobatic display for some campers at a dry lake near Baker in California

Buhl LA-1 Flying Bull Pup N320Y (msn 108), at Ramona, in California. Date: circa 1970

Douglas NRA-3B Skywarrior 144825
United States Navy - Douglas NRA-3B Skywarrior 144825, at an air display on 15 May 1965. Built as an A3D-2P photo-reconnaissance bomber

Convair F-106A Delta Dart O-70237
United States Air Force - Convair F-106A Delta Dart O-70237 (msn 8-24-26) Built August 1958; Air Force Flight Test Center [AFFTC], Edwards AFB, CA. Date: circa 1965

Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat 93879
Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat N4994V (msn A-11631, ex BuAer number 93879), a former United States Navy radio-controlled drone target, on display at the Air Museum, Lancaster California, on 28 May 1965

Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas N9734Z (msn 45215, line number 913), of Consolidated American Services Inc. at Long Beach, California. Date: circa 1968

Hanriot HD-1 flown by Charles Nungesser
The Hanriot HD-1 flown by famed World War I French Ace Charles Nungesser in the 1925 movie The Sky Raider, with Nungessers distinctive badge on the fuselage side

Learjet 24A N1965L (msn 24-012), at Van Nuys Airport in California. Date: 1966

Aircraft Engineering Corporation Ace K-1 N69097. This single-seat biplane, powered by a 40hp Ace engine; was designed by Alexander Klemin (Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, NYU) and N W Dalton

Keeler-Cornelius Fre-Wing X182W (msn PW-1). In the mid-1920s George Wilbur Cornelius started a program of experimentation on variable incidence wings, forming the Cornelius Aircraft Co

Goodyear Blimp NC-8A Volunteer in the late 1930s Volunteer (I) (NC-8A)First flight: April 27, 1929Volume: 86, 000 cu. ft.Length: 128 ft.Diameter: 36 ft.Engines

Breese 5 - NC914 - Aloha
Breese 5 NC914 (msn 3) Aloha, a Dole racer entered by Jack Northrop and flown by Martin Jensen. The Dole Air Race, also known as the Dole Derby, was an air race across the Pacific Ocean from Oakland

USAF - North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco
United States Air Force - North American Rockwell OV-10A-1-NH Bronco 66-13559 (msn 305-8), at at Sembach Air Base. July 1976 with 601st Tactical Control Wing at Sembach Air Base

Hawker Siddeley HS-125 series 1B N125Y
Hawker Siddeley HS-125 series 1A/522 N125Y (msn 25095) of Pitts industries at Van Nuys Airport in California. G-ATSO -Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd - flight test N125Y - Pitts Industries - delivered 8

de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou N9016L (msn 37), outside the Volpar Inc. hangar at Van Nuys, California. Date: 1970s-80s

Taylocraft DCO-65 N46050 at Van Nuys Airport in California. Date: 1960s

Girl running along edge of fountain
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Two fortune seekers, one man shovelling up washed up dirty water into a cradle, another man pouring water while rocking it all the time

Reflections in Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, California, United States of America, North America

The Merced River at Valley View in spring, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, California, United States of America, North America

Ancient Western Juniper tree growing on the granite slopes above Olmstead Point in Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, California, United States of America, North America

Autumn reflections on the River Merced in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, California, United States of America, North America

Tunnel View vista of Yosemite Valley in early morning sunlight, Yosemite, UNESCO World Heritage Site, California, United States of America, North America

Model posing for the camera at sunset over the salt flats of the Mesquite Dunes, California, United States of America, North America

Epic sunset over Yosemite Valley from the Tunnel View Lookout
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Beautiful Star Trails over Yosemite Valley from the Tunnel View lookout
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Cable Car On California Street In San Francisco, California
Cable Car on California Street in San Francisco, California, circa 1925. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

View of Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, United States of America, North America

Leopard houndshark (Triakis semifasciata) group swimming amongst rays of light. San Diego, California, USA

Angels Flight Funicular railway - Los Angeles, USA
circa 1910s

U.S. Coast Survey... Reconnaissance of Smiths or Blunts Island, Washington / U.S. Coas
U.S. Coast Survey...Reconnaissance of Smiths or Blunts Island, Washington / U.S. Coast Survey...Sketch of Anacapa Island in Santa Barbara Channel, 1854-57

U.S. Coast Survey... Sketch of Anapaca Island in Santa Barbara Channel, 1854-57
U.S. Coast Survey...Sketch of Anapaca Island in Santa Barbara Channel, 1854-57. After William Birch McMurtrie

Ruth Price, Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, USA, 2000. Creator: Brian Foskett
Ruth Price, Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, USA, 2000

Orange garibaldi damselfish (Hypsypops rubicundus) in a giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest. Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America

View along the tranquil Merced River below Stoneman Bridge, autumn, Yosemite Village, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, California, United States of America, North America

High granite cliffs reflected in the tranquil Merced River, autumn, Yosemite Village, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, California, United States of America, North America

View across the tranquil Merced River below Swinging Bridge, autumn, Yosemite Village, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, California, United States of America, North America

Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia), at night in Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, California, United States of America, North America

Sunset view of the beach overlooking the ocean, Carmel, California, United States of America, North America

Book cover to an Illustrated Tourist Guide of Noted Summer & Winter Resorts of California, ca. 1870-80

Woman exploring Mount Shasta Forest, California, United States of America, North America

Golf scene in Del Monte, California Date: 1910

Working Vineyard Date: 1878

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