Saint Louis (Mo.)--Photographs

Single-man glider designed by Octave Chanute- pilot Avery in knee britches holding it slightly off the ground.

Thomas Benbow's 'Meteor' Airship on ground- with pilot in basket and two men holding onto gondola; policeman in background.

Kite display in Transportation Building- including many tetrahedral kites and a sign for 'The Oionos' Kite modeled after Alexander Graham Bell's prototype.

Airship 'California Arrow' aloft; fence and spectators at bottom of picture- ferris wheel visible in distance.

Airship 'California Arrow' aloft; spectators milling around below- exhibition building in background.

Hippolyte Francois' 'Ville de St. Mande' hitting top of fence; some spectators on ground below.

Airship 'California Arrow' resting on sawhorses and held by several men; Thomas Baldwin standing on small sawhorse- Roy Knabenshue standing on gondola; crowd behind dirigible and against fence.

Francois Airship aloft- American flag flying off front- French flag flying off rear; fence at bottom of picture.

Meteor' Airship with pilot in basket suspended below gondola- hovering close to ground; crowd of spectators in front of fence.

Airship 'California Arrow' resting on sawhorses and held by several men; Thomas Baldwin standing on small sawhorse- Roy Knabenshue standing on gondola; crowd behind dirigible and against fence.

Airship 'California Arrow' tethered close to ground and held by several men- unidentified man standing and woman sitting on gondola rail.

Close up of Airship 'California Arrow' aloft- front view of pilot on gondola.

Man in suit and tie standing with one arm holding gondola of Airship 'California Arrow' (supported by sawhorses).

Early airplane on ground; crowd of spectators around and behind it.

Group of men- most in suits and bowler hats- child with sandbags among them- standing in front of 'Meteor' gondola.

Woman in elaborate hat talking to Odell- New York governor- with stetson hat in hand- on porch in front of large column

Hippolyte Francois' 'Ville de St. Mande' aloft- American flag flying off front- French flag flying off rear; spectators on ground below.

Close up of Airship 'California Arrow' aloft- Knabenshue silhouetted aboard gondola.

Airship 'California Arrow' resting on sawhorses and held by several men; Thomas Baldwin standing on small sawhorse- Roy Knabenshue standing on gondola; crowd behind dirigible and against fence.

Airship 'California Arrow' tethered close to ground and held by several men- unidentified man standing and woman sitting on gondola rail.

Close up of Airship 'California Arrow' aloft- pilot visible aboard gondola- steering with wind panel (?).

Airship 'California Arrow' resting on sawhorses; surrounded by crowd; wooden crates (of helium?) in right foreground.

Airship 'California Arrow' aloft; fence and crowd of spectators in foreground.

Close up of Airship 'California Arrow' aloft- pilot visible aboard gondola.

Airship aloft- with pilot aboard

Airship 'California Arrow' with tetherwires caught on fence- man climbing fence- spectators in lower left of print.

Airship aloft- with pilot aboard

Airship 'California Arrow' resting on sawhorses; surrounded by crowd.

Airship 'Ville de St. Mande' tethered close to ground and held by four men- Jessie Tarbox Beals and other woman on pilot's platform.

The Jessie Tarbox Beals Collection contains 420 black and white photographs, circa 1900-1940, primarily of New York City and its inhabitants. It also includes postcards, as well as larger prints, of bohemian Greenwich Village between 1905 and 1920. Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870-1942), a school teacher who taught herself photography, joined the Buffalo Courier staff in 1902 and became known as the first woman press photographer.