Rosebud
 
  Welcome to Rosebud's
WWI and Early Aviation Image Archive

 

From the realization of powered flight by an obscure Bavarian emigrant
to the weapons of aerial destruction used by Richthofen's flying circus,
this project attempts to archive vintage photographs of flying machines
flown before and during the first two decades of the 20th century.


The collection currently contains 3789 downloadable images :
27.04.08

Feel free to email me if you have any corrections, suggestions or contributions.
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"We do not consider that aeroplanes will be of any possible use for war purposes"

— Richard Haldane
British Secretary of State for War, 1910




Aeroplanes and Airships before 1920
 
 
Guido Scheffer Collection
submitted by Ken Hemmerling
Early Airships
submitted by Jean-Pierre Lauwers
Stettler Aeronautical Collection
submitted by Dick Stettler
German Estate Photos
submitted by Paul J. Fisher
Willy Walsh Collection
submitted by Clarke Taylor
Robert Eyb ~ Early Austrian Aviator
submitted by Mike Fithian
Charles Eaton Collection
submitted by Mitch Williamson
Automobiles of an American Aeronaut
submitted by Author
Madame Driancourt ~ Pioneer Aviatrix
submitted by Régis Gatineau