Aviation History: Hoxsey, Johnstone, Latham, and Aeroplane Sheds, Four Wonderfully Annotated Pre-1910 Snapshots rare antique card game with hand-painted rather than lithographed

with hand-painted rather than lithographed color

There are tears to the paper at the bottom corners and one along the left edge

5 1/4" long measured beak to tail

I would have guessed earlier 19th century

) When the Civil War broke out

Aviation History: Hoxsey, Johnstone, Latham, and Aeroplane Sheds, Four Wonderfully Annotated Pre-1910 Snapshots rare antique card game with hand-painted rather than lithographedI 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