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Louis Bennett, Jr. driving his car at approximately age 12.  See 'Cross and Cockade Journal' vol. 21, no. 4, winter 80 (West Virginia Collection Pamphlet no. 14277) for an identification on candid portrait of Bennett in car.

673. Bennett, Louis and His Car

Car belonging to Louis Bennett, Jr. loaded with beer barrels.

674. Car Owned by Louis Bennett

Car belonging to Louis Bennett, Jr.

675. Car Owned by Louis Bennett

676. Engine of Louis Bennett's Car

Friend of Louis Bennett, Jr. driving a car.  Photograph from M. Graham, 622 W. 114th Street, New York, New York.

677. Friend of Louis Bennett, Jr.

Candid portrait of Louis Bennett, Jr. at Taliaferro (Hick's Field), Fort Worth, Texas in January of 1918.

678. Bennett, Louis at Taliaferro (Hicks Field,) Fort Worth, Texas

Postcard portrait of Abbot Leon Delannoy, of Wavrin, Northern France, Pastor during World War I, 1914-1919.  Card is addressed to 'Madame Bennett, glorious Bennett's mother, affectionate remembrance.' Cure Leon Delannoy, Wavrin France sent this picture to Dora Frost a friend of Sallie Maxwell Bennett.  Frost forwarded the photo to Sallie with letter 2 November 1919.  Bennett Collection, Box 3, Folder 11.

679. Delanny, Abbot Leon of Wavrin, Northern France, Pastor During World War I, 1914-1919

Postcard showing destruction at Wavrin, France.  Lt. Louis Bennett was buried at Wavrin, near Lille, France, where a Memorial Church was dedicated in his honor on August 24, 1919.

680. Rubble at Wavrin, near Lille, France

Louis Bennett, Jr. and others wait next to plane at Sheepshead Bay.

681. Bennett, Louis and Others Waiting to Fly, Sheepshead Bay

Louis Bennett, Jr. and others stand to the right of an airplane while waiting for his 'tryout.'  The aircraft appears to be an early Curtiss JN ("Jenny").

682. Bennett, Louis Waiting for 'Tryout' Next to Aircraft at Sheepshead Bay

Side view of Louis Bennett, Jr.'s airplane at Sheepshead Bay in 1917.

683. Curtis JN-4 'Jenny' Airplane at Sheepshead Bay

The airplane is a Curtis JN-4 ("Jenny").

684. Broken Airplane, ' After Capt. Kelly Fell,' at Sheepshead Bay