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Collection of Late 19th, Early 20th, Century US Navy Items Attributed to Admiral Joseph Mason Bull Reeves - Collection of Early 19th, Late 20th Century US Navy Items Attributed to Admiral Joseph Mason Bull Reeves. 1 Replica WWI Fighter Naval Airplane, 1 Photograph of USS Jupiter later Langley the First US Aircraft Carrier, 1 Photograph of the Admiral, 1 Epaullette attributed to the Admiral. Bull Reeves and his naval aviators pioneered the use of aircraft on board the first American aircraft carriers, the Langley, Lexington, and Saratoga. His manuals on carrier warfare applied the lessons learned from these early experiments and fleet exercises. Reeves’s ideas on carrier warfare influenced Navy doctrine throughout the 1930s. Dimensions - Largest to Smallest: H 3.25 x W 8 x D 7 inches, H 7.5 x W 5.75 x D 1 inches, H 5.5 x W 2.5 x D .5 inches, H 3 x W 4.75 x D .1 inches Condition: Good for age Provenance: Private Texas Collection