EditorialCreativeSportsCollectionsVideos
Prices
0Log in

Visual content for professionals.
800M+ images and videos.

Content Hub

  • Current Events
  • Pictures of the Year
  • Sports
  • Editorial
  • Creative
  • Collections
  • Videos

Offers

  • Prices & Packages
  • Promotions
  • Enterprise
  • Newsletter
  • Blog
  • The Game Magazine

Services

  • Content Research
  • Contract Photography
  • API & FTP Push
  • my-picturemaxx
  • Become a Partner

Company

  • About IMAGO
  • Careers
  • News

Help Center

  • FAQ
  • Contact Us
Legal NoticeTerms & ConditionsLicense InformationData PrivacyPrivacy Settings
© 2026 IMAGO
CEPICBAPLABVPA
Back to collections

In 1921, the pilot Bessie Coleman became the first Black woman to obtain a pilot’s licence, archive photos

Jun 15, 2026

The following photos have been selected for you by the IMAGO picture desk on this topic. For more pictures please use the search function.

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Elizabeth ?Bessie? Coleman (1892-1926) Elizabeth ?Bessie? Coleman, 1892-1926, the first female pilot of African American descent and the first person of African American descent to hold an international pilot license. Date: 1926 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10847290
  • BESSIE COLEMAN (1896-1926). American aviator. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0053727
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Pinback button featuring a portrait of Bessie Coleman, mid to late 20th century. Creator: Unknown. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2833143 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • Bessie Coleman, aviatrix; Snapped in Berlin, Germany.. Illustrations. 1925. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans , Chicago (Ill.) Copyright: xpiemagsx nyplsipiept229092022-8387 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Bessie Coleman, aviatrix.. Illustrations. 1925. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans , Chicago (Ill.) Copyright: xpiemagsx nyplsipiept229092022-8373 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • DJIBOUTI - CIRCA 2011: stamp printed by Djibouti, shows Bessie Coleman, circa 2011 , 10538056.jpg, 2011, Bessi, Coleman, Djibouti, Pioneer, Seal, ace, adult, aged, aircraft, airforce, airman, ancient, antique, aviation, aviator, envelope, eye, face, female, flier, flyer, glasses, head, helmet, historic, lady, letter, mail, message, mouth, nose, old, philately, pilot, portrait, postage, postcard, postmark, retro, skyman, spectacles, stamp, uniform, vintage, woman,