“Glenn Curtiss Air Port -- North Beach -- Flushing” -- clippings, photographs, booklets, program, 1929-1939

File — Box: 13, Folder: 10

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File containing: two copies of an aerial photograph (8x10") of the “Proposed New York City Airport” dated March 1934 and marked “Exhibit – I”; two aerial photographs (8x10") of North Beach taken by McLaughlin Aerial Surveys dated January 5, 1933 and May 8, 1934; two aerial photographs (8x10") of Bowery Bay taken by Fairchild Aerial Surveys and dated June 26, 1929; undated printed pamphlet titled “New York Municipal Airport: A Detailed Description of the Great Air Terminal Constructed by the Work Projects Administration” (3 copies, 19 pages each); blue binder labeled “The Curtiss-Wright Corporation Airports Division: Newspaper Publicity in Re Sale of North Beach Airport to the City of New York” with clippings from August 15 to December 23, 1937 (32 pages); pamphlet titled “New York Municipal Airport, North Beach” with description of the airport facilities, a history of construction, airport statistics, a maps of the airport, and numerous photographs of the facility (16 pages plus covers); printed “Program of Events, New York Municipal Airport Dedication, North Beach, Long Island, Sunday, October Fifteenth, 1939” apparently prepared for the dedication ceremonies (4 pages).

Dates

Creation: 1929-1939

Creator

From the Collection: Curtiss-Wright Corporation (Organization)

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

All materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research. The bound volumes and some documents may not be photocopied due to condition. Negatives may not be handled; copies and digital versions are available for access. Some oversize items are in need of conservation treatment so access may be limited.