Scope and Contents of Collection
The Ed Power Photograph Collection contains one glass plate negative and one black-and-white print from the negative featuring an Albatros D.V (L24), circa 1917. The image also includes three German soldiers identified as Lts. Gerhard Bassenge, Hermann Vallendor, and [no first name provided] Kempt standing in front of the aircraft.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1917-1918
Creator
- Power, Ed (Edwin) (Person)
Language of Materials
All materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research and is accessible in the Dahlberg Research Center by appointment. For more information contact us.
Conditions Governing Use
The Museum of Flight (TMOF) Archives is the owner of the physical materials in the archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from TMOF archives before any publication use. TMOF does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners. Consult repository for more details.
Biographical Note: Ed Power
No biographical information is known.
Historical Note: Albatros D.V (L24)
Manufactured by Albatros Werke, the Albatros D.V (L24) was a single seat fighting scout utilized by German forces during World War I. The D.V entered service in May 1917 and hit peak usage in 1918 - the same year its manufacturing was discontinued due to structural issues and in favor of the other aircraft.
Sources and further reading:
Jon Guttman. SE 5a vs Albatros D V: Western Front 1917-1918". Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2009.
Peter Gray and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962.
Extent
0.05 Cubic Feet (1 folder; 1 glass plate negative)
Abstract
The collection contains a glass plate negative and print from negative featuring an Albatros D.V (L24).
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Existence and Location of Copies
Materials from this collection have been digitized and are available at The Museum of Flight Digital Collections.
Subject
- Vallendor, Hermann (Person)
- Bassenge, Gerhard (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Ed Power Photograph Collection
- Status
- Completed Level 4
- Author
- J. Parent
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Processing, cataloging and digitization of this collection was made possible by a Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) "Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives" grant.
- Edition statement
- 2nd Edition
Repository Details
Part of the The Museum of Flight Archives Repository
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle Washington 98108-4097
206-764-7874
curator@museumofflight.org