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World War I Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2016-00-00-6

Abstract

Sixteen (16) assorted photographs of soldiers circa World War I.

Dates: circa 1914-1918

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

World War I Stereographs

Collection

Identifier: 2016-00-00-5

Abstract

Stereoscopic photographs of scenes from World War I scenes.

Dates: circa 1914-1919

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

World War II Air Raid Warden Materials

Collection

Identifier: 2014-00-00-20

Contents of the Collection The World War II Air Raid Warden Materials is a small collection of textual materials, including documents and booklets, meant to prepare and guide civilians acting as air raid wardens during World War II. Most of the items are specific to the Seattle, Washington area. Some items are undated, but most fall within 1940-1943. It is unknown who collected these materials.Materials include documents regarding the transmittal of color signals for emergencies, dim-out regulations for...

Dates: 1940-1943

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Frank Wilbur Wright Military Aviation Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1986-01-02

Abstract

Frank Wilbur Wright (1886-1950) of Portland, Oregon spent most of his adult life in the military, with service spanning the Oregon Naval Militia, Oregon National Guard, U.S. Army Air Service, Air Corps, and Air Force, and both World Wars. The collection contains commissions, photographs, identification cards, and other materials relating to Wright's long military career.

Dates: 1911-1945

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Greg Wright Pan American World Airways Collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 1988-01-28

Contents of the Collection

This small collection is comprised of a Pan American World Airways flight schedule, effective November 1, 1946. Titled "Air Ways for Two-Way Trade," the timetable features international routes all over the world. It includes more detail on routes between North and South America as it is "probably the best opportunity for reciprocal foreign trade." A Pan American Airways route map is included at the center of the booklet.

Dates: Circa 1946

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Orville Wright Letter

Collection

Identifier: 2018-10-01-D

Abstract

4-page typed letter signed on Wright Company letterhead, dated April 7, 1915, to Frederick Eppelsheimer of the New York Herald, discussing the possibility of using a pendulum to stabilize aircraft, mentioning the death of his brother Wilbur, and referencing fellow aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss. Accompanied by a small matte-finish portrait of Eppelsheimer, dated 1918.

Dates: 1915 April 7

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Brien S. Wygle Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2020-09-17

Contents of the Collection The Brien S. Wygle Collection is a small collection primarily consisting of logbooks and certificates, licenses, and awards documenting Wygle's service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II through his career at the Boeing Company as a test pilot. The logbooks span 1943 to 2008 and document his military service, his time flying as a commercial pilot with Queen Charlotte Airlines in 1950, and his Boeing career beginning in May 1951. There is a gap in the logs from...

Dates: 1939-1990

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Frank R. Yager Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2018-07-24

Content Description The Frank R. Yager Collection consists of items documenting Yager's career as an airmail pilot. Included are three logbooks, his pilot's licenses and certificates, and 14 photographs. The photographs consist of both snapshots and formal group portraits as well as some views of airmail planes. There are few identifications with the photographs, but also depicted are Lee Patterson, Jack Knight, and C.F. Egge. Additionally, there are photocopies of other images. There is one folder of...

Dates: 1918-1946, 1994

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Edward M. Young Aviation Lithographs Collection

Collection — Box: Assorted oversize box 24, oversize: folder 1

Identifier: 2019-00-00-1

Contents of the Collection The Edward M. Young Aviation lithograph collection is comprised of eighteen (18) 11x14" color lithographs of assorted aircraft and aviators, created in 1974-circa 1990s. Identified aircraft include the Wright Military Flyer, "The Spirit of St. Louis", and Lockheed Vega "Winnie May." Identified personalities include Amelia Earhart, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Wilbur and Orvile Wright, General Jimmy Doolittle, Robert H. Goddard, Neil Armstrong, and John Glenn. Many of the lithographs,...

Dates: 1974-circa 1990s

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection

Collection — Box: Assorted oversize box 26, oversize: folder 1

Identifier: 1987-09-01-A

Contents of the Collection The Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection is comprised of fifteen black-and-white aerial photographs taken during Alaska Survey Expeditions, circa 1930s-1940s. The photographs are 18x22" and only a few have very brief contextual information on the reverse. Identifications include a Douglas R5D (Douglas C-54 Skymaster), Mount Rainier (Washington State), and the Columbia Glacier (Alaska). One photograph depicts an at-sea aircraft carrier with a full deck of aircraft....

Dates: circa 1930s-1940s

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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Frank Wilbur Wright Military Aviation Collection

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Orville Wright Letter

Brien S. Wygle Collection

Frank R. Yager Collection

Edward M. Young Aviation Lithographs Collection

Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection

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