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Box 1

 Container

Contains 11 Results:

Personal photographs (1 of 3), 1925-1933

 File — Multiple Containers
Contents Fifty-eight (58) black and white photographs with extensive captions on reverse and fourteen (14) negatives, 1925-1933. Most of the images are candid shots of Peggy Emrick (Halden Emrick's wife), often posed with an automobile and on various outings. Locations include Germantown, Dayton, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Cleveland Airport, Findlay (Ohio); Niagara Falls (New York); Kansas City-Fairfax Airport; St. Clair, Port Huron (Michigan); New Orleans (Louisiana); Kentucky; Santa Barbara...
Dates: 1925-1933

Personal photographs (2 of 3), circa 1940s

 File — Multiple Containers
Contents Sixty (60) black and white photographs and four (4) negatives with handwritten notes on locations, circa 1940s. Images primarily document camping, fishing, and hunting trips made by Halden and Peggy Emrick, including trophy shots with animals, views of tents and campsites, automobiles, and candid shots of Peggy and Halden Emrick. The accompanying handwritten notes imply that the photos were taken on an extended road trip, traveling from Phoenix (Arizona) to Albuquerque (New Mexico), Colorado...
Dates: circa 1940s

Personal photographs (3 of 3), circa 1920s-1940s

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Contents Five (5) studio portraits of a woman, likely Peggy Emrick, circa 1920s-1940s.One (1) studio portrait of a woman and two boys, February 1926. Inscription on verso: Peggy Jane Fleming + sons, Jack + Gene, Feb. 1926.One (1) photograph of man and woman sitting together on a hill top in photographer's portfolio enclosure, undated.One (1) studio portrait of a man, in photographer's portfolio enclosure with handwritten labeled on front,...
Dates: circa 1920s-1940s

Aviation and military photographs, circa 1914-1940s

 File — Multiple Containers
Contents One (1) group photograph of ten (10) men posed in front of an aircraft, circa 1940s. Stamped on reverse as an official U.S. Army Air Forces photo from the A.A.B. Photographic Section, Jacksonville, Florida.Two (2) group photographs of men in military uniform, circa 1917-1918. Possibly Emrick's squadron during World War I.Two (2) copies in different sizes of photo of Halden Emrick in flight gear standing next to aircraft, circa 1920s-1930s.One (1) photo of Peggy...
Dates: circa 1914-1940s

Pilot Log Book, 1937-1939

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Contents Pilot Log Book, 1937-1939. Log book documents flights made by Emerick from October 12, 1937 to July 7, 1939. Information provided for each flight includes the date, flight elapsed time and landing time, take-off location and destination, and aircraft make, engine, class, and license number. Most of the flights appear to have been various test flights in the Camden, Ohio area in a Fairchild 22-C7D, Waco (OH) UIC (ATC #499), Stinson (Aircraft) SM-8A Junior, Fairchild 24, and a Ford...
Dates: 1937-1939

Certificates, 1930

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6A
Contents

Certificate, National Aeronautics Association of U.S.A., March 1, 1930. Certifies Halden H. Emrick a regular member of the association.

Dates: 1930

Identification and business cards, circa 1920-1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Contents Aero Club of America, Aviator's Certificate for Halden H. Emrick, dated December 29, 1920. Includes photograph.National Air Races Visiting Non-Contesting Pilot card for H. H. Emrick, 1931. For air races in Cleveland, Ohio, August 29-September 7, 1931.National Aircraft Show of 1932, Detroit (Michigan) annual guest pass for H. H. Emerick [sic].The American Legion ten-year membership card for Halden H. Emrick, February 16, 1949.Three (3) calling...
Dates: circa 1920-1949

Correspondence, circa 1930s-1975

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6B
Contents Letter, Charles W. Loos, Vice President of Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, to Halden Emrick, circa 1930s. Thanks Emrick for his services as airport manager at Kansas City.Birthday greeting card from Peggy Emrick (wife) to Halden Emrick, with envelope, 1954.Christmas greeting card from Peggy Emrick to Halden Emrick, with envelope, 1955.Birthday greeting card from Halden Emrick to Peggy Emrick, with envelope, 1955.Birthday greeting card from...
Dates: circa 1930s-1975

Roster of the 820th Aero Squadron, 1918

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Contents

Roster of the 820th Aero Squadron, Kelly Field, Texas, 1918. Booklet roster, possibly produced for Christmas based on wreath illustration on the front cover, listing the members of the 820th Aero Squadron. The general roster is followed by detachment lists, in which Emrick is listed as part of the Boston Detachment.

Dates: 1918

Clippings, circa 1920-1975

 File — Multiple Containers
Contents Twenty-five (25) clippings, circa 1920-1975. Topics include Curtiss-Wright and Emrick's career there as a pilot, Dayton and Cleveland (Ohio) news, men and women aviators including Emrick, Carter Buton, Ruth Law, Blanche Noyes, and others. Also includes a leaflet advertising passenger flights over Findlay (Ohio). One (1) clipping from much later, circa 1975, describes a photo exhibit of early aircraft in Dayton.Note: All clippings have been photocopied onto...
Dates: circa 1920-1975

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