Box Assorted Rare Collections Box 1
Container
Contains 22 Results:
Typed letter to Sam Pryor from Charles Lindbergh. Declines invitation to appear and explains preference for a private life. Signed by Lindbergh as "Charles", 1952 August 21
File — Box: Assorted Rare Collections Box 1, Folder: 1
Contents of the Collection
From the Collection:
The Milton M. Howell Charles Lindbergh Collection is comprised of textual materials that provide insight into the relationship between Dr. Howell and the Lindberghs as well as Charles Lindbergh's death. Most materials date between 1968 and 1974 and have been arranged chronologically. The collection is largely focused on Lindbergh's death in August 1974 which is documented through a large amount of correspondence to Howell and obituaries, both loose and collected in a scrapbook....
Dates:
1952 August 21
"La Conquête de l'Air" postcard book
Collection — Box: Assorted Rare Collections Box 1, Folder: 1988-03-22
Identifier: 1988-03-22
Content Description
"La Conquête de l'Air" postcard book is a collection consisting of one book of 24 postcards documenting Wilbur Wright's demonstration flights in Le Mans, France in 1908. The booklet includes two pages of text about Le Mans, France and Léon Bollée, Civil Engineer of the City of Le Mans. The 24 photomechanical postcards in the booklet include images of Wilbur and Orville Wright; Léon Bollée; the motor for the Wright flyer; the aircraft under construction in Bollée's factory; the...
Dates:
circa 1912-1915
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives