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Box Assorted oversize box 13

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Contains 8 Results:

NACA Lubrication and Wear Subcommittee -- appointment certificate, 1952 January 1

 File — Box: Assorted oversize box 13, oversize: folder 1
Contents of the Collection From the Collection: This small collection holds two appoinment certificates for George Prior Townsend Jr., reflecting his engineering career. One certificate is for Townsend's appointment to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lubrication and Wear Subcommittee. Dated January 1, 1952, it is signed by Chairman J.C. Hunsaker and Executive Secretary John F. Victory. It included a label on the verso of its original frame, "BECK ART SHOP, House of Cards, Denver 2 Colo,.," as well as...
Dates: 1952 January 1

NASA Research Advisory Committee on Mechanical Power Plant Systems -- appointment certificate, 1959 February 27

 File — Box: Assorted oversize box 13, oversize: folder 1
Contents of the Collection From the Collection: This small collection holds two appoinment certificates for George Prior Townsend Jr., reflecting his engineering career. One certificate is for Townsend's appointment to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lubrication and Wear Subcommittee. Dated January 1, 1952, it is signed by Chairman J.C. Hunsaker and Executive Secretary John F. Victory. It included a label on the verso of its original frame, "BECK ART SHOP, House of Cards, Denver 2 Colo,.," as well as...
Dates: 1959 February 27

91st Bomb Group at Bassingbourn -- posters, 1976-1978

 File — Multiple Containers
Content Description From the Collection: The John W. Allen World War II Collection consists of visual, textual and audiovisual materials documenting Allen's military service as a navigator during the war. Photographic slides documenting the 401st Bomb Squadron's missions from England make up the majority of the collection.The bulk of the collection consists of 185 35mm color photographic slides taken, for the most part, by Allen during his military service. Twelve slides are informal portraits of Allen during his training...
Dates: 1976-1978

Licenses, certificates and diplomas, 1940-1997

 File — Multiple Containers
Content Description From the Collection: The Mary "Pat" (Hiller) Call WASP Collection consists of materials relating to Call’s service as a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) from 1942-1944. Materials are arranged alphabetically and span from 1939-2019 (bulk 1943-1980). The collection consists of about 0.6 cubic feet of material, including military records, licenses and membership cards, flight records and logbooks, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and clippings. Correspondence in the collection includes...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940-1997

Ron A. and Evelyn Elizabeth Coone ration materials -- "Official table of point values for processed foods" clipping, War Ration Book Two, War Ration Book No. Three, "The Most Popular Canned Foods" clipping, C8 mileage stamps, A16-A17 mileage stamps, gasoline ration card, mileage ration identification folder, 1943-1945

 File — Multiple Containers
Content Description From the Collection: The Boeing Story Exhibit Collection consists of archival items acquired by the Museum of Flight for use in the "The Boeing Story: 1916-1958" exhibit, on permanent display in the Museum's Red Barn. This collection only represents archival items purchased for use in the exhibit; the exhibit also includes artifacts and library materials as well as archival items from other accessions which are not included in this collection.The collection is organized by theme following the layout...
Dates: 1943-1945

Assorted documents -- receipts, travel ephemera, lithographs, and Western Airlines envelopes, 1960-1961, undated (circa 1960s)

 File — Multiple Containers
Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The Kenneth E. Schultz Western Airlines Collection is a small collection comprised textual and visual materials related to Schultz’ labor disputes with Western Airlines (WAL) while he was employed with the company as a Douglas DC-6B aircraft flight engineer from the 1950s to 1960s. The documents provide insight into the efforts of the Western Airlines Chapter of Flight Engineers’ International Association to receive compensation for the 132 flight engineers who were discharged in 1961 after...
Dates: 1960-1961, undated (circa 1960s)

50th anniversary -- correspondence, clippings, event planning notes, photographs, menu, event flyer, banquet invitation, poster, and "Round the World Salmon" brand label, 1974

 File — Multiple Containers
Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The First Around-the-World Flight Collection is primarily comprised of reproduction photographs, negatives, and clippings that document the 1924 around-the-world flight flown by Douglas World Cruisers. There is also a small amount of commemorative materials, most of which focuses on the 50th anniversary of the event in 1974. The collection is arranged in two series; 1924 flight materials and commemorative materials. It is likely these items were collected by a former Museum of Flight curator...
Dates: 1974

L'Aéronautique Page with Signatures

 Collection — Box: Assorted oversize box 13, oversize: folders 1
Identifier: 2024-00-00-29
Content Description The L'Aéronautique Page with Signatures is a small collection consisting of a single item: the half-title page taken from the 1922 book L'Aéronautique by Charles Dollfus that has been covered in signatures of various aviators. Some signatures include notes and a few are dated 1953 but most are simply autographs. It is unclear of the signatures were collected all at once at a single event or if they were gathered over time at...
Dates: circa 1922-1953

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