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Box Assorted oversize box 18

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Clippings from unidentified publications -- one (1) clipping is about successful first test flight of Boeing C-75 Stratoliner (Model 307), one (1) clipping is Barr's obituary due to Stratoliner flight test crash, two (2) clippings are images; one (1) of Earl A. Ferguson, who also died in the crash, one (1) unidentified passengers in a promotional shot of the Stratoliner, 1938-1939

 File — Box: Assorted oversize box 18, oversize: folder 1
Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The Julius A. Barr Clippings relate to Barr's test pilot career at Boeing from 1938-1939. The collection consists of four (4) clippings from unidentified publication. The clippings are glued to a scrapbook page and were possibly curated by a member of Barr's family. Two (2) clippings are articles with accompanying images:"Stratoliner in 1st Test Flight" briefly describes the very first test flight of the Boeing C-75 Stratoliner (Model 307) that lasted forty-two...
Dates: 1938-1939

Photographs

 Series — Multiple Containers
Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The Velda King Mapelli Air Racing Collection is comprised of hundreds of photographs and a small amount of negatives; textual materials suchs as brochures, certificates, ID cards, licenses, assorted ephemera, and correspondence; and race booklets from assorted races. The materials were collected by Velda King Mapelli, as well as her daughter Stephanie and husband Gene, during the course of her flying years, approximately 1969-1989. The photographs, which are both in color and...
Dates: 1969-1989

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