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Curtiss-Wright Corporation Records
Collection
Identifier: 2002-01-15
Abstract
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation Records contain business documents from the Curtiss-Wright company and its predecessors, including the Wright Company, Simplex Automobile Company, Glenn L. Martin Company, Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation, Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, and Wright Aeronautical Corporation. The records, which span the first half of the twentieth century, include administrative, financial and legal records documenting business dealings as well as photographic...
Dates:
circa 1900s-1965; Majority of material found within 1909-1947
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
69 Squadron Israel Air Force Photograph Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1985-07-27-D
Contents of the Collection
This collection is comprised of four color photographs of first Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his wife, Paula, with 69 Squadron, Israel Air Force, inspecting Boeing B-17 aircraft that had participated in Israel's War of Independence in 1948. Included is a detailed description of how three repurposed B-17s shifted Israel's air potential during the war.
Dates:
Circa 1948-1973
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
1910 Los Angeles Air Meet newspaper clippings
Collection — Box: Scrapbook Box 7
Identifier: 2019-00-00-2
Contents of the Collection
The collection is one (1) scrapbook of assorted newspaper clippings related to the 1910 International Air Meet at Dominguez Field in Los Angeles, California. The scrapbook is coverless with a failing binding. The clippings are from assorted unidentified newspapers and are glued to the pages, though some are loose.
It is unknown who collected the clippings.
Dates:
1910
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Diane K. Abbott Delta Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2024-10-14
Contents of the Collection
The Diane K. Abbott Delta Airlines Flight Attendant Collection primarily contains textual materials, such as training documents, policies and procedures, and internal correspondence that pertain to Abbott's 1987-2014 service as a flight attendant with Delta Air Lines. The collection has been divided into two series, Personal and Professional, and is arranged chronologically. The Personal series is quite small and includes a daily planner and a...
Dates:
1983-2018
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Daniel Abramson Korean War Photograph Album
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2020-02-26
Content Description
The Daniel Abramson Korean War Photograph Album consists of one album with snapshots documenting Abramson's service in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.The album has a teal cover with a Chinese or Japanese style dragon plate on the front cover, presumably purchased during his time abroad in service. It measures approximately 9x12x1.5 inches and has black paper pages. Inside there are 143 black-and-white photographs, each about 3.5x4.5 inches, affixed with album...
Dates:
1952-1953, 2004
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
George E. Adams Jr. World War II Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2002-03-15
Abstract
Collection of materials related to the military service of Second Lieutenant George E. Adams Jr., who served as a reconnaissance pilot in World War II.
Dates:
circa 1943 to 1945
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Joe Aiken Films
Collection — Box: Film Box 4, Reel: 1-6
Identifier: 1998-12-28
Contents of the Collection
The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...
Dates:
circa 1918-1950s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Air Memorial Day Program
Collection
Identifier: 2011-00-00-37
Abstract
The collection contains a program for an air show honoring servicemen who died during World War I.
Dates:
1919 May 18
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Air Show and Air Race Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-137
Contents of the Collection
The Air Show and Air Race Collection is a small collection pertaining to assorted historic air events. This is an artificial collection with materials gathered from a variety of sources. The collection is primarily comprised of newspaper clippings and printed ephemera. Events documented include the Chicago International Air Show in Grant Park in 1911 and Rudolph's Flying Circus from 1984. There are admission tickets present for the the 1st annual San Fernando Air Show, undated;...
Dates:
1911-1989
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Air West and Hughes Airwest Photographs and Slides
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1987-09-22-F
Contents of the Collection
The Air West and Hughes Airwest Photographs and Slides contains 48 photographic prints and and 310 color slides related to Air West and Hughes Airwest airlines, respectively. The materials date to circa 1970s-1990s and are publicity and/or advertisement photographs. The color slides form the bulk of the collection and depict Hughes Airwest flight attendants in their uniforms, the majority of which are yellow and blue, although other styles are present. The flight attendants are...
Dates:
circa 1970s-1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives