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Greer World War II Nose Art Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-184
Contents of the Collection The Greer World War II Nose Art Photograph Collection is a single-file collection that holds 31 black-and-white vintage photographs of World War II aircraft nose art. The aircraft are primarily depicted in the Pacific Theater and include the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, and the Douglas C-47 Skytrain. Twenty-six prints depict nose art of women in pin-up style, including illustrations on planes named "Baby," "Maid in the USA," and "Queen Mae." Six prints feature...
Dates: circa 1939-1945

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Dates: 1911-1984

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

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photographic prints 425
World War, 1939-1945 180
clippings (information artifacts) 180
printed ephemera 166
correspondence 152
Air pilots, Military 104
logs (records) 101
certificates 96
World War, 1914-1918 77
Airlines 75
Airplanes, Military 72
military records 69
photocopies 69
Air pilots 68
booklets 68
negatives (photographs) 61
scrapbooks 58
Flight attendants 56
postcards 56
Soldiers 55
brochures 54
photograph albums 54
aerial photographs 52
Aircraft accidents 51
identity cards 50
Boeing Company -- Employees 47
slides (photographs) 47
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 44
Washington (State) 44
Women in aeronautics 42
maps (documents) 41
memorandums 39
Seattle (Wash.) 38
decals 38
menus 38
notes (documents) 38
France 37
orders (military records) 37
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 34
lithographs 33
newsletters 31
Fighter pilots 30
notebooks 30
technical reports 30
articles 29
business cards 29
programs (documents) 29
Airships 28
Boeing Model 747 Family 28
photographic postcards 28
posters 28
technical drawings 28
Airplanes -- Design and construction 27
Alaska 27
Northwest, Pacific 27
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 25
Japan 25
Flight training 24
Women air pilots 24
digital prints 24
signatures (names) 24
Germany 23
Seaplanes 23
instructional materials 23
personnel records 23
drawings (visual works) 22
Air mail service 21
California 21
airline maps 21
transportation timetables 21
Biplanes 20
Bombing, Aerial 20
stationery 20
China 19
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 19
16mm (photographic film size) 18
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 18
blueprints (reprographic copies) 18
manuals (instructional materials) 18
Boeing Model 707 Family 17
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 17
Douglas DC-3 Family 17
England 17
TMOF Aircraft 17
admission tickets 17
audiocassettes 17
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 17
diplomas 17
Aces (Fighter pilots) 16
Airplanes -- Flight testing 16
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 16
Hawaii 16
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 16
advertisements 16
manuscripts (documents) 16
Air shows 15
Armed Forces -- Officers 15
Astronauts 15
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 15
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464) 15
Names
United States. Navy 73
United States. Air Force 60
Boeing 56
United States. Army Air Forces 56
Boeing Company 43
United Airlines 42
Pan American World Airways, Inc 38
United States. Army. Air Corps 26
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 25
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 21
Northwest Airlines Corporation 20
Trans World Airlines 20
United States. Army. Air Service 19
Western Airlines 17
Project Apollo (U.S.) 16
United States. Army 16
King County International Airport 14
United States. Marine Corps 14
Douglas 12
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 12
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 12
North American 11
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 11
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 10
Lockheed 10
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 10
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 10
American Airlines 9
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 9
Curtiss 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
Air Line Pilots Association 8
Alaska Airlines 8
Douglas Aircraft Company 8
United States. Naval Reserve 8
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 7
Braniff Airways 7
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 7
Eastern Air Lines 7
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 7
Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 7
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 7
Boeing Air Transport 6
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 6
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 6
Continental Airlines 6
Flying Tiger Line 6
John F. Kennedy Space Center 6
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 6
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 6
National Championship Air Races 6
Northrop 6
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 6
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 6
United States. Army. Signal Corps 6
Varney Air Lines 6
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 6
American Fighter Aces Association 5
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 5
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 5
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 5
Delta Air Lines 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Seattle" (#1) 5
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 5
Germany. Luftwaffe 5
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 5
Hughes Airwest 5
Kelly Field (Tex.) 5
Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 5
McDonnell Douglas Corp 5
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 5
Quiet Birdmen 5
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 5
Stearman (1927) 5
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 5
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 5
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 5
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 4
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 4
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 4
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 4
British Airways 4
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 4
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 4
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 4
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 4
Fairchild 4
Fokker 4
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 4
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 4
Grumman (Bethpage, NY) 4
Haise, Fred, 1933- 4
Horizon Air 4
KLM (Airline) 4
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 4

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