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Michael B. Gordon Mercury Photographs Collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2011-10-27

Content Description The Michael B. Gordon Mercury Photographs Collection is a small collection consisting of 11 4x5" black-and-white photographs depicting the preparation and recovery of the Mercury-Redstone 3 flight of Alan B. Shepard in 1961. The images show: technicians assisting Shepard with his spacesuit prior to launch; Shepard seated in Freedom 7 capsule prior to launch; Shepard being hoisted aboard Sikorsky S-58 helicopter after Freedom 7 splashdown; a Sikorsky S-58 helicopter recovering Freedom 7...

Dates: 1961 May 5

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Manny Gorin Wright Brothers Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2006-11-21-and-2007-05-30-B

Overview

The Manny Gorin Wright Brothers Collection consists of photographic prints and postcards relating to the Wright Brothers and their expositions in France, circa 1908-1910s.

Dates: circa 1908-1910s

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Manny Gorin Wright Brothers Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2004-09-07

Content Description The Manny Gorin Wright Brothers Glass Plate Negatives Collection consists of 15 glass plate negatives of the Wright Brothers and their Model A aircraft in France, circa 1908-1909. Four images depict the Model A in flight. Five images show the aircraft on the ground with groups of people, primarily men, standing around it and inspecting it. One image shows the plane being wheeled across a dirt road toward a barn-like structure, likely Wilbur's temporary hangar at the Hunaudières...

Dates: 1908-1909

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Vern Gorst Postcard Collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 1993-12-21

Scope and Contents The Vern Gorst Postcard Collection is a small collection consisting of two photographic postcards from 1913-1914 inscribed by Gorst to Ellsworth Scott Wetzel. One postcard depicts the 1913 Martin seaplane that Gorst owned landing on the water. The correspondence on the verso of the postcard is dated June 3, 1913 and refers to the plane "as the only safe way of traveling." The other postcard depicts Gorst with another man, possibly Charles King, in a small boat...

Dates: 1913-1914

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Jules Graff World War II Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2004-02-12

Contents of the Collection

The Jules Graff World War II Collection contains materials related to the World War II experience of Jules Graff, who served in the Army Air Forces. It includes 11 photographs that depict gun emplacements near San Francisco, California during World War II; a color slide of Jules Graff, taken at Attu Island; and correspondence and assorted ephemera, such as air mail stamps and a Thanksgiving Day menu for the 916th Army Air Force Base in Orlando, Florida.

Dates: circa 1940s

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Suzanne Graham Carvalho-Maia Eddie Hubbard Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1984-00-24

Overview

Eddie Hubbard was an early aviator and Boeing airmail pilot. The collection includes visual and textual materials that document his career.

Dates: 1916-1920s

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Reginald D. Grantham Boeing Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2025-09-03-A

Contents of the Collection The Reginald D. Grantham Boeing Collection is a small collection of photographs and textual material gathered by Reginald D. Grantham during his 35-year career at the Boeing Company as a flight engineer, circa 1960s-1980s. Due to the collections's small size, it has been arranged chronologically.The bulk and strength of the collection is 62 photographs, most of which depict Boeing Models 707, 757, 767 and the YC-14. The photographs were likely taken during certification and...

Dates: circa 1960s-1980s

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Don Gray Northwest Airlines Collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 1995-04-27

Contents of the Collections

The collection is comprised of a Northwest Airlines Souvenir Flight Packet containing tickets, timetables, brochures, route maps, decal, postcards, and assorted travel receipts. Packet was received during a Northwest Airlines flight between New York and Seattle in July, 1954. Most of the brochures and postcards feature a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.

Dates: 1954

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

James D. Griffin Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2015-08-25

Abstract

James D. Griffin was an engineer for McDonnell Douglas Corporation. The collection contains five hundred and ninety-six (596) photographs, likely collected and notated by Griffin, featuring primarily Douglas Aircraft Company airplanes manufactured during the 1910s-1970s but also, to a lesser extent, other manufacturer models; including Aero Spacelines, Boeing, Consolidated, and Northrop. There is also a small amount of clippings, newsletters, and articles.

Dates: circa 1910s-1970s; Majority of material found within ( dates 1920s-1950s)

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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Michael B. Gordon Mercury Photographs Collection

Manny Gorin Wright Brothers Collection

Manny Gorin Wright Brothers Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Vern Gorst Postcard Collection

Jules Graff World War II Collection

Suzanne Graham Carvalho-Maia Eddie Hubbard Collection

Reginald D. Grantham Boeing Collection

Don Gray Northwest Airlines Collection

Greer World War II Nose Art Photograph Collection

James D. Griffin Photograph Collection

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