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Collection
Identifier: 2006-03-13
Abstract
The collection contains photographs of Curtiss Jennys at Love Field, Texas flown by Norman E. Horn in his training as a pilot during World War I.
Dates:
circa 1917-1919
Collection — Box: One
Identifier: 2015-08-23
Contents of the Collection
The Neil Householder Aircraft Collection is a small collection that includes textual materials and photographs related to three aircraft; the Boeing 2707 SST, the "Buffalo" experimental STOL, and Il Cigno, a Da Vinci-inspired glider, circa 1960s-2003. The items were given to or gathered by Householder during his time as a Boeing employee and, later, a restoration volunteer at The Museum of Flight. Included in the collection are 30 black-and-white photographs of the Boeing 2707...
Dates:
circa 1960s-2003
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2016-12-01
Contents of the Collection
The Frank L. Houston Pilot Collection is comprised of primarily textual materials with a small amount of photographs relating to the World War II and post-war flight career of pilot Frank "Sam" Houston, 1940-1980. The textual materials include a 1940 high school graduation diploma for Houston, eight war ration booklets, circa 1942-1943; five pilot log books, which span from Houston's learning to fly in 1942 through 1966, including some of his time as a pilot with Northwest...
Dates:
1940-1980
Collection
Identifier: 2021-10-01
Contents of the Collection
The James H. Howard Fighter Ace Collection contains textual, photographic, and audiovisual materials in support of James H. Howard's Medal of Honor awarded in June 1944. Materials include military records, clippings, and photographs, among others. Due to the collection's small size, it has been arranged alphabetically. Howard was awarded the Medal of Honor in June 1944 for actions taken on January 11, 1944, the only fighter pilot in the European Theater to earn the distinction....
Dates:
1944-1994; Majority of material found in 1944
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2007-09-05
Contents of the Collection
The Jean (Taylor) Howard WASP Collection contains a black-and-white digital photographic print and a pilot's logbook related to the World War II military service of Jean (Taylor) Howard. The 5x7" print depicts Howard standing in front of an obscured front-facing Piper J-3. She is dressed as a civilian. There is no contextual information on the photograph.
Dates:
1939-1945
Collection
Identifier: 2021-06-15
Contents of the Collection
The Clarence S. Howell Collection of Boeing SST Posters is comprised of five motivational screen prints and one cutaway poster all pertaining to the Boeing 2707 SST. Howell collected the items when he worked as a project manager at the Boeing Company, circa 1960s. Bold colors and wordplay slogans are present on each. Most have minor damage visible to the corners where they were hung, evidencing their use as motivational office art.The first screen print is also the smallest at...
Dates:
circa 1960s
Collection
Identifier: 2005-06-08
Abstract
The collection contains visual materials relating primarily to the U.S.A. Aerial Photography School in Rochester, New York during World War I.
Dates:
circa 1916-1918
Collection
Identifier: 1998-11-12
Abstract
Sergeant Sol E. Hutton served with the U.S. Army Air Service in Italy during World War I, where he worked with Caproni on aircraft construction. The collection contains items related to the U.S. Air Service program to build Caproni Ca.44 (Military Ca.5, Ca.600) aircraft at the end of the war.
Dates:
1918-1919
Collection
Identifier: 1985-08-15-A
Abstract
Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde (1889-1953) and Harley Hyde (1892-1919) were brothers who served in World War I as flight instructors. The collection contains documents, clippings, and photographs relating to J. V. Hyde's military service during World War I, his post-war work as the first manager of Boeing Field, and later work at Boeing as an inspector. The collection also includes documents, clippings, and photographs about his brother Harley's World War I service and death due to an airplane...
Dates:
circa 1910s-1950
Collection
Identifier: 1992-03-31-A
Abstract
The collection contains an exhibition catalog and lithographs relating to an exhibit of World War I aerial warfare paintings, as well as a scrapbook of aviation articles and clippings.
Dates:
circa 1914-1919
