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Marty Knutson Spyplane Scrapbook
Collection — Box: Scrapbook Box 18
Identifier: 1991-12-09
Contents of the Collection
The Marty Knutson Spyplane Scrapbook is comprised of assorted clippings and articles about various aircraft used for surveillance, circa 1950s-1960s. The materials are from various newspapers and magazines and cover aircraft such as the Lockheed U-2, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, and Lockheed YF-12. Lockheed U-2 Pilot Marty Knudson is also mentioned in a couple of clippings.Most of the material is affixed to the pages with glue, tape or staples, but some are loose. There are no...
Dates:
1950s-1960s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Fred Koch Fairchild F27 and Convair CV-240 Notebooks
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1990-07-25
Contents of the Collection
The Fred Koch Fairchild F27 and Convair CV 240 Notebooks is a small collection of four (4) spiral-bound notebooks of handwritten notes related to these aircraft, circa 1940s-1966. Three (3) notebooks are about the F-27/F-227, which all have Fred Koch's name written on the outside, and one (1) is about the Convair 240. The Convair notebook does not have Koch's name so it is uncertain that it was his, though likely based on the handwriting.
Dates:
circa 1940s-1966
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Eileen (Baker) Kraft United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2013-03-18
Contents of the Collection
The Eileen (Baker) Kraft United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of three black-and-white photographs and a certificate related to Eileen (Baker) Kraft and her graduation as a United Airlines (UAL) flight attendant in 1953. Two of the photographs are posed group portraits of Baker and her fellow UAL flight attendant classmates. One depicts the women in their UAL uniforms and the other features the women outside of the Broadmoor Hotel in Glendale Springs, Colorado in...
Dates:
1953
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Julianne Kumasaka International Taketombo Association Scrapbook
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-06-06
Content Description
The Julianne Kumasaka International Taketombo Association Scrapbook is a small collection consisting of one scrapbook created and compiled by Association organizer Julianne Kumasaka with visual and textual materials documenting the activities of the Seattle chapter of the International Taketombo Association in the early 1990s. An exhibit of taketombos and related events at the Museum of Flight are especially well documented by the materials.The scrapbook was a 3-ring...
Dates:
1990-1992
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Prentice Arthur Kusabs Boeing B & W (Model 1) photographs
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2017-02-05-A
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of 23 black-and-white photographs of the Boeing B & W (Model 1). The images were taken by Prentice Arthur Kusabs, circa 1919, and depict the two Boeing Model 1 aircraft that were sold to the Walsh Brothers' New Zealand Flying School. The photographs range in size from 1x2" to 3x4" and show the aircraft in flight and on the ground. A few images include unidentified people, some of whom are possibly the Walsh brothers, George Bolt, and Kusabs. One...
Dates:
circa 1919
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
"La Conquête de l'Air" postcard book
Collection — Box: Assorted Rare Collections Box 1, Folder: 1988-03-22
Identifier: 1988-03-22
Content Description
"La Conquête de l'Air" postcard book is a collection consisting of one book of 24 postcards documenting Wilbur Wright's demonstration flights in Le Mans, France in 1908. The booklet includes two pages of text about Le Mans, France and Léon Bollée, Civil Engineer of the City of Le Mans. The 24 photomechanical postcards in the booklet include images of Wilbur and Orville Wright; Léon Bollée; the motor for the Wright flyer; the aircraft under construction in Bollée's factory; the...
Dates:
circa 1912-1915
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
L'Aéronautique Page with Signatures
Collection — Box: Assorted oversize box 13, oversize: folders 1
Identifier: 2024-00-00-29
Content Description
The L'Aéronautique Page with Signatures is a small collection consisting of a single item: the half-title page taken from the 1922 book L'Aéronautique by Charles Dollfus that has been signed by various aviators. Some signatures include notes and a few are dated 1953 but most are simply autographs. It is unclear if the signatures were collected all at once at a single event or if they were gathered over time at different...
Dates:
circa 1922-1953
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Marc A. Lagen World War I Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1996-11-18
Abstract
Marc Aloysius Lagen (1882-1946), originally from Dubuque, Iowa, was a theatrical manager who served as Captain in the Balloon Section of the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I. The collection contains documents, photographs, correspondence, and ephemera relating to his World War I career.
Dates:
1914-1948; Majority of material found within 1918-1919
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Lisbeth Lally Pan Am Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2011-02-08
Contents of the Collection
The Lisbeth Lally Pan Am Flight Attendant Collection contains a small amount of materials collected by Lally during her 1967 service as a flight attendant for Pan American Airways (PAA). Materials include her May 2, 1967 PAA graduation certificate, including its original cover; an 8x10" black-and-white group portrait of the graduated stewardesses [Lally is in the 2nd row, 3rd from left]; a 1965 PAA stewardess recruitment brochure; and a newspaper ad recruiting stewardesses. It...
Dates:
1965-1967
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
John W. Lambert Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2011-06-25
Scope of the Collection
The John W. Lambert Photograph Collection consists of 9,687 black-and-white and color photographs, 2,048 black-and-white and color negatives and nine photographic slides, as well as a small amount of textual material primarily documenting air operations during World War II. The strength of the collection is that it includes visual documentation of Army Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Allied aircraft in combat around the world. There are photographs of aircraft on operations...
Dates:
circa 1930s-1955
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives