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Charles C. Smith World War II Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2015-12-09
Content Description
The Charles C. Smith World War II Collection is a small collection documenting the military service of Charles C. Smith, a B-17 Navigator during the second world war. The collection includes: 45 black-and-white photographs primarily depicting aircraft, especialy B-17s, some portraits of Smith, and a few snapshots taken in England and Scotland; a membership card for the Army Air Forces Aid Society, 1944; clippings regarding the war; receipts from 1960 and 1965; a Polaris yearbook for the...
Dates:
circa 1939-1945, 1960-1965
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Charles E. Smith Boeing School of Aeronautics Negatives
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2023-02-03
Content Description
The Charles E. Smith Boeing School of Aeronautics Negatives is a small collection consisting of five photographic images taken at the Boeing School of Aeronautics in Oakland, California circa 1929-1931. One of the images is an informal portrait of Charles E. Smith, who was a student at the School, wearing a flight suit standing alone next to the wing of an aircraft. Two other images are simliar in composition but depict two other unidentified men, possibly students or instructors at the...
Dates:
circa 1929-1931
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Howard E. Smith World War II Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2020-02-25
Contents of the Collection
The Howard E. Smith World War II Photograph Collection is comprised largely of photographic and audiovisual material, including 2,115 prints, 83 negatives, and 5 film reels. The images were taken or collected by Howard E. Smith, a United States Army Air Corps Public Relations Officer and base photographer, primarily while he was stationed at Smoky Hill Army Air Field (SHAAF) in Salina, Kansas. There is also a very small amount of textual documents. Most materials date from 1942-1943, with...
Dates:
1941-1949, 1969, undated
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
James H. Smith Aviation Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2023-06-20
Overview
James Hamilton Smith (1913-2002) attended the Boeing School of Aeronautics and worked in the field of aviation as a government contractor for the Boeing Company, as well as the Defense Contract Administration Services. This small collection consists primarily of black-and-white photographs that were either taken or collected by Smith during his time at the Boeing School, as well as throughout his career in aviation, which spanned from the early 1930s to the late 1960s.
Dates:
1928-1965
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Walter and Flossie Smith Military Aviation Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2010-05-04
Abstract
Walter A. Smith, Jr. served in the United States Air Force for over 30 years and was an active member of the P-47 Pilots Association. The collection contains materials relating to Walter Smith's Air Force career and World War I-era music collected by his wife, Flossie Smith.
Dates:
1917-2007
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Wanda Smith Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2022-04-16
Contents of the Collection
The Wanda Smith Flight Attendant Collection is a small collection consisting of photographs and clippings documenting Smith's career as a flight attendant for Eastern Airlines and Western Airlines in the 1950s and 1960s. The collection includes seven photographs of Smith in her Eastern Airlines uniform, including six formal individual portraits of her and one group portrait of her with several other flight attendants, circa 1956. There are also thirteen photographs of Smith and...
Dates:
1955-circa 1960s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Mildred Snider Collection of Goodyear FG-4 (Vought F4U Corsair) Drawings
Collection — oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2015-03-19
Contents of the Collection
The Mildred Snider Collection of Goodyear FG-4 (Vought F4U Corsair) Drawings is a small collection consisting of two technical drawings (blueprints) for the Goodyear FG-4 Corsair. The Vought F4U Corsairs produced by Goodyear during World War II were designated as FG-4. One drawing is the final assembly line breakdown of Goodyear's FG-4, VS 40601, U.S. Navy from 1945 with signatures on it, presumably of facotry workers. The second drawing is a final assembly step 5 technical drawing. The two...
Dates:
1945
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Walt Sobol Photographs and Negatives
Collection
Identifier: 2018-10-02
Content Description
The Walt Sobol Photographs and Negatives is a collection comprised of 2,169 black-and-white photographic prints and 1,193 photographic negatives taken by Sobol during his career in aircraft manufacturing in China, Burma, India and the U.S. from the late 1920s through 1950s. The photographs are a mix of personal images, scenes of daily life in the various places he traveled, and documentation of the aircraft manufacturing industry in Missouri, China and India.The photographs are...
Dates:
1926-1959
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Charles L. Soellner NASA Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1992-04-03
Overview
The Charles L. Soellner NASA Collection documents the space programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The documents date from 1959 to 1975. The bulk of the materials are photographs and photomechancial prints mass-produced by NASA. The visual documentation and ephemera related to manned spaceflight missions were collected and assembled together in scrapbooks by Soellner.
Dates:
1959-1975
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Joseph J. Sofet Air Force One Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-05-17-A
Content Description
The Joseph J. Sofet Air Force One Collection is a small collection of materials collected by Col. Joseph J. Sofet, pilot for Air Force One aircraft, VC-137B SAM970 and VC-137C SAM26000. The collection includes clippings about Sofet and his career as a pilot for Air Force One and about SAM970; photocopies of images of Sofet and Air Force one aircraft; matchbook covers branded for Air Force One and the President of the United States; an undated color 8x10" photograph of SAM26000 signed by the...
Dates:
circa 1960s-2006
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives