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Army Air Corps Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-12-02
Abstract

The Army Air Corps Photographs is comprised of fifty-nine black-and-white photographs primarily depicting the 1923 Pulitzer Air Race and Mitchell Trophy Race with ten snapshots featuring the Sacramento Air Depot in 1940.

Dates: 1923, 1940

Frederick Nelson Atwood Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-10-13
Overview

The collection consists of one ledger book created by Frederick Nelson Atwood, circa 1862-1880, with his handwritten notes and illustrations. The ledger primarily consists of notes related to Atwood's career as an artist. Of particular interest note are his illustrations and notes on airships and balloons.

Dates: circa 1862-1880

Julius A. Barr Photograph Albums and Films

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-10-24
Abstract

Julius A. Barr had a varied flight career in the 1920s and 1930s, notably spending time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures and later working as a Boeing test pilot. The collection includes 5 albums with more than 1,600 photographs and 11 films that document his personal life and career.

Dates: 1926-1939

Jim Bergstrom Collection of World War I Aviation Stereographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-08-11
Abstract

The Jim Bergstrom Collection of World War I Aviation Stereographs contains five (5) stereograph images of World War I scenes printed by the Keystone View Company.

Dates: circa 1914-1918

August G. Blume World War I Eastern Front Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-07-25
Overview

August G. Blume (1927-1993) was an author and historian focused on the Eastern Theater of World War I. This collection consists of his writing, correspondence but most notably a large number of photographic images of the Eastern Front during World War I that Blume attained during his research. The materials span the early 1900s to 2000.

Dates: 1894-2008

Andrew Braaten World War I Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-00-00-24
Contents of the Collection The Andrew B. Braaten World War I Photographs is comprised of nine black-and-white vintage photographs, 1917-1918. Three images depict biplanes in flight in Alsace, France. One image depicts an unidentified military serviceman, likely a pilot. Two images are related to parachuting; one features a parachuter leaving an airship and the other shows a parachute solo in the sky. Three images depict aircraft crashes, one of which has a graphic scene of a dead body in Verdun, France. The...
Dates: 1917-1918

Herbert Brucker Film

 Collection — Box: Film Box 2, Reel: 1
Identifier: 2007-11-16-B
Contents of the Collection The Herbert Brucker Film is a small collection containing one privately shot black-and-white film taken at Mitchell Field in Garden City, New York in 1927. The film is five minutes and 44 seconds long. The footage depicts several well-known aviation events and activities by famous aviators, such as Charles Lindbergh taking off in the "Spirit of St. Louis" for his transatlantic flight; the christening of "America," Richard E. Byrd's Fokker C-2; and James Doolittle performing...
Dates: 1927

Herman Butler World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1985-12-27-A
Abstract

Herman Butler, originally of Belleville, Washington, served as a pilot during World War I and after with the U.S.A. School of Aerial Photography at Langley Field. The collection contains materials relating to the Butler's wartime and postwar service.

Dates: circa 1917-1940s; Majority of material found within 1917-1920

The James H. Dilonardo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-01-21
Abstract

James H. Dilonardo was a local aviation enthusiast strongly tied to Boeing Field and The Museum of Flight. His collection consits of photographs, textual materials, sound recordings, and film largely related to aviation in Seattle, Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: 1930-1981

Early Aviation Photograph Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: 2022-00-00-37
Overview

The Early Aviation Photograph Collection is a collection of unknown origins consisting of 328 prints and 299 negatives, all black-and-white, primarily depicting aircraft from the first half of the 20th century. Some airships, airports, pilots, and other subjects are also represented in the images.

Dates: 1907- circa 1960s

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Boeing Model 247D 3
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Germany 3
Seattle (Wash.) 3
Washington (State) 3
Women air pilots 3
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 3
drawings (visual works) 3
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photocopies 3
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Alaska 2
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Boeing PW-9 Family 2
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China 2
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Los Angeles (Calif.) 2
Mitchel Field (N.Y.) 2
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Sea Scout Zero class airships 2
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logs (records) 2
poetry 2
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stereographs 2
Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 1 Red Wing 1
Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 2 White Wing 1
Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 3 Loon 1
Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 4 Silver Dart 1
Aerial Experiment Association Cygnet II 1
Aerial observation (Military science) 1
Aerial photography 1
Aeromarine (Martin) NBS-1 1
Aeromarine 39-A 1
Aeromarine 39-B 1
Aeromarine 40 (40-F) 1
Aeronautics -- Antarctica. 1
Aeronautics -- Competitions 1
Aeronautics, Commercial 1
Aeronca L-3 (O-58) Family 1
Air mail service 1
Air pilots -- Licenses -- United States 1
Aircraft cabins 1
Airlines 1
Airplane occupants 1
Airplanes -- Cockpits 1
Airplanes -- Design and construction 1
Airplanes -- Formation flying 1
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Airports 1
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Alsace (France) 1
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Arrowing A-2 Chummy 1
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United States. Army. Air Corps 5
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 4
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 3
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Lockheed 3
United States. Army 3
Akron (Airship) 2
Beachey, Lincoln J., 1887-1915 2
Curtiss 2
Fairchild 2
Germany. Luftwaffe 2
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 2
Keystone View Company 2
King County International Airport 2
Langley Field (Va.) 2
Law, Ruth, 1887-1970 2
Los Angeles (Airship) 2
McCook Field (Ohio) 2
National Championship Air Races 2
Northwest Airlines Corporation 2
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 2
Shenandoah (Airship) 2
Trans World Airlines 2
United States. Air Force 2
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 2
Wright Company 2
Acosta, Bertrand "Bert" Blanchard 1
Aerial Experiment Association 1
Alaska Airlines 1
Albatros 1
American Airlines 1
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 1
Armstrong Whitworth 1
Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 1
Atwood, Frederick Nelson, 1844-1900 1
Avro 1
Balchen, Bernt, 1899-1973 1
Barr, Effie Hortense, 1904-1985 1
Barr, Gene Edward, 1933- 1
Barr, JoAnn, 1930- 1
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 1
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 1
Beech 1
Bennett, Floyd 1
Bergstrom, Jim 1
Blackburn 1
Blume, August G. 1
Blériot 1
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 1
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 1
Boulton Paul 1
Bow, James 1
Braaten, Andrew B. 1
Breguet 1
Bristol 1
Brock, William S. 1
Brookins, Walter, 1889-1953 1
Brucker, Herbert 1
Burnelli, Vincent J. 1
Butler, Herman, 1899-1924 1
Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1st : 1928-1930) 1
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 1
California. National Guard 1
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 1
Caproni 1
Catron & Fisk 1
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 1
Claude Dornier (Firm) 1
Cleveland, Carl M., 1903- 1
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 1
Cooper, Helen 1
Corkille, John D., 1890-1943 1
Couden, Elliott N. (1911-2004) 1
Curtiss Airfield (Hempstead, N.Y.) 1
Dallas Love Field 1
Dewoitine 1
Dilonardo, James H., 1922-2000 1
Doherty, William E., 1886-1954 1
Dominguez Field (Carson, Calif.) 1
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 1
Douglas 1
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 1
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 1
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 1
Fairey 1
Finch, Arthur 1
Floyd Bennett Field (New York, N.Y.) 1
Focke-Wulf 1
Fokker 1
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
Fowler, Robert G. 1
France. Armée de l'air 1
Frank Ambrose Aviation Company, Inc 1
Friedrichshafen 1
Gates Flying Circus 1
Gates, Ivan R. 1
General Motors Corporation 1
Geraldson, Lloyd 1
Goodmanson, Goodman L., 1886-1924 1
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