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Ralph A. Newcomb Early California Aviation Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2023-08-30

Overview

Ralph A. Newcomb worked as an aviator and mechanic in the early 1900s, during the pioneering days of aviation in California. The collection dates from 1910 to 2006 and is predominantly comprised of photographic materials and a small number of textual documents collected by Newcomb during his time in the field of aviation.

Dates: 1910-1919, 2005-2006; Majority of material found within 1911-1919

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Nordhoff and Dunnam Families World War I and Bellevue Airport Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1993-05-11

Abstract

Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, and assorted ephemera from the Nordhoff and Dunnam families, who served as pilots in World War I and World War II and later founded the Bellevue Airport.

Dates: 1910s to 1980s, 2014

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Alan Lonsdale Patterson Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2021-08-03-A

Overview Alan Lonsdale Patterson worked extensively in the field of aviation from the 1920s to the 1980s. Throughout his career he worked as a barnstormer, pilot and established multiple companies that facilitated the sale of aircraft and aeronautical equipment, predominately between companies based in the United States and China. The collection represents both his professional and personal life through correspondence, photographs, business records, clippings and audiovisual materials, as well as...

Dates: 1876-2021; Majority of material found within 1920-1981

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

John D. Pearce NASA and Space Shuttle Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2014-10-09

Contents of the Collection The John D. Pearce NASA and Space Shuttle Collection is comprised primarily of visual materials, including photographs, negatives, and slides, as well as assorted ephemera, such as decals, press badges, NASA publications, and clippings. Materials mainly relate to NASA and Space Shuttle events, launches, and news from 1981-1989. The bulk of the collection is housed within three albums and contains the majority of the visual materials, although there is a small amount of loose...

Dates: 1963-1989

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Henry L. Reed Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 1993-01-14

Abstract

Henry L. Reed was a Technical Sergeant in the United States Air Force from 1942-1963. The collection contains negatives, slides, and photographs of various military aircraft taken by Reed during his service.

Dates: 1949-1962

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Russian Transpolar Flight Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2012-12-23

Abstract

The Russian Transpolar Flight Collection primarily documents the June 1937 transpolar flight by Russian aviators Valery Chkalov, Georgii Baidukov, and V. Belydakov with photographs, clippings, audio-visual materials, and various textual materials. It also features a small amount of material about the July 1937 transpolar flight by Russian aviators M. Gromov, Sergei Danilin, and Andrei Yumashev, as well as general Russia-related research materials.

Dates: 1937-2012

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Noah D. Showalter Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2021-02-25-A

Content Description The Noah D. Showalter Collection consists of textual, visual and audiovisual materials related to the career of N.D. Showalter, from his military service during World War II, to his time as a Boeing test pilot, and later work in military aircaft development.Showalter's military service as a bomber pilot during World War II is documented with a few military records but primarily with materials related to his involvement with the 483rd Bomb Group Association. Included are letters...

Dates: 1945-2012

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

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

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Ralph A. Newcomb Early California Aviation Photograph Collection

Nordhoff and Dunnam Families World War I and Bellevue Airport Collection

Alan Lonsdale Patterson Papers

John D. Pearce NASA and Space Shuttle Collection

Henry L. Reed Photographs

Russian Transpolar Flight Collection

Noah D. Showalter Collection

Charles E. Smith Boeing School of Aeronautics Negatives

Howard E. Smith World War II Photograph Collection

Walt Sobol Photographs and Negatives

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