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Collection
Identifier: 2005-10-06-B
Abstract
William E. Boeing, Sr. (1881-1956) was an aviation pioneer and founded The Boeing Company in 1916. The collection holds textual materials, such as correspondence, philately, business-related materials, clippings, and ephemera, as well as photographs and illustrations related to his personal and business life, circa 1783-2008. Major areas of interest include family photographs and extensive personal and business-related correspondence.
Dates:
circa 1783-2008; Majority of material found within 1900s-1930s
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2004-09-07
Content Description
The Manny Gorin Wright Brothers Glass Plate Negatives Collection consists of 15 glass plate negatives of the Wright Brothers and their Model A aircraft in France, circa 1908-1909. Four images depict the Model A in flight. Five images show the aircraft on the ground with groups of people, primarily men, standing around it and inspecting it. One image shows the plane being wheeled across a dirt road toward a barn-like structure, likely Wilbur's temporary hangar at the Hunaudières...
Dates:
1908-1909
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
Collection
Identifier: 2018-10-01-C
Abstract
Personal album of aviation photographer William Preston Mayfield wtih 50 silver gelatin prints relating to Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Dates:
1909-circa 1930
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
Collection
Identifier: 1990-10-26
Contents of the Collection
The Robert W. Radoll Early Aviation Collection documents the professional and personal life of early aviator and airmail pilot Robert W. Radoll from circa 1920 to 1933. The collection consists of textual material, such as correspondence, clippings, and logbooks, as well as a total of 138 photographs. It is divided into two main series: Professional and Personal.The Professional series has been further divided into subseries: Barnstorming, Northwest...
Dates:
1920-1933
Collection
Identifier: 2018-10-01-D
Abstract
4-page typed letter signed on Wright Company letterhead, dated April 7, 1915, to Frederick Eppelsheimer of the New York Herald, discussing the possibility of using a pendulum to stabilize aircraft, mentioning the death of his brother Wilbur, and referencing fellow aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss. Accompanied by a small matte-finish portrait of Eppelsheimer, dated 1918.
Dates:
1915 April 7
Collection — Box: Assorted oversize box 24, oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2019-00-00-1
Contents of the Collection
The Edward M. Young Aviation lithograph collection is comprised of eighteen (18) 11x14" color lithographs of assorted aircraft and aviators, created in 1974-circa 1990s. Identified aircraft include the Wright Military Flyer, "The Spirit of St. Louis", and Lockheed Vega "Winnie May." Identified personalities include Amelia Earhart, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Wilbur and Orvile Wright, General Jimmy Doolittle, Robert H. Goddard, Neil Armstrong, and John Glenn. Many of the lithographs,...
Dates:
1974-circa 1990s
