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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

William Frederick Barns U.S. Air Force Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-04-13
Abstract

William Frederick "Bill" Barns (1920-1995) joined the United States Air Force in 1942 and flew in the European Theater during World War II. After the war, Barns served in the USAF in several capacities until his retirement in 1966 when he went to work in the private sector, including for Garrett Corporation. The collection contains a broad array of textual materials as well as photographs and digital images related to his military and professional careers.

Dates: 1941 to 1990s

Clarence A. Borley U.S. Naval Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-20
Abstract

Clarence A. Borley (1924-2019) was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot and ace. The collection documents Borley's 36-year military career as a pilot and fighter ace in the U.S. Navy and consists of textual, visual and audiovisual materials and primarily dates from 1942 to 1968, with some later dates and a small amount of personal materials.

Dates: 1942-1999, 2015; Majority of material found within 1942-1968

Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-08-09
Contents of the Collection The Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection is comprised of photographs and various textual materials, including military records, orrders, certificates, and correspondence, primarily related to the World War II experience of Lewis Paul Bowers, a flight navigator on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator ("Rude Nude") of the 307th Bombardment Group, 13th Air Force. There are also some items related to post-war activities as well as personal and family materials. The bulk of the collection...
Dates: 1932-2012; Majority of material found within 1942-1946

Don Brown Early Pacific Northwest Aviation Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-06-26
Content Description The Don Brown Early Pacific Northwest Aviation Photograph Collection is a small collection of visual materials collected by Brown that feature various aviation personalities and aviation scenes in the Pacific Northwest region during the early 20th century. The main individuals represented are Vern C. Gorst, as well as two female aviators, Florence Seidell and Ruth Wightman. Aviation scenes includes images of crowds watching planes in flight, planes in flight over water, planes parked in...
Dates: circa 1910s-1920s

Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-06-17
Abstract

The Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers is comprised of documents and scrapbooks, photographic prints and photograph albums, and assorted ephemera primarily pertaining to the life and military career of Lieutenant Commander Emile Chourré (1894-1938). Major topics include Chourré's military service, especially while stationed in Coco Solo, Panama; his service as a U.S. Naval announcer for the 1929-1931 and 1933-1934 National Air Races; and family (immediate and extended) photographs.

Dates: 1889-1988; Majority of material found within 1920s-1950s

John Cook Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-07-31
Abstract Born in Scotland, John Cook (1899-) was a mechanic who worked on the engines that powered the Douglas World Cruisers that completed the first circumnavigation of the globe by air. Cook also served in the military for thirty-six years and later was a Quality Control Inspector for the Air Force Aircraft program at Boeing. The collection contains photographs, slides, and textual materials primarily related to his time at Boeing as well as some photographs and documents related to his...
Dates: 1920-1986

Lee Embree Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-08-08
Abstract

Lee R. Embree (1915-2008) was born in Iowa, enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1936, and was assigned to the 38th Reconnaisance Squadron as an aerial photographer during World War II. Embree was at Hickam Field, Hawaii during the 1941 Pearl Harbor bombing and took several photographs. The collection contains photographs, textual materials, audiovisual materials, and a scrapbook that relate to Embree's military service and photography as well as his post-war photography activities.

Dates: 1918-2005 (bulk dates 1939-1945)

First in America Aviation Meet program

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1995-03-19
Contents of the Collection This small collection is comprised of an original program for the 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field. The front cover reads "Official Program, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1910 for First America Aviation Meet, Los Angeles, January 10-20, 1910, American & Foreign Aviators, Daily Flights, Los Angeles Day, Price, 10 cents."The inside pages list officers of the meet, aviators, and balloons scheduled to fly that day, and lists of prizes. On the left inside page, there...
Dates: 1910 January 11

Goodman L. Goodmanson Los Angeles International Air Meet Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 1990-03-13
Abstract

Goodman L. Goodmanson (1886-1924) worked as a photographer for the Los Angeles Examiner during the 1910s. The collection is comprised of a photograph album containing sixty-three (63) black-and-white photographs depicting scenes from the Los Angeles International Air Meet of 1910 and a handwritten notecard presenting the album as a gift.

Dates: 1910

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United States. Army Air Forces 3
United States. Marine Corps 3
Akron (Airship) 2
Boeing 2
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 2
Dominguez Field (Carson, Calif.) 2
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 2
Nagoya Airfield (Japan) 2
North American 2
Paulhan, Louis, 1883-1963 2
Shenandoah (Airship) 2
United States. Army 2
Wightman, Ruth, 1897-1939 2
Willard, Charles Foster, 1883-1977 2
American Airlines 1
Arizona (Battleship) 1
Arkansas (Battleship) 1
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 1
Army Air Forces Navigation School (San Marcos Army Air Field, Tex.) 1
Ascani, Fred J. (Fred John), 1917-2010 1
Barns, William Frederick, 1920-1995 1
Beachey, Lincoln J., 1887-1915 1
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 1
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 1
Bowers, Barry Austin, 1943-2017 1
Bowers, Claradee 1
Bowers, Harold E., 1918-1942 1
Bowers, Lewis Paul, 1922- 1
Bowers, Mary C. (Weidner), 1922-2010 1
Bowers, Ora E. 1
Brookins, Walter, 1889-1953 1
California. National Guard 1
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 1
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 1
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 1
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 1
Chourre (ARV-1) 1
Chourré, Catherine (Davis), 1894-1985 1
Chourré, Ceci 1
Chourré, Clinton Emile, 1963- 1
Chourré, Emile, 1894-1938 1
Chourré, Jack Mausegne, 1930-2014 1
Chourré, Jeanne Louise, 1921-2013 1
Chourré, Karen Jean (Condon) 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Cook, John, 1899- 1
Corkille, John D., 1890-1943 1
Danilin, Sergei 1
Davis, Carrie (Cornell), 1866-1958 1
Davis, David R., -1972 1
Davis, Jefferson Lee, 1862-1939 1
Doerflinger, Andy 1
Douglas Aircraft Company 1
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 1
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 1
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 1
Douglas, Donald, Jr. 1
Douglas, William 1
Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland) 1
Embree, Lee 1
Eppright, G. J. 1
Essex (Aircraft carrier) 1
Fowler, Robert G. 1
Garrett AiResearch 1
Goodmanson, Goodman L., 1886-1924 1
Gorst, Vern C., 1876-1953 1
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 1
Graff, Jules 1
Griffin, James D. 1
Gromov, M. (Mikhail), 1899-1985 1
Hamilton, Charles Keeney, 1885-1914 1
Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938 1
Hinneman, Earl 1
Hoffman Field (N.C.) 1
Howard, Benjamin Odell 1
Independence (Aircraft carrier : CV-22) 1
Irwin, Clare Rupert 1
Java (Cruiser) 1
Jones, Lucious 1
Jones, Thomas A. 1
KLM (Airline) 1
Kent, Harvey 1
Kittleson, James P. 1
Knabenshue, Roy, -1960 1
Lamping, Clarence H., 1919-2009 1
Laudan, Fred P. 1
Law, Ruth, 1887-1970 1
Lee, Don 1
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
Lockheed 1
Long, Chuck 1
Masson, Didier 1
McCook Field (Ohio) 1
McDonnell Douglas Corp 1
Michaud, Desiree "Jerry" Clifford, 1924-1982 1
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