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Joan Mettler Early Aviation Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 1984-04-10-C

Content Description The Joan Mettler Early Aviation Collection is a small collection consisting of two items: a photograph album documenting early Boeing aircraft from 1916-1929 and a report entitled “War Department Air Corps Materiel [sic] Division Dayton, Ohio Report on Aircraft Fire Prevention” from 1927.The photograph album includes 121 7.75x9.75" black-and-white prints picturing aircraft built by the Boeing Company from 1916-1929. The majority of photos show side or 3/4-views of the aircraft with...

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Pan American World Airways Airmail Flight Menu

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 1984-00-00-21

Contents of the Collection The Pan American World Airways Airmail Flight Menu is a small collection is comprised of one folded-card dinner menu from the inaugural Air Mail flight from San Francisco to New Zealand on Pan American Airways Clipper "American," on July 12, 1940. The menu was signed by members of the crew, including Captain J. H. Tilton, while it was docked at the first stop on its route: Honolulu.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Steve A. Stimpson Photograph Album

Collection

Identifier: 1986-03-25

Abstract Steve A. Stimpson was a manager for Boeing Air Transport in the 1920s-1930s. The collection contains one hundred and fifty-two (152) black-and-white photographs in an unbound photograph album documenting early United Airlines history.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Varney Airlines Stearman M-2 Speedmail photograph

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2019-00-00-87

Content Description The collection consists of one photograph depicting a Stearman M-2 Speedmail in Varney Airlines livery. Below the Varney logo, the plane is marked "U.S. Air Mail." The tail number is 9051. The plane is parked in a field of snow. Stamp on verso: "Credit photo by Johnson & Son, 319 to 322 Sonna Bldg, Boise - Idaho."

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Ron Weisberg Elmer G. Cross photographs collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2018-10-01-A

Contents of the Collection This small collection contains four (4) black-and-white photographs of Elmer Cross and relates to his airmail pilot career for Pitcairn Aviation during 1928. Each of the photographs are 8x10" and include information on the reverse. One photograph shows Cross seated in a partially obscured unidentified aircraft with another man standing next to the U.S. Mail plane. A handwritten caption on the reverse reads "Elmer G. Cross, 6/11/28, as he joins Pitcairn Aviation to fly U.S. mail."...

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Frank R. Yager Collection

Collection — Box: One

Identifier: 2018-07-04

Content Description The Frank R. Yager collection consists of items documenting Yager's career as an airmail pilot. Included are three logbooks, his pilot's licenses and certificates, and 14 photographs. The photographs consist of both snapshots and formal group portraits as well as some views of airmail planes. There are few identifications with the photographs, but also depicted are Lee Patterson, Jack Knight, and C.F. Egge. Additionally, there are photocopies of other images. There is one folder of...

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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Joan Mettler Early Aviation Collection

Pan American World Airways Airmail Flight Menu

Steve A. Stimpson Photograph Album

Varney Airlines Stearman M-2 Speedmail photograph

Ron Weisberg Elmer G. Cross photographs collection

Frank R. Yager Collection

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