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Soldiers

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Non-preferred terms: Armed Forces personnel; Members of the Armed Forces; Military personnel; Military service members; Service members; Servicemen, Military http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124554

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Joe Aiken Films

 Collection — Box Film Box 4, Reel: 1-6
Identifier: 1998-12-28
Contents of the Collection The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...
Dates: circa 1918-1950s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Elmer A. Ball World War II Negatives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-06-30
Content Description The Elmer A. Ball World War II Negatives is a collection of 184 photographic negatives taken by Ball during his service with the U.S. Navy, much of which took place in Guam during the later years of World War II. The negatives are all medium format black-and-white negatives, except for one color transparency. They were not organized in any particular manner.The images depict a variety of people, activities, and buildings in and around Naval Air Station Agana on Guam from roughly...
Dates: circa 1944-1950
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Dorothy Elizabeth (Baker) Bond World War I Poster Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-04-29-1
Overview

Dorothy Elizabeth (Baker) Bond was a Seattleite who supported the World War I homefront effort by selling war bonds and campaigning for the Red Cross. The collection consists of nearly 250 illustrated posters and broadsides that Bond collected during her work selling war bonds. The posters, which date from 1914-1919, were produced by various government agencies and non-profit organizations to promote military enlistment, fundraising campaigns, and homefront efforts supporting of the war.

Dates: circa 1914-1920
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Roy T. Church Vietnam War Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-09-29
Abstract

Roy T. Church (b. 1944) was born in Great Falls, Montana and served in Vietnam with the U.S. Marines as a bombadier and navigator from 1968-1969. The collection contains slides, photographs and a map related to his military service.

Dates: 1965-1969
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Floyd R. Daniel Boeing Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2010-01-20
Contents of the Collection The Floyd R. Daniel Boeing Collection is comprised of materials relating to Daniel’s 26-year career as photographer and videographer at the Boeing Company. The collection primarily consists of photographic materials and assorted documents relating to Daniel’s career, as well as seven films, all ranging from the late 1920s to early 1960s.The photographs, which are comprised of 95 black-and-white prints, nine color prints, 22 negatives, and three transparencies, consist of official...
Dates: 1920s-1960s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Calvin H. and Yun Yau Kam Military Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-03-24
Abstract

Yun Yau Kam served in the U.S. Army for 19 years and was the father of Calvin H. Kam. Calvin H. Kam was born in Hawaii and enlisted in 1969, completing flight school in 1970. The collection contains military documents, photographs, and slides relating to the military service of Calvin H. Kam during Vietnam and photographs and clippings related to his father's, Yun Yau Kam, service during World War II and the Korean War.

Dates: 1939-1970s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Margaret Keyser Early Aviation Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1991-07-26
Contents of the Collection The Margaret Keyser Early Aviation Photograph Collection includes approximately 70 black-and-white photographs of assorted aircraft, 1918-1940 (bulk dates 1920s-1930s). Sizes range from 3x5" to 16x20" and many images include brief captions that provide contextual information, such as aircraft model, location, or date. A sample of identified aircraft includes the Boeing P-12E, Curtiss O-1 Falcon, Douglas B-23, Keystone Bomber, and Thomas-Morse O-19. There are also several shots of...
Dates: 1918-1940; Majority of material found within 1920s-1930s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Julius Christian Harland Knauss Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1987-03-30-B
Abstract

Julius Christian Harland Knauss (1898-1986) served in the U.S. Navy during World War I at the Seattle (Wash.) Naval Training Camp. The collection contains material relating to the camp.

Dates: circa 1918-1959; Majority of material found within 1918
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

William Orthman World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-07-17-A
Abstract

William Orthman (1911-1990) was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He served in the China-Burma-India Theater as Public Relations Officer. The collection is comprised of 340 photographs and a small amount of textual materials from his 1945-1946 service.

Dates: 1945-1946
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 2,116 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

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