Airplanes
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Blueprints and Technical Drawings Collection
The Blueprints and Technical Drawings Collection is an artificial collection comprised of drawings related to assorted aircraft (commercial, personal, and military), helicopters, rockets, as well as related engines, accessories, parts and buildings, ranging from 1878-2000s.
Aviation Artwork Collection
The Aviation Artwork Collection contains original works on paper and lithographic reprints of artwork related to aviation. The collection contains a wide variety of aviation-related artwork with themes of travel, war, innovation, and history.
The Julius A. Barr Photograph Album
Julius A. Barr (1905-1939) was born in Normal, Illinois and spent time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures Zhang Xueliang (also known as the "Young Marshal" and "Peter Chang") and General Chiang Kai-shek in the mid-1930s. The collection contains a photograph album with three hundred and thirty-nine (339) black-and-white photographs, most likely taken by Barr, covering his time in China.
The Becvar Family Aviation Collection
George Becvar (1909-1990) was born in Denver, Colorado and with his brothers Lou (1908-1984) and Chuck (1904-1986) started Kent Flying Service which ran from approximately 1927-1930 in Kent, Washington. The collection consists of the pilot logbook for George Becvar and a scrapbook that primarily covers George Becvar's 1927-1931 flying career.
Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers
Peter M. Bowers (1918-2003) was an aeronautical engineer at The Boeing Company for 36 years but was more noted as an aviation historian who wrote several dozen books and close to 900 articles on aircraft. This collection is notable for the approximately 150,000 photographic images he amassed during his career, as well as his writing and research files. The materials span the early 1900s to 2003.
The John R. Buschmann Boeing B-29 Collection
Lt. Col. John R. Buschmann compiled this information about the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, known as "T-Square 54," through personal research and interviews with former crew members. In 2015 these materials, including a short history of the plane written by Lt. Col. Buschmann, were donated to the Museum of Flight in an effort to keep the physical plane and its history housed in one location.
Victoria M. DeVines Douglas Aircraft Photograph and Lithograph Collection
Early Aviation Photograph Collection
The Early Aviation Photograph Collection is a collection of unknown origins consisting of 328 prints and 299 negatives, all black-and-white, primarily depicting aircraft from the first half of the 20th century. Some airships, airports, pilots, and other subjects are also represented in the images.
Joseph Gertler French Glass Plates Collection
Goodman L. Goodmanson Los Angeles International Air Meet Photograph Album
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.
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