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Airships

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Non-preferred terms: Aerostats; Air-ships; Aircraft, Lighter-than-air; Balloons, Dirigible; Blimps; Dirigible balloons; Dirigibles; Lighter-than-air craft; Zeppelins http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002992

Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Gertler French Glass Plates Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-11-08-1.5
Contents of the Collection The Joseph Gertler French Glass Plates Collection is comprised of 115 glass plate positives and negatives depicting aircraft in France, circa 1917-1935. The majority of images are stereoscopic format.The glass plates have been organized into eight sets based on original groupings. Sets one through six likely originated from the same source as there is overlap in subject matter. Sets one through four were originally housed in identical containers within a larger cardboard box. The...
Dates: circa 1917-1935
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-09-18
Abstract

Three albums of World War I photographs depicting various squadrons and corps of the United States Air Service stationed along the French-German border during and after the war.

Dates: circa 1914-1919
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Elizabeth S. Keast Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-00-00-17
Content Description The Elizabeth S. Keast Photograph Collection consists of 77 black-and-white photographs depicting aviation activities, planes, and personalities in the United States and Canada from about 1908-1930, as well as various other subjects.The collection is sub-divided by subject and files have been organized alphabetically. The first folder contains 29 prints of assorted aircraft. Of note are images of The Aerial Experiment Association's Red Wing, Silver Dart, and the Loon; two images of...
Dates: 1908-1931
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

Karl Martinez Dash-80 Barrel Roll Film

 Collection — Box Film Box 1, Reel: 1
Identifier: 1993-05-29
Contents of the Collection The Karl Martinez Dash-80 Film consists of one home movie-style film of Boeing Company test pilot Alvin “Tex” Johnston performing a barrel roll of the Boeing 367-80, a prototype of the Boeing 707, over the 1955 Seafair Gold Cup Hydroplane races.The footage begins with scenes of hydroplanes and boats on Lake Washington, spectators on boats, and a U.S. Navy airship with the text "Join the U.S. Naval Air Reserve / Be a Naval Aviation Cadet" on its gasbag. The barrel roll footage...
Dates: 1955 August 6
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Roger Charles McNally Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-06-19
Abstract

Roger Charles McNally (1887-1922) joined the U. S. Army in 1917 and after World War I was sent to Italy to assist with the Army’s purchase of the airship Roma. The collection consists of clippings, photographs, and assorted ephmera related to Master Sergeant McNally's career in the Army Air Corps, and his death in the airshipRoma accident.

Dates: 1892-1941
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

William Monks Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-02-28
Abstract

Two photograph albums containing images of the Monks family and William Monks's World War I service in the U.S. Navy.

Dates: circa 1915-1920s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Ralph A. Newcomb Early California Aviation Photograph Collection

 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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Clyde Pangborn Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-12-27
Abstract

Clyde Edward Pangborn (circa 1890s-1958) was born in Bridgeport, Washington and was a military pilot and barnstormer. The collection contains photographs and illustrations, correspondence, advertisements, newspaper clippings, a date book, military service records, and ephemera related to the Pangborn's personal life, military service, and barnstorming career from approximately 1912 to 1981.

Dates: 1912-1981
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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