Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor Family
Subject
Subject Source: Nasm
Scope Note: Aircraft.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor , circa 1929
File — Box Two, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
The Early Aviation Photograph Collection is a collection of unknown origins consisting of 328 black-and-white photographic prints and 299 negatives primarily depicting aircraft from the first half of the 20th century. Some airships, airports, pilots, and other subjects are also depicted in the photographs. The collection is arranged into two series: Airplane photographs and Non-airplane photographs. The first series, Airplane Photographs, makes up the bulk of the collection with 156...
The Julius A. Barr Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-6
Abstract
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.
Ed Brown Northwest Airlines Photographs
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 1995-06-20-A
Content Description
The collection is comprised of four photographs of Northwest Airways aircraft, dated August 1933. Aircraft include a Ford Tri-motor 5AT (NC8410), Travel Air 6000 (NC8754), Stearman C3 (NC6255), and Sikorsky S-38 (NC303N). Photographs were taken at the Northwest Airways Overhaul Base at Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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