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clippings (information artifacts)

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Illustrations, pages, articles, or columns of text removed from books, newspapers, journals, or other printed sources and kept for their informational content.

Found in 200 Collections and/or Records:

Merle M. Coons Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-02-13-1136
Abstract

Colonel Merle Coons (1921-1997) was a United States Air Force fighter pilot, earning ace status during World War II. The collection is a subset of the American Fighter Aces Collection and includes primarily textual materials, such as military orders and records, flight records and a log book, and a scrapbook, as well as a photograph album and a small amount of loose photographs.

Dates: 1942-1997
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Elliott N. Couden Airmail Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1983-11-18-A
Contents of the Collection The Elliott N. Couden Airmail Collection is a relatively small collection that pertains to the early days of airmail via Pacific Air Transport (PAT), United Air Lines (UAL), and Varney Air Lines (VAL). It includes textual and photographic materials, dating from 1929-1944. Textual materials include both original and photocopies of clippings related to airmail pilots of the 1930s-1940s, including some of their crashes and deaths; and airmail service, including news about routes....
Dates: 1926-1948
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

David L. Davidson Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-11
Abstract David L. Davidson was an electrical engineer at The Boeing Company and worked on the Saturn V Rocket and the Lunar Rover projects. He served in the U.S. Marines from 1942-1946 and in the U.S. Army Reserves Engineer Corps from 1957-1962. This collection, which dates from 1941 to his retirement from Boeing in 1988, consists of textual materials, photographs, and one digital audio recording. It includes administrative records, notes, Boeing managerial training materials, photographs that depict...
Dates: circa 1937-1988
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Dodge H. Dean World War II Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-138
Content Description The Dodge H. Dean World War II Collection consists primarily of training materials from Dean's service with both the Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Training materials from Dean's time with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) from about 1937-1942 make up the bulk of the collection. Included are printed lecture outlines and printed notes on a variety of topics such as airframes; airmanship; airways regulations; armament; engines;...
Dates: 1937-1950
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Marilyn (Chittick) Deel Pan Am Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2012-08-02
Contents of the Collection The Marilyn (Chittick) Deel Pan Am Flight Attendant Collection is comprised primarily of visual materials, including scrapbook pages, loose photographs, and two clippings, related to Marilyn (Chittick) Deel and her time as a flight attendant and purser for Pan American World Airways (Pan Am), 1959-1961. The bulk of the collection are the scrapbook pages. The pages are black paper and primarily hold photographs using photo corners, tape, and/or glue. It also holds a few pieces of...
Dates: 1959-1961
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Victoria M. DeVines Douglas Aircraft Photograph and Lithograph Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 1989-01-15
Contents of the Collection This small collection contains photographs and lithographs of Douglas Aircraft, 1933-1958. There are seven 8x10" black-and-white photographs of the Douglas DC series. Each of the aircraft are depicted in flight and several images include Douglas Aircraft Co. stamps on the reverse. There are also twenty 8x10" black-and-white lithographs of assorted Douglas aircraft. The lithographs feature an image on the front and a three-view of the same aircraft on the reverse. Also...
Dates: 1933-1958
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Robert R. and Canadette Dickson Museum of Flight Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-00-00-54
Contents of the Collection

The Robert R. and and Canadette Museum of Flight Scrapbook is a single-item collection, created by Robert R. and Canadette Dickson and documents their involvement with The Museum of Flight and related restoration projects from 1978-1987. The scrapbook includes clippings, printed ephemera, and photographs. Topics include the Boeing Model 80A restoration, Pathfinder Awards, and Red Barn. Some pages and materials are quite loose and/or fragile.

Dates: 1978-1987
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

The James H. Dilonardo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-01-21
Abstract

James H. Dilonardo was a local aviation enthusiast strongly tied to Boeing Field and The Museum of Flight. His collection consits of photographs, textual materials, sound recordings, and film largely related to aviation in Seattle, Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: 1930-1981
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Johnny Dingle Boeing 247D Restoration Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-05-10
Contents of the Collection

The Johnny Dingle Boeing 247D Restoration Scrapbook is comprised of a single photograph album with photographs, clippings, and printed ephemera that documents the restoration of The Museum of Flight's Boeing 247D (NC13347) "The City of Renton." The album holds 86 photographic prints and additional digital prints, clippings, and assorted pieces of ephemera. The album was likely compiled by Johnny Dingle, who was a founding member of The Museum of Flight and a pilot of the Boeing 247D.

Dates: 1945, 1966-1995
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Lorraine L. (Coccio) Ditsworth Western Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2009-02-20
Contents of the Collection The Lorraine L. (Coccio) Ditsworth Western Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual materials and photographs collected by Ditsworth during her 1953-1956 service as a Western Airlines (WA) flight attendant.The textual materials include three logs which contain notes about Ditsworth's flights, 1953-1956; several "Orchid letters" (complimentary letters) about Ditsworth and her service to passengers; assorted documents related to her employment with...
Dates: 1951-1956
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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