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photographic prints

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Opaque photographs, usually positive (i.e., reproducing appearances without tonal reversal, otherwise use "negative prints"), usually on paper, and generally, but not always, printed from a negative.

Found in 390 Collections and/or Records:

Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box Small Collections Very Large Items 1980-2005, oversize: folder
Identifier: 1987-09-01-A
Contents of the Collection The Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection is comprised of fifteen (15) black-and-white aerial photographs taken during Alaska Survey Expeditions, circa 1930s-1940s. The photographs are 18x22" and only a few have very brief contextual information on the reverse. Identifications include a Douglas R5D (Douglas C-54 Skymaster), Mount Rainier (Washington State), and the Columbia Glacier (Alaska). One (1) photograph depicts an at-sea aircraft carrier with a full deck of...

Charles Zevart World War II Glider Pilot Collection

 Collection — Box One
Identifier: 2019-05-16
Content Description The Charles Zevart World War II Glider Pilot Collection consists of items relating to the life and military career of Charles Zevart, a World War II glider pilot. The collection contains his military records, high school diploma, black-and-white photographs, correspondence with the Air Force, and his Army Flying School yearbook.

George T. Zimmer Ejection Seat Testing Photographs Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2006-06-15
Contents of the Collection The George T. Zimmer Ejection Seat Testing Photographs Collection consists of 112 photographs from the 1960s or 1970s related to aircraft ejection seat tests.The first folder of photographs includes 30 prints, one 4x5" and the rest 8x10". Twenty-eight are black-and-white prints and two are in color. These photographs depict United States Air Force ejection seat testing experiments, some labeled as taking place at the U.S. Naval Aerospace Recovery Facility in El Centro, California....

Glenn E. Zimmerman World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-10-16-307
Abstract Glenn E. Zimmerman (1912-1993) served with the United States Navy as a pilot during World War II. The collection contains photographs, holiday greeting cards and menus, military records, and military identification card from his 1942-1946 military service.

Harold W. Zipp Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-11-12
Abstract Harold W. Zipp was an engineer at the Boeing Company for forty years. The collection documents his career, particularly his tenure in Wichita, Kansas, with diaries, photographs and other documents.

Kurt Zwar Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2014-09-24
Contents of the Collection The collection is comprised of forty-two (42) black-and-white photographs depicting aircraft and military personnel of World War I and World War II. The photographs were purchased by Zwar; no personal connection to the subjects of the photographs is known. There is also one piece of ephemera, a "Smileage Book" which holds ration coupons for "military entertainments."The photographs vary in size, from 3x5 to 6x8". They feature WWI and WWII aircraft, in the ground, in flight, and a...

Paul A. Ludwig Military Aviation Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-11-06
Abstract The Paul A. Ludwig Military Aviation Photograph Collection contains 2382 photographic prints and negatives with a very small amount of textual materials collected by Paul A. Ludwig and ranging from the late 1910s through the early 1980s. The bulk and strength of the collection is photographs of World War II-era aircraft and squadrons. The collection is nearly all copy prints from a variety of institutions and dozens of private collections.

Claude Shea Early Aviation Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 1990-03-20-A
Contents of the Collection The Claude Shea Early Aviation Photograph Collection holds two vintage black-and-white photographs depicting early aviators from 1924 and 1930, respectively. One photograph shows the Douglas World Cruiser "Seattle (No. 1)" piloted by Major Martin during the flight around the world. It was likely taken in Seward, Alaska, circa April 1924. The caption on verso reads: "This could be near Seward, Alaska. Major Martin. Around the world flight of 1924?" It is 3 x 4.5 inches and in poor condition,...

Glenn Y. and Ronald L. Robinson Aircraft Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-09-01
Contents of the Collection The Glenn Y. and Ronald L. Robinson Photograph Collection is largely comprised of a mixture of United States Air Force and Boeing Company photographs, circa 1930s-1980s. The prints were collected by the Robinsons over the course of and in relation to their respective careers with the USAF and Boeing. Series I: Glenn Y. Robinson USAF photograph collection holds 222 photographs, one negative and one slide that depict various aircraft. The images were...

World War I era Photographs

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-27
Contents of the Collection The World War I era Photographs is a small collection of twenty-four black-and-white vintage prints of unknown origin that depict aircraft and military personnel of World War I, circa 1914-1919. Scenes include military aircraft and personnel, primarily German forces. A few aircraft are shown in flight but most prints show aircraft that have been shot down or crashed. Identified people include René Fonck, Paul von Hindenburg, and John J. Pershing. Identified locations include Château-Thierry and...

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