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 5 Collections and/or Records:
Steven E. Brackin Prints of Leigh Wade Negatives of Douglas World Cruisers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-183
Contents of the Collection
The Steven E. Brackin Prints of Leigh Wade Negatives of Douglas World Cruisers consists of 45 8x10-inch black-and-white reproduction prints, primarily from negatives in the Leigh Wade Collection housed at McDermott Library, United State Air Force Academy. The prints were collected and possibly printed by Brackin and provide a glimpse into various aspects of the 1924 around-the-world flight of the Douglas World Cruisers. All four aircraft are represented, as are the pilots. The...
Dates:
1924
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
John Cook Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2013-07-31
Abstract
Born in Scotland, John Cook (1899-) was a mechanic who worked on the engines that powered the Douglas World Cruisers that completed the first circumnavigation of the globe by air. Cook also served in the military for thirty-six years and later was a Quality Control Inspector for the Air Force Aircraft program at Boeing. The collection contains photographs, slides, and textual materials primarily related to his time at Boeing as well as some photographs and documents related to his...
Dates:
1920-1986
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
First Around-the-World Flight Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-96
Abstract
The First Around-the-World Flight Collection is primarily comprised of reproduction photographs and clippings that document the April-September 1924 around-the-world flight flown by Douglas World Cruisers. There is also a small amount of commemorative materials, most of which focuses on the 50th anniversary of the event in 1974.
Dates:
1924 March - 2024
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
Florence Ragen Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2007-03-29-C
Contents of the Collection
The Florence Ragen Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection contains a single black-and-white photograph taken in March 1924. The image depicts six of the eight fliers from the first round-the-world flight standing in front of a car: (from left to right) Leigh Wade, Erik H. Nelson, Leslie P. Arnold, Lowell H. Smith, John Harding, Jr., and Henry H. Ogden. Two Douglas World Cruisers are partially visible behind the men. A note on the back of the print identifies the right-hand plane as the...
Dates:
1924 March
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives