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photographic prints

 Subject

Staff Only
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 418 Collections and/or Records:

Jeanette R. (Rogowski) Witzkowski World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-11-27
Contents of the Collection The Jeanette R. (Rogowski) Witzkowski World War II Collection relates to the World War II-era experience of Jeanette Witzkowski, who served as a pilot and air traffic controller during World War II. It includes primarily textual materials and a small amount of photographic prints, with the bulk of the material falling within 1935-1947. Textual materials include Civil Aeronuatics Administration (CAA) air traffic control instructional documents and aircraft clearance forms and...
Dates: 1935-1948,1983; Majority of material found within 1935-1948
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Fred Woods World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-08-22
Contents of the Collection The Fred Woods World War II Collection is comprised of photographic prints, negatives, a photograph album, and a small number of documents that relate to the World War II experience of United States Navy pilot Fred Woods. The collection has been arranged into two series, visual materials and textual materials. Visual materials, which are the bulk of the collection, include 26 loose black-and-white photographic prints and 27 negatives. Sizes vary from 3x5" to 8x10" and...
Dates: 1942-circa 1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

World War I Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-00-00-6
Abstract

Sixteen (16) assorted photographs of soldiers circa World War I.

Dates: circa 1914-1918
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

World War I Stereographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-00-00-5
Abstract

Stereoscopic photographs of scenes from World War I scenes.

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

World War II Pacific Theater Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-48
Contents of the Collection The World War II Pacific Theater Photographs contains 227 black-and-white prints and 18 negatives taken by United States Army and Navy photographers documenting U.S. military activities in the Pacific Theater in 1945. The images seem to be military publicity shots and the majority of the photographs appear to have been taken in the Marianas Islands.Due to the relatively small size of the collection, materials were grouped by subject and sorted alphabetically. The bulk of the...
Dates: 1944-1946
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Frank Wilbur Wright Military Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1986-01-02
Abstract

Frank Wilbur Wright (1886-1950) of Portland, Oregon spent most of his adult life in the military, with service spanning the Oregon Naval Militia, Oregon National Guard, U.S. Army Air Service, Air Corps, and Air Force, and both World Wars. The collection contains commissions, photographs, identification cards, and other materials relating to Wright's long military career.

Dates: 1911-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Orville Wright Letter

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-10-01-D
Abstract

4-page typed letter signed on Wright Company letterhead, dated April 7, 1915, to Frederick Eppelsheimer of the New York Herald, discussing the possibility of using a pendulum to stabilize aircraft, mentioning the death of his brother Wilbur, and referencing fellow aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss. Accompanied by a small matte-finish portrait of Eppelsheimer, dated 1918.

Dates: 1915 April 7
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Frank R. Yager Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2018-07-24
Content Description The Frank R. Yager Collection consists of items documenting Yager's career as an airmail pilot. Included are three logbooks, his pilot's licenses and certificates, and 14 photographs. The photographs consist of both snapshots and formal group portraits as well as some views of airmail planes. There are few identifications with the photographs, but also depicted are Lee Patterson, Jack Knight, and C.F. Egge. Additionally, there are photocopies of other images. There is one folder of...
Dates: 1918-1946, 1994
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box Assorted Oversize Photo Box 1, oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 1987-09-01-A
Contents of the Collection The Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection is comprised of fifteen 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 photograph depicts an at-sea aircraft carrier with a full deck of aircraft....
Dates: circa 1930s-1940s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Charles Zevart World War II Glider Pilot Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
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.

Dates: 1942-1955
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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