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printed ephemera

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Printed works that are created to meet an array of immediate needs, usually transitory in nature not intended to be saved. Examples could be broadsides, posters, leaflets, pamphlets, programs, postcards, tradecards, labels, tickets, handbills, sale notices, and valentines.

Found in 156 Collections and/or Records:

Virginia Randall TWA Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2008-09-04B
Contents of the Collection The Virginia Randall TWA Flight Attendant Collection is a small amount of materials relating to Randall's time as a Trans World Airways (TWA) flight attendant from 1953-1954. The materials were collected by Randall. The collection contains six (6) portraits of Randall in her TWA uniform. Two (2) of these are are black-and-white, four (4) have been colorized, all are 8x10" and all are digital reprints, not vintage photographs. The rest of the materials are textual and include a...
Dates: 1953-1954
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Walluf Rasmussen Pan American World Airways Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 1984-11-06
Contents of the Collection

This small collection is comprised of a souvenir flight packet given to passengers on the Pan American Airways "Alaska Super-Six Clipper Service," circa 1953. Packet contents include a time selector for determining time in other time zones, breakfast menu, suggestion card, and a service brochure that highlights the new "pressurized comfort" of the DC-6.

Dates: Circa 1953
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Lyden H. Rien Boeing Flying Fortress School Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-01-31
Content Description The Lyden H. Rien Boeing Flying Fortress School Collection consists of materials related to Rien's military service during World War II as a B-17 mechanic. The bulk of the collection consists of U.S. Army Air Corps Technical School training materials from the Boeing Flying Fortress School, part of the Boeing School of Aeronautics, from when Rien trained as a B-17 mechanic in 1942. The materials include a two-volume training manual that is interspersed with handwritten notes and...
Dates: 1941-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Henry C. Runkel Apollo Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1987-09-23
Content Description The Henry C. Runkel Apollo Collection is a small collection with visual and textual materials documenting the development of the Saturn launch vehicles used in NASA's Apollo program in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The collection consists of items gathered by Runkel who was Boeing's Chief Engineer for the S-1C stage of the Saturn V rocket at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. Of most interest is a bound document titled "Apollo Saturn V S-1C Booster...
Dates: circa 1966-1977
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

James P. Rush World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2018-00-00-66
Contents of the Collection This small collection contains World War II-era pilot training materials, possibly used by James P. Rush, who likely served as a pilot. It includes 2 copies of "Weather for Pilot Trainees Elementary Student's Workbook;" several pages of training exercises, such as quizzes; and other textual materials related to weather and air navigation, including a navigation logbook for Stuttgart Army Air Field (Arkansas) and a weather map symbol chart. Additional documents cover aircraft...
Dates: 1939 to 1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Russian Transpolar Flight Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-12-23
Abstract

The Russian Transpolar Flight Collection primarily documents the June 1937 transpolar flight by Russian aviators Valery Chkalov, Georgii Baidukov, and V. Belydakov with photographs, clippings, audio-visual materials, and various textual materials. It also features a small amount of material about the July 1937 transpolar flight by Russian aviators M. Gromov, Sergei Danilin, and Andrei Yumashev, as well as general Russia-related research materials.

Dates: 1937-2012
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Michael T. Russo World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-08-25
Abstract

Michael T. Russo (1920-2006) was born in Cleveland, Ohio and joined the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1941 as a fighter pilot. Russo attained Ace status while fighting in the European and Mediterranean Theaters of Operation. The collection contains photographs, textual materials and ephemera related to the World War II experience of American Fighter Ace Michael T. Russo.

Dates: 1943-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Denise Babcock Schmidt Pan American Airways Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Box One
Identifier: 2008-10-28
Contents of the Collection The Denise Babcock Schmidt Pan American Airways Flight Attendant Collection is comprised primarily of textual materials and some photographs documenting Schmidt's time as a Pan Am flight attendant from 1973-1985, with some materials dating in the 2000s. The collection contains two Pan Am Stewardess School diplomas with color photographic 8x10" class portraits and accompanying certificate holder, 1973 and 1977. In addition, there are twelve color 3x5" photographs which are...
Dates: 1973-2008
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Jake Schultz Boeing 787 Materials

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2010-08-17
Contents of Collection

The Jake Schultz Boeing 787 Collection is a very small collection comprised of Boeing 7E7/787 Dreamliner ephemera dated 2004-2010. The collection includes brochures, decals, a first flight cover dated December 15, 2009, and business cards from various Boeing personnel, including Schultz. The materials were collected by Schultz during part of his time working at Boeing.

Dates: 2004-2010
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Kenneth E. Schultz Western Airlines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1995-06-28
Overview

Kenneth E. Schultz was a Douglas DC-6B aircraft flight engineer for Western Airlines from the 1950s to 1960s. This small collection is comprised of materials related to the Western Airlines Chapter of Flight Engineers’ International Association and Shultz’s labor disputes with Western Airlines while he was employed with the company as a flight engineer.

Dates: 1948-1989
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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