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1 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Air pilots--1900-1950.
Oskar Ursinus collection of aeronautical pictures
ca. 800 items (photographs, reproductions, drawings). -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Images show model airplanes; sailplanes; motorless hydroplanes; gliders; civilian and military airplanes; rotary wing aircraft; aircraft engines and parts; parachutes; armaments; competitions and air shows; aviators and aerobatic champion pilots; manufacturing; airships and balloons; etc. Also some technical material (design, structural, and analytical drawings) relating to aerodynamics, theory of flight, and aircraft construction; catalogs, advertisements, and magazine covers; etc. Mostly German subject matter.