| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
BOX 1-22 |
Publications and Reports
|
|
Early photographs, handbooks, catalogs, newspaper articles, blueprints, intelligence reports, and other publications relating to the early years of aviation, including balloon flight, airplanes and aviators. |
|
Arranged in boxes, folders, and envelopes. |
|
BOX 1 |
Henry
H. (Hap) Arnold Collection. |
|
ENVELOPE 1 |
Arnold
Collection. |
|
ITEM 1 |
Photograph
of Curtiss Condors in Death Valley, California. |
|
ITEM 2 |
Photograph
of an air mail delivery over a copper mine in Bingham,
Utah. |
|
ITEM 3 |
Program
for the ceremony that conferred the medal of merit to Jack L.
Warner (Warner Brothers Studios), 1947
|
|
ENVELOPE 2 |
New York Times article about young Henry H. Arnold, who
later became the commanding general of the Army Air Forces (AAF)
during World War II (includes photographs), 1926.
|
|
ITEM 1 |
Signed
photograph of Governor James Rolph Jr. of California at March
Field. |
|
ITEM 2 |
Signed
photograph of Charles Nungesser. |
|
ITEM 3 |
Photograph of A.L Welsh and H.H Arnold at Simms Station, Dayton
Ohio, 1911.
|
|
ITEM 4 |
New
York Times article (reprinted from 1926) containing information
on Major Arnold’s transfer from Washington. |
|
ENVELOPE 3 |
A
miscellaneous collection of black and white photos of the first
aviation designers, philanthropists, test-pilots and first
American aviators - Wilbur and Orville Wright, Thomas DeWitt
Milling, Howard Hughes, etc. Pictures of first female aviators -
Harriet Quimby, Amelia Earhart are also included. Early pictures
of the U.S. Army Air Service (chiefs, pilots, crews and group
pictures) and U.S. Army Air Corps in California, with Major Henry
H. Arnold. |
|
ITEM 1 |
Photograph
“Aero Club of Sweden”, 1911.
|
|
(2 copies) |
|
ITEM 2 |
Photograph
of the obverse of a bronze (rectangular) medal presented to the
Wright Brothers in 1909. |
|
(2 copies) |
|
ITEM 3 |
Photograph
of Charles Lindbergh with Mayor Dahlman of Omaha and Governor
Adam McMullen of Nebraska. |
|
ITEM 4 |
Photograph
of Amelia Earhart. |
|
ITEM 5 |
Photograph
of Lt. Colonel Henry Arnold (commander of the western zone, Army
Air Corps Mail Operation) with Governor Henry H. Blood of Utah
and Mayor Louis Marcus of Salt Lake City. |
|
ITEM 6 |
Photograph
of Hubert R. Harmon. |
|
ITEM 7 |
Signed
photograph of Ben W. Olcott, Governor of Oregon
1919-1923. |
|
ITEM 8 |
Photograph
“President Coolidge hears all about it from a
Round-the-World flyer.” |
|
ITEM 9 |
Photograph
of Major John H. Jouett. |
|
ITEM 10 |
Photograph
of Harold Gatty and Wiley Post. |
|
ITEM 11 |
Photograph
of President Coolidge, Lieutenant Lowell Smith and John W. Weeks,
the Secretary of War, taken at Bolling Field (Washington D.C).
“reception for world fliers, Sept. 9,
1924.” |
|
ITEM 12 |
Photograph
“Round-the-World fliers,” featuring
Lieutenants Leslie Arnold, Lowell Smith, President Coolidge,
Secretary of War John Weeks, Lieutenant Leigh P. Wade, Erik
Nelson and Henry H. Ogden. The photograph was taken in front of
“The Chicago” in 1924 after the aviators had
completed the first flight around the world. |
|
ITEM 13 |
Photograph
of drawings of Anthony H.G Fokker, Igor Sikorsky, Captain Sir
George Hubert Wilkins, Captain Roald Amundsen, Charles A.
Lindbergh and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. |
|
ITEM 14 |
Photograph
of George Eastman (Eastman Kodak) “stepping out of Army
photo plane shortly before his death.”
|
|
ITEM 15 |
Photograph
“Round the World fliers, 1924.” |
|
ITEM 16 |
Three
photographs of the round the world fliers. |
|
ITEM 17 |
Photograph
of “Ens. A.J Williams ... winner of the
Pulitzer trophy – 243 m.p.h.” |
|
ITEM 18 |
Photograph
of Colonel Thomas DeWitt Milling, U.S Air Service. |
|
ITEM 19 |
Photograph
of LT. COL. C.E. Duncan. |
|
ITEM 20 |
Photograph
of Captain E.H Beebe. |
|
ITEM 21 |
Photograph
of Major Ray A. Dunn. |
|
ITEM 22 |
Photograph
of Major S.E Brown. |
|
ITEM 23 |
Photograph
“G.H.Q. Staff 1st Wing, March Field,
Calif.” |
|
ITEM 24 |
Photograph
of Major General Mason M. Patrick, Chief of the Army Air
Service. |
|
ITEM 25 |
Photograph
of Jimmy Doolittle, 1925.
|
|
ITEM 26 |
Photograph
of the Wright Brothers during the Ft. Myer tests. |
|
ITEM 27 |
Photograph
of the round the world fliers, 1924.
|
|
ITEM 28 |
Signed
photograph of “Col. E. Wittenmyer”
1921.
|
|
ITEM 29 |
Photograph
“Class of 1925 Army Industrial
College.” |
|
ITEM 30 |
Photograph
of Colonel Billy Mitchell, 1922.
|
|
ITEM 31 |
Photograph
of Major General W.L Kenly, “Chief of Air
Service.” |
|
ITEM 32 |
Signed
photograph of Major General W.L Kenly. |
|
ITEM 33 |
Photograph
of “Air Corps Officers at Marshall Field in Flying
Equipment.” |
|
ITEM 34 |
Reproduced
photograph of “Miss Harriet
Quimby.” |
|
ITEM 35 |
Photograph
“The general and his gang – 1920”
Billy Mitchell. |
|
ITEM 36 |
Group Photograph featuring Lt. Wells, Lt. Batten, Lt. Harris Chief, Lt.
Pearson, Lt. Barksdale, Lt. Johnson, Mr. Meister, Mr. Lockwood,
Lt. Doolittle, Lt. Brookley and Lt. Macready. |
|
ITEM 37 |
Photograph
“Howard Hughes and his round-the-world, record-breaking
crew.” |
|
ITEM 38 |
Signed
photograph (contemporary reproduction) featuring William Howard
Taft, Wilbur and Orville Wright, Katharine Wright, Alan Ramsay
Hawley, Herbert Parsons and others. The picture was taken at an
award ceremony held for the Wright brothers after their return
from Europe in 1909. |
|
ITEM 39 |
Approximately
fifty unidentified photographs of Henry Arnold and others,
soldiers and staff of the Army Air Corps and other famous
aviators. |
|
ITEM 40 |
Booklet
“The H.H Arnold Collection” |
|
(3 copies) |
|
BOX 2 |
Auction
catalogs for ballooning-related items; 1934, 1935,
1940.
|
|
ITEM 1 |
“Collection
dite Au ballon" by M.Leon Bartou, “Paris. 8-9-10 Mai
1935.” |
|
ITEM 2 |
Aerostation:
a catalogue of books and engravings illustrating the evolution of
the airship and the aeroplane to 1938. Maggs Bros.Ltd, London.
1940.
|
|
ITEM 3 |
Aeronautik:
auction catalog in German illustrating items such as coins,
porcelain, small books, fans, etc., with images related to
aviation. Luzern, Schweiz. 26-27 June 1934.
|
|
BOX 3 |
Calendars
(German aircraft manufacturers) 1926-1935.
|
|
ITEM 1 |
Twelve
German sheet calendars depicting airplanes. |
|
BOX 4 |
Aerial
photographs, worldwide, 1890s to 1940.
|
|
ENVELOPE 1 |
France:
Aerial Photographs 1930-1940.
|
|
ITEM 1 |
Aerial
photograph of Reims. |
|
ITEM 2 |
Arial
photograph of Paris. |
|
ITEM 3 |
Two
unidentified aerial landscape photographs. |
|
ENVELOPE 2 |
France:
Aerial Photographs, Dates Unknown. |
|
ITEM 1 |
Photograph
of an early glider. |
|
ITEM 2 |
Aerial
view of a balloon competition. |
|
ITEM 3 |
Aerial
view of Roman ruins. |
|
ITEM 4 |
Two
aerial photographs of Tozeur, Tunisia, taken by Henry
Farman. |
|
ITEM 5 |
Two
aerial photographs taken by Henry Farman over Tunisia. |
|
ITEM 6 |
Le
palais du Bey in Tunis, Tunisia. |
|
ITEM 7 |
Courcelles-Epayelles
- a good aerial view of a French village. |
|
ITEM 8 |
Statute
of Liberty, New York. |
|
ITEM 9 |
Aerial
view of le Parc Bordelais. |
|
ITEM 10 |
Aerial
view of the Sacré-Cœre Basilica, Paris (while under
construction; completed in 1914). |
|
ITEM 11 |
Aerial
view of Guadalajara, Mexico (taken from a balloon,
pre-Revolution). |
|
ITEM 12 |
Aerial
view taken from a balloon of a French regiment. |
|
ITEM 13 |
Ten
unidentified aerial photographs of French cities and
countryside. |
|
ENVELOPE 3 |
Germany:
Aerial Photographs. |
|
ITEM 1 |
Flugplatz
Johannisthal - Germany's first airfield. |
|
ITEM 2 |
Two
aerial views of Vienna, Austria. |
|
ENVELOPE 4 |
Spain:
Aerial Photographs. |
|
ITEM 1 |
Madrid:
Puerta del Sol. |
|
ITEM 2 |
Madrid:
Palacio Real. |
|
ITEM 3 |
Madrid:
Sierra de Guadarrama |
|
(3 photographs) |
|
ITEM 4 |
Spanish
aerial view. |
|
ENVELOPE 5 |
Switzerland:
Aerial Photographs. |
|
ITEM 1 |
Three
aerial views of Salzburg, Austria. |
|
ITEM 2 |
Aerial
view of Mörsburg, Switzerland. |
|
ITEM 3 |
Aerial
photograph of a canyon taken by the “U.S Army Air
Service.” |
|
ITEM 4 |
Thirty-three
unidentified photographs of Swiss cities, countryside and the
alps taken by balloon. |
|
ENVELOPE 6 |
Italy:
Aerial Photographs. |
|
ITEM 1 |
Four
photographs of early glider and kite experiments. |
|
ITEM 2 |
Photograph
of an early airplane taking off. |
|
ITEM 3 |
Aerial
view of Axis aircraft in Castelvetrano, Sicily 1942. |
|
ITEM 4 |
Thirteen
unidentified aerial photographs. |
|
ENVELOPE 7 |
Aerial
View of Girard College. |
|
ITEM 1 |
Balloon
view of Girard College, Philadelphia, (Samuel A. King, aeronaut).
July 4, 1893.
|
|
ENVELOPE 8 |
Balloon
Views of San Diego City's Harbor. 1923.
|
|
ITEM 1 |
Two
balloon views of San Diego City’s Harbor. |
|
ENVELOPE 9 |
Aerial
view of countryside and cities in France, Germany and
Switzerland. 1890-1910.
|
|
ITEM 1 |
Photograph
of a balloon competition, 1908 . |
|
ITEM 2 |
Five
aerial views of Paris, including a photograph of Notre Dame,
1907.
|
|
ITEM 3 |
Photograph
of the French countryside (Fougerolles), 1908.
|
|
ITEM 4 |
Aerial
view of Angers Cathedral (scaffolding on front
façade). 1909.
|
|
ITEM 5 |
Aerial
view of Angers, France. |
|
ITEM 6 |
Three
unidentified aerial views. |
|
ITEM 7 |
Four
aerial photographs (taken from an early airplane) of the Seine
River mounted on cardboard with six additional aerial photographs
that were once attached by paperclip. |
|
ENVELOPE 10 |
Aerial
Views Before the War. |
|
ITEM 1 |
Aerial
view of the “Parc de l’Aero
Club.” |
|
ITEM 2 |
View
of a solar eclipse taken from a balloon.
|
|
ITEM 3 |
Aerial
view of the Eiffel Tower. |
|
ITEM 4 |
Two
aerial views of Versailles. |
|
ITEM 5 |
Photograph
“Les Alpes Tennengebirge.” |
|
ITEM 6 |
Aerial
view of Moutfort, Luxembourg. |
|
ITEM 7 |
Aerial
view of the park and hangar of l’Aero Club. |
|
ITEM 8 |
Aerial
photographs of Paris (Eiffel Tower in distance). |
|
(2 photographs) |
|
ITEM 9 |
Three
aerial photographs of “Zodiac III” in
Bétheny, France. |
|
ITEM 10 |
Two
aerial photographs of a balloon contest in Aquitaine. |
| Next Page » |
