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ITEM 14 Photograph of British aviator Douglas Graham Gilmour’s funeral procession held in Brooklands, February 1912. Gilmour crashed on a flight from Brooklands to Richmond.
ITEM 15 Two photographs of hydroplane accidents in Monaco, one from 1913.
ITEM 16 Seventeen unidentified photographs of airplane accidents, destroyed hangars and burning debris.
ITEM 17 Three photographs mounted on cardboard of a hydroplane accident in Monaco and views of the aircraft before it crashed, April 1911.
ENVELOPE 12 Accidents Before WWI #3.
ITEM 1 Two photographs of Blanchard’s Bleriot after an accident.
ITEM 2 Photograph of Deroye’s accident.
ITEM 3 Photograph of Gustav Hamel’s accident during the Gordon Bennett Cup, 1911.
ITEM 4 Three photographs after an accident at the Grand Prix Balloon Race in the Tuileries Gardens. Both M. Blanchet and M. Duval were seriously injured after Blanchet’s balloon collided with the trees in July, 1914. The photographs show policemen rushing to carry the aviators to medical assistance.
ITEM 5 Photograph of Héléne Dutrieux’s accident in Issy Les Moulineaux, 1910.
ITEM 6 Two photographs of François Denhaut’s accident while testing his Hydroplane in the Seine River, March 11, 1912.
ITEM 7 Twenty unidentified photographs of airplane accidents.
ITEM 8 Sixteen photographs of Hubert Latham’s accidents while attempting to cross the English Channel, 1909. The photographs document the rescue of Latham’s Antoinette IV and its return to Calais. The White Cliffs of Dover can be seen in the distance of at least one photograph, meaning that the photograph is likely from Latham’s second attempt to cross the Channel. July 19 and 27, 1909.
ITEM 9 Eight photographs of an accident at a military aviation contest at Rheims, October 1911.
ITEM 10 Four unidentified photographs of an airplane accident.
ENVELOPE 13 USA.
ITEM 1 Photograph of sailors recovering from the “Akron.”
ITEM 2 Photograph of James (Jimmie) Mattern’s aircraft “Century of Progress” after landing on the island of Jomfruland, Norway while making a second attempt to circumnavigate the globe in June, 1933. Mattern was the first aviator to make a nonstop flight between the United States and Norway. The photograph depicts two horses pulling Mattern’s plane after a rocky landing in Jomfruland.
ITEM 3 Photograph of the semi-rigid airship “J-3” after its accident off the coast of New Jersey.
ITEM 4 Two photographs of Jim and Amy Mollison after their crash-landing in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1933. The pair had attempted to fly from Pendine Sands, South Wales to New York but ran out of fuel.
ITEM 5 Photograph of W.A. Hatcher’s aircraft with the caption “Sauve Par Son Parachute” (Saved By His Parachute), 1935.
ITEM 6 Photograph of the Boeing 299 bomber accident in Dayton, Ohio 1935.
ITEM 7 Photograph of Wiley Post and the “Winnier Mae” after it was forced to land at Muroc Dry Lake in 1935. Post had attempted to make a stratospheric test flight between Los Angeles and New York.
ITEM 8 Five unidentified accident photos.
ITEM 9 Photograph of August C. Haller after parachuting from his plane near Elmira, New York 1933.
ITEM 10 Two photographs of members from the Commission of Inquiry of the U.S Navy examining the remains of the airship “Akron” in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
ITEM 11 Photograph of an airplane rented by the Princess de Polignac and her brother, Jacques Du Puy in Miami. The plane crashed into the Biscayne Bay and the pair was rescued by a fisherman, 1934.
ITEM 12 Two photographs of Francesco de Pinedo’s aircraft before and after takeoff. One photograph shows Pinedo’s plane engulfed in flames. Pinedo had intended to fly from New York City to Baghdad, 1933.
ENVELOPE 14 England, R.101.
ITEM 1 Four photographs taken after the accident of the R.101. The dirigible was on its maiden voyage to India when it crashed near Beauvais, October, 1930.
ENVELOPE 15 Balloon Accidents.
ITEM 1 Three unidentified photographs of balloon accidents including a 1911 picture of a Farman biplane accident.
ITEM 2 Two attached photographs of Bradsky’s dirigible accident in Paris, October, 1902.
ITEM 3 Four attached photographs of Clement Bayard’s dirigible accident in the Seine River.
ITEM 4 Two attached photographs of a Astra-Torres dirigible accident.
ENVELOPE 16 “Emeraude”, 1934.
ITEM 1 Last picture of M. Pasquier, Governor General of Indochina taken before he boarded the “Emeraude,” 1934.
ITEM 2 Five photographs of the debris from the “Emeraude” after it crashed near Corbigny and Nevers, France.
ENVELOPE 17 French Accidents: Trains.
ITEM 1 Three photographs taken after an accident of a train traveling from Paris to Le Croisic.
ENVELOPE 18 French Dirigibles Accidents.
ITEM 1 Photograph of balloon descending in flames after a successful test of airplane maneuvers, May, 1933.
ITEM 2 Two photographs taken after the dirigible “E-9” accident.
BOX 46 Commercial airlines (various countries, inc. Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, U.S.).
ENVELOPE 1 Airlines (Various Countries).
ENVELOPE 2 Air Routes (Belgium).
ENVELOPE 3 Air Routes (England).
ENVELOPE 4 Air Routes (France).
ENVELOPE 5 Air Routes (Germany).
ENVELOPE 6 Air Routes (Italy).
ENVELOPE 7 Air Routes (Netherlands, Holland).
ENVELOPE 8 Air Routes (Romania).
ENVELOPE 9 Air Routes (Russia).
ENVELOPE 10 Air Routes (Switzerland).
ENVELOPE 11 Airlines (USA).
BOX 47 Air Mail Photographs.
ENVELOPE 1 Airmail.
ITEM 1 Two attached photographs of an early airmail plane and a German airmail cover.
ITEM 2 Larger photograph of the German airmail cover (see ITEM 1).
ITEM 3 Two photographs of a German airmail plane.
ENVELOPE 2 France.
ITEM 1 Two photographs of French postage stamps that depict balloons and airplanes, 1936.
ITEM 2 Photograph of George Mandel, Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones, with the French Air Minister; July, 1935.
ITEM 3 Photograph of an airplane loading airmail from a French postal truck.
ITEM 4 Three views of an early airmail delivery leaving from Villacoublay.
ITEM 5 Three photographs of airmail being loaded onto an Air France airplane.
ENVELOPE 3 USA.
ITEM 1 Photograph of “Une nouvelle invention,” an invention that allowed airplanes to receive mail without landing or reducing speed.
ITEM 2 Photograph demonstrating a method of transporting valuables by airmail.
ITEM 3 Photograph of a postal employee sorting outgoing airmail, 1934.
ITEM 4 Two photographs of loading and unloading airmail.
ENVELOPE 4 England.
ITEM 1 Photograph of the new airmail transport designed by the Air Ministry and completed in Norwich.
ENVELOPE 5 Germany.
ITEM 1 Photograph of Walter Angermund’s airmail invention. Angermund was the Air Communications Director of Munich.
ITEM 2 Photograph of a German airmail plane bound for South America; April, 1935 .
BOX 48 Air Maneuvers, military, various countries, prior to WWII.
ENVELOPE 1 England.
ENVELOPE 2 Germany.
ENVELOPE 3 Italy.
ENVELOPE 4 Japan.
ENVELOPE 5 USA.
ENVELOPE 6 France.
ENVELOPE 7 Before the War.
BOX 49 Personalities (post-WWI).
ENVELOPE 1 Named Air Personalities (France).
ENVELOPE 2 Unknown French Personalities.
ENVELOPE 3 Obituary: George Besancon
ENVELOPE 4 Photos: Max Holste, 1942.
ENVELOPE 5 Photos: Aviator, M. Farman.
ENVELOPE 6 Capitaine Georges Guynemer.
ENVELOPE 7 Photos: Aviator, Leopold-Roger.
ENVELOPE 8 Graham White.
ENVELOPE 9 Piccard Brothers.
ENVELOPE 10 Photos: U.S Aviators: Langley.
ENVELOPE 11 U.S Air Personalities.
ENVELOPE 12 Photos: German Aviators.
ENVELOPE 13 Listings of Decorated Aviators.
ENVELOPE 14 U.S Air Personalities.
ENVELOPE 15 Photos: Student Pilots.
ENVELOPE 16 Photos: Pilots.
ENVELOPE 17 Unknown American Aviators.
ENVELOPE 18 Named Air Personalities (USA).
ENVELOPE 19 Marriages of Various Aviators.
ENVELOPE 20 Albert Francis Zahm.
ENVELOPE 21 Index: Photos of Personalities.
BOX 50 Air shows/Exhibits. 1909-1930.
ENVELOPE 1 Aviation Shows, 1909.
ENVELOPE 2 Aviation Shows, 1910.
ENVELOPE 3 Aviation Shows, 1911-1913.
ENVELOPE 4 Aviation Shows, 1921-1922.
ENVELOPE 5 Aeronautics Show, 1924.
ENVELOPE 6 Aeronautics Show, 1926.
ENVELOPE 7 Aeronautics Show 1928.
ENVELOPE 8 Aeronautics Show 1930.
BOX 51 Air Shows/Exhibits. 1931-1948.
ENVELOPE 1 Photos: Aeronautics Show 1932.
ENVELOPE 2 Photos: Aeronautics Show 1934.
ENVELOPE 3 Photos: Aeronautics Show 1936.
ENVELOPE 4 Photos: Aeronautics Show, 1938.
ENVELOPE 5 Photos: Aeronautics Show Yugoslavia, 1938.
ENVELOPE 6 Photos: Air Show France 1940 (“Salon de la France”).
ENVELOPE 7 Photos: Air Show, 1946.
ENVELOPE 8 Photos: Air Show “Hare & Tortoise” England, 1948.
ENVELOPE 9 Photos: Beaux Arts Air Show.
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