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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Bellanca de Havilland DH-4 Mailplane Modified and Crew Panoramic Photograph
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2008.0006
- Dates:
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1921
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.05 Cubic feet1 oversized folderGelatin silver print panoramic photograph, faded and yellowed overall, severely damaged with several sections (mostly of sky area) broken off and missing, broken into two large pieces; annotations in black ink in lower border, with longer annotation on one end of reverse; surface dirt.10 x 66 inches
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
One gelatin silver print panoramic photograph, 10 x 66 inches; front view of five modified Bellanca de Havilland DH-4 Mailplanes on the ground, with the pilots and related crew standing in front of each aircraft; 1921. The aircraft are shown on an unidentified Nevada airfield, somewhere on the western branch of the early US Air Mail route.
Administration
Author
Melissa A. N. Keiser
Immediate Source of Acquisition
John N. Roberts, Gift, 2007, NASM.2008.0006
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Physical access is restricted due to the fragility of the print; appointment required to view original.
Preferred Citation
Bellanca de Havilland DH-4 Mailplane Modified and Crew Panoramic Photograph, Acc. NASM.2008.0006, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Keywords
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Air mail service | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Bellanca De Havilland DH-4 Mailplane, Modified | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Panoramas | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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