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National Air and Space Museum Archives
George B. King Scrapbook
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1994.0026
- Creators:
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King, George B., 1905-1939
- Dates:
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1919-1939
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.51 Cubic feet(1 flatbox) (1 folder)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a scrapbook containing photographs relating to King's aviation career, as well as some images of his family and Princeton University. There is also a photograph of the China Clipper, autographed by the crew, including King and the pilot, Captain Ed Musick.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
George B. King (1905-1939) was born in Gainesville, Florida and graduated from Princeton University in 1928. After his graduation, King joined the Naval Reserve Air Crops. In 1933, King became an apprentice pilot with Pan American Airways and was a copilot on the China Clipper during its first scheduled air mail flight across the Pacific Ocean in November of 1935. King died on August 13, 1939, when the Pan American clipper he was piloting during a Miami - Rio de Janerio flight struck a crane on the dock in the Rio de Janeiro harbor, killing fourteen people.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
John Bainbridge Safford, gift, 1993, 1994-0026, NASM
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
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
More Information
General
General
NASMrev
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Model 130 Clipper | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Air pilots | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Air mail service | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Scrapbooks | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| King, George B., 1905-1939 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Musick, Ed | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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