National Air and Space Museum Archives

Aircraft Photographs [Stead]

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.1997.0012
Dates:
bulk 1940-1949
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.45 Cubic feet
(1 box)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 77 copy prints of Luftwaffe and American World War II aircraft, including: Dornier Do 17; Heinkel He 111; Focke-Wulf FW 200; Junkers Ju 88; Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress; Martin B-26 Marauder; Northrop P-61A Black Widow; Douglas A-20 Havoc; and Consolidated B-24 Liberator. There are also a large number of nose art images. The Boeing B-17 aircraft pictured are Eighth Air Force; some Ninth Air Force aircraft are also included.
Scope and Contents
An additional seven copy prints were added in the Fall of 1997: five of the images were of the Travel Air 2000, and two of the images were of the de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4. The donor also donated several copies of color advertisements for the Northrop P-61.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Robert Stead, Gift, 1997

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
Aircraft Photographs [Stead], Accession 1997-0012, 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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
World War, 1939-1945 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Martin B-26 Marauder Family Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Douglas A-20 Havoc Family Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Travel Air 2000 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dornier Do 17 Family Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Heinkel He 111 Family Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Northrop P-61A Black Widow Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographic prints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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