National Air and Space Museum Archives

Travel Air Negatives

Summary
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0197
Creators:
Travel Air Manufacturing Co.
Dates:
1925-1942
bulk 1925-1929
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1.09 Cubic feet
(1 records center box)
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of negatives and photographs relating to Travel Air. The material includes a history of Travel Air written in 1929, as well as several magazine articles about the company. The bulk of the material consists of photographs of commercial aircraft manufactured by Travel Air.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Travel Air Company was founded in Wichita, KS, in 1925 by Walter Beech, Llloyd Stearman, and Clyde Cessna. Although Stearman and Cessna left in 1927 to found Stearman Company and Cessna Aircraft Company, respectively, by 1929, Travel Air was the largest producer of commercial aircraft in the United States. In that year Travel Air was bought by Curtiss Wright Corp., but it continued to expand as a division of Curtiss Wright. Beech left the firm in 1932 to found Beech Aircraft and Travel Air was eventually absorbed into the larger manufacturer.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Beech Aircraft Corp., Gift, 1985, XXXX-0197
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
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Aircraft industry -- United States Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aircraft industry Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Airplanes Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics, Commercial Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Articles Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Negatives Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Stearman, Lloyd, 1898-1975 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Beech, Walter Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cessna, Clyde Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Travel Air Manufacturing Co. Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Curtiss-Wright Corporation Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
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