National Air and Space Museum Archives

Early New York and Long Island Aviation Photography Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0619
Creators:
Picheco, Manuel Santana
Dates:
bulk ca. 1910-1929
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.05 Cubic feet
(1 folder)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of fifty one black and white, 8 by 10 inch copy prints featuring images of aircraft operating in New York and Long Island in the nineteen teens and twenties. Included are the Junkers-Larsen JL-6 (Junkers F 13 a); Curtiss Condor CO Transport (Condor 18, B-20); Curtiss Thrush (Model 56); Curtiss Tanager (Model 54); Curtiss P-6 (YP-6) Hawk; Curtiss XF8C-2 Helldiver; Ansaldo S.V.A. 5 (SV.5); de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4; LWF H Owl; British airship R 34; Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a; Fairchild 21 (FT-1); Fairchild 71; Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor Floyd Bennett; Savoia-Marchetti S.56; Loening (Corp) Air Yacht C2; Stinson (Aircraft) SM-1 Detroiter American Girl; Sikorsky S-38 Amphibion; Dornier Do X; Fairchild (American) Y1C-24 (C-24) Pilgrim; and US Navy ZR-3 Los Angeles.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Manuel Santana Picheco was soldier stationed at Mitchel Field, Long Island after the First World War. During this time, he also worked in the local photography labs of Court Commercial Photography, a now-defunct entity. Many of the images in this collection are duplicates of Court Commercial photographs.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
James I. Gracyalny, Gift, 2001

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
Early New York and Long Island Aviation Photography Collection, Acc. XXXX-0619, 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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Junkers-Larsen JL-6 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Curtiss Condor Family Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
LWF H Owl Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
R 34 (British Rigid Airship) Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sikorsky (USA) S-38 Amphibion Family Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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