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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Early New York and Long Island Aviation Photography Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0619
- Creators:
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Picheco, Manuel Santana
- Dates:
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bulk ca. 1910-1929
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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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 |
Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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