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Digitized Content MS 7177 Book of tangrams or puzzle designs
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Creators:
McLane, Abby Knight
Dates:
n.d
Size:
96 Pages
Collection ID:
NAA.MS7177
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

A tangram (qiqiaoban) is a set of seven pieces shaped so that they form a square when their sides are properly joined together. They can also be joined together to form various shapes of geometric designs, animals, and other figures. This booklet shows possibilities for a certain set.

Digitized Content Helicopter Aerial Refueling Test Photographs and Reports [Eastman]
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Creators:
Eastman, William Donald "Don", Jr.
Dates:
Circa 1960s to 2003
Size:
0.39 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NASM.2015.0032
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

William Donald "Don" Eastman, Jr. (b. 1932) was the first pilot to demonstrate the feasibility of air-to-air refueling of helicopters as well as the first to actually perform aerial refueling of a helicopter during his time as a pilot with the United States Air Force. This collection consists of approximately 0.39 cubic feet of material relating to Lieutenant Colonel William Donald "Don" Eastman Jr.'s career as Test Director and Project Pilot for helicopter aerial refueling tests with the United States Air Force including photographs, news clippings, and publications.

Digitized Content Fred Noonan Telegram and Photograph
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Dates:
1928-1970
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.2015.0034
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Fred Noonan (1893-1937) was a Merchant Marine officer and navigator who disappeared on July 2, 1937 with Amelia Earhart during their failed around-the-world flight attempt. This collection consists of a telegram, dated April 8, 1937, sent by Fred Noonan to a friend, Matt Neehan; a photograph of Noonan and his first wife, Josephine; and three news clippings dating from 1966-1970 regarding the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Noonan.

Digitized Content Fairchild Lunar Mapping Camera System Scrapbook [Hutchins]
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Creators:
Hutchins, Albert G.
Dates:
1966-1972
Size:
0.51 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NASM.2015.0048
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of a brown 11.5 by 12 by 3 inch scrapbook entitled, " Apollo 15, 16, 17." The scrapbook documents the Fairchild Space and Defense System (FSDS) Lunar Mapping Camera, and the role of Albert G. Hutchins, program director of the FSDS's Lunar Mapping Camera Systems.

Digitized Content 376th Bomb Group Photography [Mechanic]
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Creators:
Mechanic, Bernard
Dates:
bulk 1940-1945
Size:
0.1 Cubic feet ((2 folders))
Collection ID:
NASM.2016.0003
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of thirty-eight black and white photographs, mostly snapshots, relating to Sergeant Bernard Mechanic's service with the 376th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force. The images include the following: Consolidated B-24 Liberators in-flight; images from his R&R leave to Tel Aviv; noseart; and images of Winston Churchill, Field Marshall Er...

Digitized Content Apollo Space Suit Testing Photographs [Masiello]
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Creators:
Masiello, Leonard N.
Dates:
1966, 2007
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.2016.0007
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

In 1966, Leonard N. "Lenny" Masiello was an employee of Hamilton Standard who was asked to assist in testing the Apollo space suit. This collection consists of four photographs of Leonard N. Masiello testing a prototype version of the Apollo space suit for Hamilton Standard as well as a news clipping about space suits and three publications by the Hamilton Standard Space Hardware Heritage Team.

Digitized Content Vornado Plane Material [Ralph K. Odor]
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Creators:
Odor, Ralph K., 1895-1987.
Dates:
1929-1986
bulk 1930s
Size:
0.54 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 reel, and 1 DVD)
Collection ID:
NASM.2016.0012
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Ralph K. Odor (1895-1987) was an inventor who conceived an aircraft design in the 1920s in which the air was pushed from a propeller into a tube, later named the Vornado Plane. This collection consists of approximately 0.54 cubic feet of material relating to Ralph K. Odor and the Vornado Plane.

Digitized Content Glenn Hammond Curtiss Photographs [Lawrence]
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Creators:
Deike, Ruth
Dates:
1910
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.2016.0015
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

On August 31, 1910, Glenn Hammond Curtiss set a record for flight over water by flying from Euclid Beach, Cleveland, Ohio to the Cedar Point resort in Sandusky, Ohio in an hour and fifteen minutes in his Curtiss Hudson Flyer. This collection consists of eight photographs of Glenn Hammond Curtiss flying into Cedar Point resort on that day.

Digitized Content US Army Air Corps Japanese Propaganda Leaflet
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Creators:
United States. Office of War Information
Dates:
1944
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.2016.0017
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

During bombing missions over Japanese-held territories in New Guinea and the Philippines during 1944, leaflets bearing Japanese characters were dropped by the US Army Air Corps, which were intended to demoralize the Japanese soldiers and induce them to surrender. This collection consists of one 4 by 6.5 inch leaflet, dropped by the US Army Air Corps on New Guinea and the Philippines during 1944.

Digitized Content US Army Air Corps Japanese Propaganda Leaflets [Sylvan]
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Creators:
United States. Office of War Information
Dates:
1945
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.2016.0018
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Before the atomic bombing missions of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, leaflets bearing illustrations and Japanese characters were dropped from the air by the US Army Air Corps to warn the Japanese populace. This collection consists of three bombing leaflets as well as a snapshot of Seymour Sylvan with his crew in front of his Boeing B-29 Superfortress.

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