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Digitized Content Frederick J. Poats Color Photography Collection
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Creators:
Poats, Frederick J.
Dates:
November 1944 - December 1945
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0595
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This consists of twenty-six color photographs taken between November 1944 and December 1945 by Frederick J. Poats in India at Panagar Air Base, and in China at Chengkung, Hangchow, Laohwangping, Luichow, Shanghai, and Suichwan.

Digitized Content Herbert J. Nash Aircraft Photograph Collection
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Creators:
Nash, Herbert J.
Dates:
1949-1969
Size:
0.77 Cubic feet (2 legal document boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0616
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Herbert J. Nash appears to have been an amateur photographer, aviation enthusiast, and airplane photograph collector and based in the New York City area. This collection consists of just over a thousand images collected from a variety of sources and reflects Nash's specific interests: Aero Spacelines Guppies, single-engine Bell fighters and racing conversions, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464), the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Family (Model 367), the Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser Family, and aircraft produced by the Naval Aircraft Factory. Photographs are predominantly small-format black and white prints taken in the United States between 1949 and 1969.

Digitized Content Rohrbach Ro III Rotri Flying Boat Photo Album
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Creators:
Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau GmbH (Germany)
Dates:
1925
Size:
0.18 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0649
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of a single photo album documenting that Rohrbach Ro III Rotri Flying Boat.

Digitized Content National Air Races Scrapbooks
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Dates:
bulk 1928-1933
Size:
0.24 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0845
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Begun in 1920, the National Air Races were an annual, week-long event including formation flying, parachute drops, aerobatic displays, and races. The event included two privately sponsored, closed-circuit speed races: the Pulitzer Trophy race held from 1920 to 1925 and the Thompson Trophy race held from 1930 to 1939. Along with other competitions, the National Air Races fostered the development of aircraft in the 1920s and 1930s but ended during World War II. This collection consists of three unbound scrapbooks with newspaper clippings related to races in Chicago, Cleveland, and Los Angeles between 1928 and 1933.

Digitized Content Marian Stewart Honeyman Scrapbook
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Creators:
Honeyman, Marian Stewart
Dates:
1914-1964
bulk 1914
Size:
0.36 Cubic feet (1 flatbox)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0851
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of a scrapbook documenting Marian Stewart Honeyman's flight with St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line on January 19, 1914.

Digitized Content Farnum T. Fish Collection
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Creators:
Fish, Farnum T., 1896-1978
Dates:
Circa 1912
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0876
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Farnum T. Fish (1896-1978) was an early aviator who flew his Wright (Co) Model B biplane in numerous air meets. This collection consists of five photographic post cards showing Fish and his aircraft as well as handwritten technical notes.

Digitized Content H. H. Ashley Papers
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Creators:
Ashley, H. H.
Dates:
bulk 1919-1949
Size:
0.3 Cubic feet ((1 flat box))
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.1022
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of archival material relating to the military aviation career of H. H. Ashley during his World War I Army Expeditionary Forces (AEF) service, and as an observer during World War II.

Digitized Content Werner Landmann Rohrbach Ro II Photo Album
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Creators:
Landmann, Werner.
Dates:
1923-1924
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.1150
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

The collection consists of a small 7 x 10 inch photo album entitled "Ro II 1., Marz - Juni 1924 [March - June 1924]" which is believed to have belonged to Werner Landmann.

Digitized Content United States Women in Aviation through World War I
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Creators:
Oakes, Claudia M.
Dates:
circa 1909-1978
bulk 1904-1920
Size:
0.74 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0424
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of research material used by National Air and Space Curator Claudia Oakes to prepare the publication United States Women in Aviation through World War I (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978).

Digitized Content Harry Copland Collection
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Creators:
Copland, Harry Depew, 1896-1976
Dates:
1917-1953
Size:
0.78 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box) (3 shoeboxes))
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0439
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of three boxes of 4' and 3' glass slides, dating from the early 1930s. The slides are probably from 1919-1932 when Copland was an instructor and lecturer for Curtiss Flying Service, Inc. There are also seven log books chronicling both Copland's civilian and military flights (1917-1942) and numerous private and commerical pi...

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