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Digitized Content William Jones World War II Scrapbook
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Creators:
Jones, William
Dates:
bulk 1943 - 1946
Size:
0.49 Cubic feet (1 box.)
Collection ID:
NASM.2006.0067
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of William Jones' World War II scrapbook.

Digitized Content Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz: The First Transcontinental Flight Collection
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Creators:
Lebow, Eileen F.
Dates:
1911 - 1976
Size:
1.09 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.2007.0004
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of one cubic foot of research material gathered by Eileen Lebow to write Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz: The First Transcontinental Flight. The following types of material are included, which trace Rodgers' flight: copy photographs; vintage prints and postcards; copies of newspaper articles; and brochures.

Digitized Content Keystone K-78 Patrician Photographs
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Creators:
Nichols Studio
Dates:
bulk 1928
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
Collection ID:
NASM.2007.0022
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of two black and white eight by ten inch (mounted on 12 by 14 inch board) photographs of the Keystone K-78 Patrician taken by Nichols Studio, 1928. In one photograph, the following Keystone personnel are shown standing in front of the aircraft: Edgar Gott, C. L. Roloson, C. Talbot Porter, and Charles Koch; in the second pho...

Digitized Content Bellanca de Havilland DH-4 Mailplane Modified and Crew Panoramic Photograph
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Dates:
1921
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 oversized folder, Gelatin silver print panoramic photograph, faded and yellowed overall, severely damaged with several sections (mostly of sky area) broken off and missing, broken into two large pieces; annotations in black ink in lower border, with longer annotation on one end of reverse; surface dirt. , 10 x 66 inches)
Collection ID:
NASM.2008.0006
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

One gelatin silver print panoramic photograph, 10 x 66 inches; front view of five modified Bellanca de Havilland DH-4 Mailplanes on the ground, with the pilots and related crew standing in front of each aircraft; 1921. The aircraft are shown on an unidentified Nevada airfield, somewhere on the western branch of the early US Air Mail route.

Digitized Content Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO) Photographs [Rice]
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Dates:
bulk 1941-1970
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
Collection ID:
NASM.2010.0016
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of 51 images of different aircraft boosted with JATO, including the following aircraft: Boeing B-47 Stratojet; a JATO boosted glider; United States Air Force Ercoupe; North American P-51 Mustang; Douglas A-20B Havoc; Douglas DC-9; Lockheed F-80; Lockheed P2V-6 (P-2F) Neptune; Douglas DC-3; North American L-17 Navion; Stearm...

Digitized Content California Aviation Photographs [Town/Ward]
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Creators:
Town, Thomas J.
Dates:
1930s
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.2010.0024
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Thomas J. Town was a deep sea diver and was in the U. S. Navy submarine force in the 1920s-1930s. Subsequent to his naval service, Town enrolled as a student at the Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute in the late 1930s. Town later worked as an engineer at Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank, California. This collection consists of 35 mm black and white negatives for 42 images taken in the late 1930s at Grand Central Airport in Glendale, California and at San Jacinto, California by Thomas J. Town.

Digitized Content Harold Raskin World War II Diary and Images [Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) Landings on Iwo Jima]
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Creators:
Raskin, Harold.
Dates:
bulk 1945-1946
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NASM.2010.0029
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of a copy of Harold Raskin's typewritten diary "Blind Landing on Iwo Jima," kept during his time as part of the Army Airways Communications System, 7th AACS Wing Ground Control Approach (GCA) unit, and covering the dates January 2 to August 20, 1945. The collection also includes digital image scans of 34 photographs depicting daily life and U.S. Army Air Forces operations in Iwo Jima during the period of 1945-1946, and an operational log for the GCA unit dated April 3, 1945.

Digitized Content Baldwin (Thomas) Red Devil Glass Plate Negative
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Dates:
circa 1928-1931
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.2010.0031
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of one damaged glass plate negative of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Baldwin (Thomas) Red Devil when it was part of the collection of the Roosevelt Field Museum, circa 1929-1931. This three-quarter right front view of the Red Devil shows aviator Elinor Smith seated at the controls.

Digitized Content 1928 National Air Races Panoramic Photograph
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Dates:
1928
Size:
0.03 Cubic feet (1 oversized folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.2011.0009
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

The 1928 National Air Races were held at Mines Field, Los Angeles, California from September 8 to 16 and included numerous events for both military and civilian pilots. This collection consists of a black and white panoramic photograph of sixty-five of the pilots who participated in the 1928 National Air Races.

Digitized Content Helicopter and Autogiro Testing Collection
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Dates:
bulk 1934-1945
Size:
0.15 Cubic feet ((3 folders))
Collection ID:
NASM.1999.0025
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of thirty-five photographs of helicopter and autogiros, many undergoing testing by the United States Navy. Craft featured include the Pitcairn PA-22 Cabin Autogiro, Hiller XHOE-1 (Hiller HJ-1) Hornet (serial number 46446) and Sikorsky (VS-316A, S-48) HNS-1 (39046 and 39050). Locations include the U.S. Naval Air Station, Pat...

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