Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz: The First Transcontinental Flight Collection
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- Creators:
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Lebow, Eileen F.
- Dates:
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1911 - 1976
- Size:
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1.09 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2007.0004
- Repository:
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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.
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Armour Company
- Dates:
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1911
- Size:
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0.01 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1989.0010
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This donation is a 'Vin Fiz' advertisement, 2 x 4 inches. One side reads: 'Greetings for the sky - Rodgers in the Vin-Fiz Flyer from New York to Los Angeles for the Hearst {dollar}50,000 ocean to ocean flight.' The other side advertises the Vin-Fiz grape drink, 'sold everywhere.'
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- Creators:
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Howard, Fred.
- Dates:
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1911
- Size:
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0.8 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2007.0002
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The first crossing of the United States by airplane was achieved by Calbraith Perry Rodgers in 1911 in his Wright EX biplane, named the Vin Fiz.
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Leonard, Eugene O.
- Dates:
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circa 1880-1920
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4 Glass positives
6 Prints and postcards (photogravure)
1 Tintype
100 Negatives (circa, glass)
220 Copy prints (circa)
9 Prints and postcards (cyanotype)
99 Items (99 photomechanical prints and postcards, halftone, color halftone, collotype, photgravure)
1,000 Negatives (circa, nitrate)
734 Photographic prints (circa, silver gelatin, albumen, and platinum (including photographic postcards and cabinet cards))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.92-3
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Unbound album pages (labeled A through Q) with photographs documenting the people and culture of the Pocatello-Fort Hall area, including Native Americanss (particularly Shoshone-Bannock tribes), agency employees, and missionaries. Included are images of encampments, Sun Dance ceremonies, the Fort Hall Agency, Indian schools and churches, the Run f...
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Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907-1981
Cummings, Paul
Diller, Burgoyne, 1906-1965
- Dates:
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1968 March 24-April 7
- Size:
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197 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.boloto68
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Interview of Ilya Bolotowsky conducted 1968 March 24-April 7, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Government Relations
- Dates:
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1985-1995
- Size:
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3.15 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-080
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence between Secretary Robert McC. Adams and various leaders of the United States Congress on matters such as funding for the establishment of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), the repatriation of Native American Indian artifacts at the National Mall, acquisition of the United States Customs ...
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Webster, E. Ambrose (Edwin Ambrose), 1869-1935
- Dates:
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1821-1968
- Size:
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2.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.webse
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter and educator Edwin Ambrose Webster measure 2.2 linear feet and date from 1821 to 1968. Found within the papers are biographical material; business and personal correspondence; writings; teaching and research files, including information on Webster's participation in the 1913 Armory show; printed material; artwork; and photographic materials of Webster, his family and friends, and his work.
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Horstman, Dorothy, 1930-1999
Cline, Patsy
Horstman, Madi
Horstman, Fritzi
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1959-1999.
- Size:
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11 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0723
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Tape recordings containing oral history and radio show recordings of country and western music, collected and produced by Dorothy Horstman.,Recordings include such musicians as Jimmie Rodgers, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Hank Snow, and Roy Acuff.
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Schillinger, Joseph, 1895-1943
Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Dates:
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1940-1941, 1985
bulk 1940-1941
- Size:
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0162
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Joseph Schillinger (1895-1943), composer and musical theorist, worked extensively with the Rhythmicon. The Rhythmicon, constructed in 1931, is the earliest electronic rhythm machine. The collection consists of recordings of the Rhythmicon.
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- Dates:
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bulk 1918-1999
- Size:
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1.99 Cubic feet ((5 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0473
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of philatelic items and first day covers from a variety of sources including flown items, cacheted covers, stamps, and first day covers. Flown items in the collection include letters from the first flights of various air mail routes; a letter carried aboard the first flight of the ZRS-4 Akron; a commemorative envelope from ...