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Scaturro, Jack
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[ca. 1920s-1930s]
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0.1 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1995.0036
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection was donated by the son of Jack Scaturro who worked at Roosevelt Field during the 1920s and 1930s. Mr. Scaturro took snapshots of the facility's workers, friends and transient pilots, most notably the flamboyant Roscoe Turner and his aircraft the Gilmore Lion. The collection consists of 17 photos of the following aircraft: Aeronca C-...
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William H. Sheahan Early Aviation Photographs
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Sheahan, William H., 1872-1956
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1912-1921
bulk 1912-1915
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0523
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 62 photographs taken by William H. Sheahan of early aircraft and aviators, mostly at Hempstead Plains Field where he took lessons.
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Lindsay, Kester S. "Slim,", 1902-1979
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1912-1953
bulk 1929-1937
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0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1990.0074
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 277 images taken by or acquired by Slim Lindsay during his stints as manager of the Curtiss Wright and Roosevelt Fields, and during his travels for the B.G. Corporation.
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Bishop, John Wallis (Jack)
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1918-1936
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 slim legal document case)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1988.0086
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
John (Jack) Wallis Bishop was born June 8, 1892, in Berlin, Maryland. He was trained as a pilot at the US Army School of Military Aeronautics at Cornell University in 1917 and subsequently enlisted in Canada and was assigned to the 66th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) at the front for 14 months in northern Italy. He shot down two enemy aircraft and participated in 22 low altitude bombing raids. In the 1930s, he became a flying instructor and pilot at Roosevelt Field. Bishop was killed in a flying accident at Roosevelt Field on August 30, 1936. This collection contains materials from Bishop's career as a pilot, including a diary, logbooks, newsletters, permits, photographs, and articles.
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Rhonie (Hofheimer), Aline
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bulk 1920s-1990s
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2 Cubic feet ((4 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2014.0043
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 2 cubic feet of material relating to Aline Rhonie's aviation and art exploits, including her famous aviation mural, "The Pre-Lindbergh Era of Flying on Long Island", which was located in Hangar F at Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York. There is also much material relating to Rhonie's war efforts, including material ...
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Tenety, James, Jr.
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bulk 1930s -1950s
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0.62 Cubic feet ((3 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2014.0004
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately 2,850 black and white negatives (approximately 0.54 cubic feet) of photographs taken by James Tenety, Jr. and Peter Sarkis. The vast majority of them are by Tenety, with the images taken by Sarkis numbering approximately 50-60. The negatives are 616 size and show various aircraft, people, and aviation relat...
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Czajkowski, John
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[ca. 1930s]
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0.3 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1999.0048
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 202 black and white snapshots of aircraft at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, during the 1930s.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center
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circa 1880s-2002
1880-2002
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13 Cubic feet (51 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0468
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of miscellaneous late nineteenth/early twentieth century scrapbooks containing postcards, trade cards, greeting cards, decals, and other ephemera.
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Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
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1910-1993
bulk 1910-1960
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15.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.cahiholg
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Holger Cahill (1887-1960) date from 1910 to 1993, with the bulk of the material dating from 1910-1960, and measure 15.8 linear feet. The collection offers researchers fairly comprehensive documentation of Cahill's directorship of the Works Progress/Projects Administration's (WPA) Federal Art Project (FAP) in addition to series documenting his work as a writer and art critic. Material includes correspondence, reports, artist files, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs.
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Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
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1835-2000, undated
1835-2000, undated
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130 Cubic feet (417 boxes, 23 map-folders)
130 Cubic feet (417 boxes, 23 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0560
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes material relating to other fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and The Walt Disney Company.