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Smith, Richard K.
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circa 1918-1969
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1.9 Cubic Feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0418
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The 50th Anniversary of the NC-4 Transatlantic Flight Collection [Smith] Collection contains photocopies of correspondence, published materials, maps, and photographs. The collection also includes photocopies of aircraft logs, naval ship logs, weather reports, progress reports, biographies of the participants, information on the construction of the NC Aircraft and the general planning for the flight, and original material on the thirtieth and fiftieth anniversaries of the flight.
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Fliedner, Carlisle S.
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1916-1919
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0.25 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0047
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This scrapbooks holds photographs of Carlisle S. Fliedner 's personal experiences and eyewitness accounts of World War I. Included in the scrapbook are photographs of construction of the United States Navy Air Station in Panillac, Gironde, France. Also included in this collection are photographs of World War I seaplanes, Curtiss twin flying boats, ...
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Smithsonian Institution
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circa 1927-1950
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25 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-143
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of motion pictures created by, acquired by, or about the Smithsonian Institution and its staff. Highlights of the collection include footage related to the Charles Lindbergh transatlantic flight and the Lindbergh baby; footage of Native American sign language; footage from archeological expeditions in Arizona, Colo...
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June 12, 1939, through April 22, 1940
bulk June 28, 1939, through July 4, 1939
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0.33 Cubic Feet (1 scrapbook)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0309
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a scrapbook, "To Europe By Air," assembled by railroad executive William J. Eck to document his trip June 28 to July 4, 1939, on Pan American Airways' (PAA) first transatlantic passenger flight on the Boeing Model 314 Clipper "Dixie Clipper" flying boat and containing information on its crew, passengers, and ports of call.
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Seypelt, Albert Willibald, -1966
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1892-1941
- Size:
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0.9 Cubic feet ((2 legal document boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1985.0011
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and motion picture film documenting the Seypelt-Kern flight. The material also includes Seypelt's aviation licenses and certificates, as well as photographs documenting his enlistment in the German army during World War I. The collection also contains material on the firs...
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bulk 1927
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1135
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of four pieces of sheet music for songs written in honor of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, all dating from 1927. The details of the sheet music is as follows: "Lindy," words and music by Daniel McLellan, a stylized drawing of an airplane in flight appears on the back cover; "Lucky Lindy!," words by L. Wolfe Gilbert and music b...
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bulk 1922
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1988.0091
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This accession includes a map of the flight and seven photographs. Two photos are of the Fairey IIID Mk. II Seaplane "Lusitânia," Three are of the Fairey IIID Seaplane "Santa Cruz," the airplane which made the flight, and one of those three includes the pilots, Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho and Artur de Sacadura Cabral. The remaining two photos are o...
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Armstrong, Edward R.
- Dates:
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1930
- Size:
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0.01 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1995.0034
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This is a 1930 commercial proposal, 'Seadrome Ocean Airways: Report covering the Development Program.' The report was written by Edward R. Armstrong and includes text, drawings, images, and maps.
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bulk 1910
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1986.0157
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes two photographs on postcards. The first is of Wellman-Vaniman airship America. The second shows (left to right) Murray Simon (?) - navigator; Walter Wellman - explorer and journalist; Melvin Vaniman - designer of America and chief engineer on flight over Atlantic; Jack Irwin - radio operator on America; and Frederic Aubert ...
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Read, A. C. (Albert Cushing), 1887-1967
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1919-1946
bulk May 1919 to June 1919
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1.74 Cubic Feet (1 legal document box, three oversized boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0391
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Rear Admiral Albert C. Read (1887-1967) graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1907 and became Naval Aviator #24 in July 1915. In 1919, Read was the commander of the Curtiss NC-4, the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic. The NC-4 covered 2150 nautical miles, from Nova Scotia to the Azores. The NC-4 was joined in the flight by the Curtiss NC-1 and Curtiss NC-3, but both the NC-1 and NC-3 were forced to land in the open sea. This collection consists of the following: black scrapbook containing photographs with US Navy numbers; newspaper front pages; reports; cable grams; signals and dispatches; the NC-4 log; biography of Read; and correspondence.