California Aviation Photographs [Town/Ward]
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Town, Thomas J.
- Dates:
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1930s
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2010.0024
- Repository:
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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.
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Smith, C. Hadley, 1910-2004.
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1948-1965
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0.21 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2017.0047
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Mohawk Airlines was founded in 1945 as Robinson Aviation and was based out of Ithaca Municipal Airport in New York. C. Hadley Smith (1910-2004) began taking photographs at age five and received formal training in photography at the Patuxent River Naval Air Base where he served as a Photographer's Mate First Class during World War II. After the war, he began his career as a commercial photographer in Ithaca, New York. One of his clients was Robinson Aviation, later Mohawk Airlines. This collection consists of approximately 250 images taken by C. Hadley Smith pertaining to Mohawk Airlines, and a few from their predecessor Robinson Aviation.
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Pemberton Billing Ltd (UK)
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1913-1914
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0.18 Cubic feet (1 flat box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0794
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The album, titled "The Supermarine P.B.2," dates from late 1913 to early 1914 and was probably designed as a brochure and prospectus for Pemberton-Billing Ltd. as well as the Pemberton Billing P.B.2 aircraft.
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Bellanca, Giuseppe M., 1886-1960
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1919-1959
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248.5 Cubic feet (245 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1993.0055
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the archives of Giuseppe M. Bellanca and his company, including the following types of mediums: drawings, stress analysis tests, reports, photographs/negatives, documents, correspondence, patent information, newspaper clippings, business records, and financial statements.
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Levy, Howard, 1921-2010
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bulk 1937-2009
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185.43 Cubic feet ((215 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2010.0040
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 200 linear feet of collection material consisting mostly of Mr. Levy's photography. The following formats are represented: black and white negatives; black and white prints; color transparencies; and 35mm slides. The collection also includes articles written by Levy and the reference material he gathered to write those s...
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United Air Lines, Inc.
- Dates:
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1964-1992
bulk 1990-1991
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5.45 Cubic feet ((5 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1992.0051
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection of documentation accompanied the donation of the actual aircraft to the National Air and Space Museum in 1992. Included here is memorabilia from the last flight of the B727-100 (such as receipts, records, and stationery), as well as compliance records, AMIS monthly histories, cabin maintenance forms, historical records, identificati...
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1980-1999
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10.67 Cubic feet (12 containers)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0048
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material relating to the United States Navy YEZ-2A Airship Program.
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bulk 1941-1970
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2010.0016
- Repository:
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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...
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The Aviation Foundation of America, Inc.
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bulk 2003
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1.04 Cubic Feet ((4 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2005.0030
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the following material relating to the planning, execution, and media coverage of the 2003 National Air Tour (NAT): newspaper and magazine articles; NAT comments received from the public; NAT promotional vhs and dvds; NAT period music cd; set of six photo cds (a summary set sent out to NAT participants); numerous cds sen...
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General Electric Company
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bulk 1963-1971
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0.18 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2005.0049
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Materials in this collection relating to the General Electric GE4 SST engine include the following: Master Engine Cross-section, GE4 Tool Flow Sheet, documents relating to production and assembly of the GE4, documents relating to the National Air and Space Museum's acquisition of the GE4 SST engine, miscellaneous draft correspondence concerning the...