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Seymour Dunham Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-294
Abstract
The Seymour Dunham Collection contains personal correspondence of Mr. Dunham, information on aviation organizations to which he belonged, aircraft and missile research, work-related research from his time at Wright-Patterson AFB, and an extensive collection of articles, newspaper clippings and photographs concerning the Wright Brothers and other aspects of aviation history.
Dates:
1889-1993
Found in:
Special Collections
Leach "Heritage of the Air" Aviation Prints and Harold R. Harris Photograph (SC-314)
Collection
Identifier: SC-314
Content Description
The collection consists primarily of 28 aviation prints from Leach International’s advertising art series “Heritage of the Air,” commemorating WWI era planes, pilots, and events. The full series included 45 images, all painted by Merv Corning. One of the included prints, “The First Bail-Out,” depicts the first use of a parachute to save the pilot’s life, that of Harold R. Harris in 1922; the print is autographed by Harris. Also included is a 1981 snapshot of Harris standing near the Old...
Dates:
1959-1968, 1981
Found in:
Special Collections
