Scrapbooks
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Blank books or albums designed so that a variety of items may be affixed to the pages, including photographs, clippings, and other memorabilia.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Glenn Curtiss Collection of Early Aviation Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS-418
Abstract
The Glenn Curtiss Collection of Early Aviation Photographs contains 174 photographs and photographic postcards showing the development of Glenn Curtiss' aviation and aircraft construction careers between 1908 and 1915. Landmark events in Curtiss' career, such as the 1910 Euclid Beach flight in Cleveland and the 1914 rebuild of the Langley Aerodrome, are featured in the collection. There are also photographs of a number of pilots-both civilian and military-whom Curtiss trained between 1911...
Dates:
1908-1915; Majority of material found within 1912-1914
Found in:
Special Collections
Fulton Flight Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-158
Abstract
This collection consists of an individual's scrapbook containing clippings and other memorabilia pertaining to the Fulton Flight Contest sponsored by the Aero Club of America in New York in 1909. Included are announcements of the contest, promotional material and entry form, news clippings describing the contest, commemorative postcards and information on preparation by the aviators. The scrapbook is unbound and the pages housed in three boxes.
Dates:
1908-1910
Found in:
Special Collections
