Pho. Photographic Collections

Abstract The WACO Aircraft Company of Troy, Ohio produced aircraft from 1923 through WWII. During that period, the company maintained professional photography services to record images of their products. Following the company's decision to cease all operation and during the liquidation of the original assets, Mr. Raymond H. Brandly legally acquired the WACO Aircraft Company's original factory photo negatives from the management of the company. This large collection of negatives and prints contains...

Abstract This collection documents the training of Charles Wald, an early American aviator. It also documents the Wright Company's early involvement in water-based aviation.The collection includes flight records and negatives. The flight diary and logs were written by Charles Wald in 1912 and the photographs were taken by him, with the exceptions of those in which he is shown, between 1910 and 1916. The images in this collection have been scanned and are available online in Wright State University's...

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This collection consists of five photo albums documenting the Weaver/Eicher families, during the early part of the twentieth century, including family vacations, recreation, and other aspects of their daily lives in the Miami Valley Region of Ohio and more specifically the town of West Carrollton.

Abstract The JR Wedekind Aviation Collection contains a variety of materials, primarily dealing with his work in aviation. The bulk of the collection pertains to the Dayton Air Show and the National Aviation Trail, both of which Wedekind played a vital role in making successful. There are a large number of VHS tapes of the Dayton Air Show and promotional videos for potential air show acts. Business documents, correspondence, photographs and slides tracing the origins and construction of the...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 38 images total. 16 are stamped "Photo by H. M. Benner, Hammondsport NY" and show various Curtiss planes along with numerous other aircraft from approximately 1905-1920. Another 22 photographs are all stamped with the seal "Air Service/Engineering Division." These images depict a variety of aircraft and all were collected by William F. Geiger a Centerville, OH, native and former Army Air Force aircraft armorer. The images are all thought to have been taken at...

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The collection consists of seventy-five photographs from William H. Chisam’s time learning to fly at the Wright School of Aviation in Dayton, Ohio, and Augusta, Georgia, and his service during World War I as a member of the No. 3 Squadron of the Royal Naval Air Service. Chisam flew missions in France during World War I. These photographs are of Chisam and his friends in flying school, military aircraft in France, flying squadrons, and war damaged buildings.

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Contains photographs taken by an American soldier during World War I and a German album of photo postcards of battle conditions.

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The collection consists of consists of nine halftone postcards in black and white, depicting Patterson and Wright Fields. The postcards appear to have been published as part of a series by the Wayne Paper Box and Printing Co., Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Stereo Card of the Wright B Flyer flying over Simms Station later Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio. The image bears the copyright of the Keystone View Company for 1910. The company entitled the image “Conquering the Air-Wright Brothers Airship Flying at Dayton, Ohio.”

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The collection consists of postcards, primarily of Wilbur Wright's time in France demonstrating the Flyer; and photographs (some of which are copies) of flight demonstrations in France and Germany, the Wright B Flyer, and awards and celebrations that include the Dayton Home Days parade in June 1909.