Pho. Photographic Collections

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.”

Photographs of Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley and others, including scenes, planes, and people, at the 1932 Cleveland National Air Races. The collection also includes a photocopy of an article concerning the 1932 Cleveland Air races.

Cyanotype postcard depicting Glenn Curtiss preparing for a flight in an early Curtiss Pusher, circa 1910-1911.

Digital prints of broken magic lantern slides that can be found in MS-204, depicting World War I aviation technology. Some items from the collection may be viewed online as part of our digital exhibits.

Collection consists of 1 Scrapbook, containing 42 black and white photos from Abteilung (Detachment) 212 in the German Air Force during World War I. Most of the photographs depicts daily life on base. There are some photos of German and Allied aircraft. There are pictures of Fokker Eindeckers, Rumpler C IV, German observation balloons, and a captured Handley Page 0/400. Title of scrapbook is in German, and there are not captions.

The collection consists of 29 aviation photographs, primarily taken during the 1940s and 1950s. There are 14 photographs of propeller-driven commercial aircraft and 15 photographs of helicopters. Many have newspaper credits and photograph descriptions on the reversers of the photograph.

Collection of photographs which appear to have been taken during the Korean War.

The collection consists of 20 miniature photographs (1.5”x 2.5”) that were sent to Mrs. B. Thorner of Covington, Kentucky by Fred J. Rauen of the USS Schuylkill in 1944. The photographs are of various Navy Airplanes. All individual photo descriptions were printed on the photographs.

Ten oversize photographs taken by Lt. Col. Albert William Stevenson, include aerial photographs and aviation photographs.

Collection of photographs of various airplanes and aircraft. The photos are identified on the back, with more information than what is given in the item list below, including engine information.