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Pho. Photographic Collections

 Topic Guide
Identifier: Pho
This classification groups together all the Photographic Collections.

Found in 146 Collections and/or Records:

McCall/Dayton Press Photographs (SC-296)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-296
Scope and Contents The collection contains 33 photographs taken by various photographers at the McCall Corporation building in Dayton, Ohio, between the years 1923-1967. Two of the images bear the photographer’s stamp of William Preston Mayfield. Another was taken by Jackson W. Armstrong Photography. And a fourth image is marked “Kaufmann & Abry” for the famous architectural photography firm. The other images in the collection contain no descriptive or copyright information on the back though it is...
Dates: 1923-1967

William F. Geiger Aviation Photograph Collection (SC-297)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-297
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...
Dates: circa 1905-1920

Wright Brothers Collection Papers and Photographs (MFM-37)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-37
Scope and Contents A microfilm edition of MS-1 without the published journals and printed materials, this collection consists of family letters and papers, financial records, school mementos, Wright Family genealogical materials, the church papers and diaries of the Wrights' father (Bishop Milton Wright), notebooks, correspondence, awards, and citations. The collection also includes nearly 4,000 photographs, many taken by the Wrights to document their early flying experiments. In addition there are extensive...
Dates: 1853-1973

Seth Furnas World War II Papers (SC-107)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-107
Dates: 1943 - 1946

Henry Farman III Biplane Photographs (SC-110)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-110
Scope and Contents

This collection consists three 4x6 photos of a Henry Farman III biplane.

Dates: undated

Aeronautical Wire Service Photos and Papers (SC-111)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-111
Scope and Contents

This collection includes a variety of black and white aviation photos and newspaper clippings. Some of the material relates to the return of the Wright Flyer to the United States Smithsonian from England’s Science Museum.

Dates: circa 1948

National Air Race Photographs (SC-114)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-114
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of the 1948 Cleveland Air Races

Dates: 1948

Lebaudy-Julliot Airship Postcards (SC-119)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-119
Abstract

Collection of photo postcards depicting several flights of the Lebaudy-Julliot airship in and around Paris in November 1903. Very little has been written about the Lebaudy airship, one of the first successful dirigibles. This collection of postcards provides good documentation of its early flights.

Dates: 1903 Nov

Wright Flyer Photographs (SC-121)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-121
Scope and Contents Photographs most likely taken May 1910 at Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio, during attempts to set altitude records.According to the donor of the photographs the flight was taken on May 20-25, 1910 at Sims Field now Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. The flights were flown to achieve the altitude record and got up to 1800 feet a new record. The airplane was a 1909 Wright Flyer transition model or the number 2 design. The photos were taken by Mr. Martin of Springfield, Ohio who rode the...
Dates: 1910 May 20-25

Wright B Flyer Stereo Card (SC-124)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-124
Scope and Contents

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.”

Dates: 1910