AV. Aviation

The collection consists of 20 small photographs of Dayton area events and attractions around the period of 1917-1920, including Hills and Dales Park, Lakeside Park, boats at Coney Island in Cincinnati, balloon launch at Lakeside, Wright plane at Lakeside, and Dayton's World War I Liberty Bond Parade (1918). Some of the photographs are undated. The title of each photo (after the colon) is taken from the caption or label on the photo itself.

The collection consists of photocopies of French newspaper clippings concerning Wilbur Wright’s 1908 visit to France. They are untranslated.

Contains receipts from the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, copies of the West Side News, copy of a Wright stock certificate, and postcards sent by Katharine Wright to Glenn Osborn.

Contains papers regarding the construction of a new hangar at the local Springfield (Ohio) airport, dated 1949.

This collection contains an original letter written by Wilbur Wright to a New York publisher. As well, there are photocopies of the letter.

The collection consists of one issue of National Geographic (Sept. 1934) with an article by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, signed by both Anne and Charles Lindbergh.

Photocopy of portion of book about Bessie Coleman and copies of several photographs of Bessie Coleman.

Loose-leaf catalog from Smithsonian SITES exhibit on "Early Flight"

Photographs and postcards of Wright Flyers

This collection contains a black and white, side-view photograph of the Stinson “105” 3-place cabin plane at the Dayton Municipal Airport, dated December 10, 1939. Aircraft number is shown as NC-21162.