Folder SC-347

Mechanic Charles Irwin standing next to the DH-4’s propeller. Writing on propeller reads: “Test Propeller #128(?). Return to Motor Assembly.

Mechanic Charles Irwin standing at back left of the DH-4 next to the rear cockpit.

Mechanic Charles Irwin sitting in the DH-4’s rear cockpit inside the gun ring.

World War I, Notice of Classification Card, for W. F. H. Bigelow, Order 313A, Serial Number 562, from War Department, Local Board for Division Number 2, City of Dayton, Ohio. Originally marked Classification I, then stamped over with “Classification does not affect Industrial or Agricultural claims."

World War I, Notice of Classification Card, for W. F. H. Bigelow, Order 313A, Serial Number 562, from War Department, Local Board for Division Number 2, City of Dayton, Ohio. Marked Classification II, D. Industrial Claim. (Bigelow was exempted from the draft due to his existing work in a vital war industry.)

Certification Card for Vocational Education, Training within Industry, in the area of War Production Job Instructor. Note that Bigelow’s first name is listed as “William” rather than the correct Wilbur. Circa 1918.

Piece of red wing fabric from the “Red Devil Johnson” airplane, which crashed in front of a large crowd at Johnson Field in Dayton, on May 4, 1928, killing pilot Harold J. Forshay, as well as passengers Walter Clark and Blair Cross. Original caption (on back of fabric) reads: “Piece of wing of Red Devil. Johnson Air Plane. I went up to 2000 ft. on April 12, 1928. (Pilot Forshay.) Plane crashed on May 4th at 7:30 in evening, went into nose dive killing Forshay, Clark, and Cross.”

Coin (appears to be a stamped penny) commemorating the Miami Valley celebration “Frontiers of Freedom,” which was a celebration at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in honor of the centennial of Dayton’s incorporation.

Bird’s eye view of Dayton, Ohio, taken from atop a building to the southwest of town. The building in the distance with the three tall towers and smokestack is National Cash Register Company (NCR) on Main Street. Circa 1917.

Several soldiers observe the wreckage of a Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” biplane, a trainer which has crashed into a hangar door outrigger at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. Original caption reads: “McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, First World War, 1917. Plane crashed into hangar door.”