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Folder SC-347

 Container

Contains 33 Results:

Certification Card for Vocational Education, Circa 1918

 Item — Folder: SC-347, Item: 31
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Circa 1918

Wing Fabric from the Red Devil Johnson Airplane, 1928 Apr.-May

 Item — Folder: SC-347, Item: 32
Scope and Contents

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.”

Dates: 1928 Apr.-May

Coin - Miami Valley Celebration of Frontiers of Freedom, 1941 June

 Item — Folder: SC-347, Item: 33
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1941 June