Roy Knabenshue Collection
1903-1908
Title: Roy Knabenshue Collection
Dates: 1903-1908
Collection Number: P-263
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (Boxes: 2 legal, 1 ov)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: Book of photos showing the development of dirigibles between 1903 and 1908.
Language of Material: English
Research is by appointment only
Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
Roy Knabenshue Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
Knabenshue raced in airship competitions. He was the first aeronaut to fly an airship in America at the 1904 St. Louis Exposition.
He participated in the 1910 Dominguez Air Meet.
Scope and Content of Collection
Book of photos showing the development of dirigibles between 1903 and 1908.