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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
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  • Descriptive Summary

    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

    Access

    Research is by appointment only

    Publication Rights

    Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

    Preferred Citation

    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.