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Title: Aviation Photo Collection
Dates: 1906-1954
Collection Number: P-268
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (Boxes: 1 letter, 3 ½ letter, 3 ov folders)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: This is an artificial collection bringing together small, individual photograph donations pertaining to early aviation and
flight.
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
[Identification of item]. Aviation Photo Collection. Collection Number: P-268. Seaver Center for Western History Research,
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Scope and Content of Collection
This is an artificial collection bringing together small, individual photograph donations pertaining to early aviation and
flight. There are several manuscript items (leaflets, booklets, newspaper clippings and correspondence). Early American aircraft
manufacturers, particularly on the West coast, include Boeing, Douglas, Lockheed and Northrop. Pioneer aviators include Walter
R. Brookins, Glenn Curtiss, Amelia Earhart, Howard Hughes and Charles Lindbergh. Aviation events include the Dominguez Hills
Air Meet of 1910; Douglas World Cruisers and the Round the World Flight of 1924; and other endurance trips and transcontinental
flights. Also covered are airplane innovations and inventors from elsewhere in the United States and world. 1906 - 1954,
undated.
Aeronautics
Air pilots
Transcontinental flights
Boeing Company
Douglas Aircraft Company
Lockheed Aircraft Company
Lougheed Aircraft Manufacturing Company
Northrop Corporation
Dominguez Hills Airfield (Carson, Calif.)