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Joel Conway / Early Aviation Photograph collection, circa 1909-1950s (bulk 1910-1910)
SBHC Mss 79LOCAL
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Title:

Joel Conway / Early Aviation Photograph collection, circa 1909-1950s (bulk 1910-1910)

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

About 400 separate images (many copy negatives and copy prints) compiled by Santa Barbara photographer Joel Conway, the bulk relating to the aviation activities of the Christofferson brothers and the Loughead (Lockheed) Aviation Company (headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA for a time in the 1910s), most depicting early California aviation history, many related to Santa Barbara. Also, images of Bauhaus Brothers, biplanes, Glenn Curtiss, dirigibles, Amelia Earhart, Graf Zeppelin, George Fiske Hammond, ôWildÆ Bill Kohler, Charles Lindbergh, John K. Northrop, Bert Saxby, Katherine and Marjorie Sinson, and Al Wilson.

Date:

1909 (issued)

Note:

The collection is open for research.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Joel Conway / Early Aviation Photograph collection, SBHC Mss 79. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Physical Description:

3.0 linear feet

Language:

English

Identifier:

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Copyright Note:

The collection is open for research.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.