Series 1. Photographs 1900-circa 1950 (bulk circa 1910-circa 1912).
circa 1900-1903
Wright glider strains against the ropes that tether it to the ground. Kitty Hawk, North Carolina 1900
Wilbur Wright flying Wright glider, Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina October 24, 1902
Wright flyer n.d.
1910-1912
Dominguez Field Air Meet 1910
Albert Bond Lambert (L) and Orville Wright (R) before takeoff, Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio May 18, 1910
Roy Knabenshue and dirigible 1910
Biplane at an airshow [possibly Belmont Park] October 15, 1910
Walter Brookins and Frank Garbutt in aircraft, Los Angeles, California December 1910
Walter Brookins with male passenger [Frank Garbutt] seated in aircraft, Los Angeles, California December 1910
Man with cigarette in two-seat biplane 1910
2 men and a woman at an air meet circa 1910
Group of men on airfield, Salt Lake City Aviation Carnival April 6, 1911
4 men standing on landing strip at Salt Lake City Aviation Carnival April 1911
Pilot and 4 men at air show April 20, 1911
Glenn H. Curtiss watching the aerial antics of Horace Kearney, Souvenir of San Diego aviation meet April 6-7, 1912
Walter Brookins with a group of men on the field at an air meet 1912
1940-1945
(L to R) R. M. Wright; Bernard Whalen, Robert G. Fowler, General Hap Arnold, Orville Wright, Capt. Kenneth Whiting, and Walter Brookins, taken at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, at the dedication of a plaque honoring the pioneer fliers who had trained at Wright Field. August 19, 1940
Caption for #'s 1-2, indicating that the image is a "[c]ollectors Item photo from the files of James N. Gillette" 1940
Formal portrait of Walter Brookins circa 1940
"Earlybirds", group portrait of 18 pilots posed in front of a military airplane September 1944
19 men in civilian clothes, wearing medals, by brick wall circa 1945
Series 2. Printed Matter 1910-1953
Typescript copies of newspaper articles and book chapters, 1910-1952, concerning the Wright brothers and the career of Walter Brookins 1910-1952
Prints 1931-1953
Edward Louis Throm, Popular Mechanics Aviation Album (Chicago: Popular Mechanics Press), pages 23-24. 1953
Page 23 (above) | J. C. McCoy making a balloon ascent outside New York in 1910. |
Page 23 (below) | August Piccard, seen through the glass-barred porthole of the aluminum sphere in which he reached a record altitude. |
Page 24 | Roy Knabenshue demonstrates the motor airship Arrow at the Saint Louis World's Fair in 1904. |
Portfolio of photographic plates published by the National Aerographic Society, a subsidiary of the Institute of Aeronautical History, to commemorate important events in aviation history December 17, 1952
Plate II. Bleriot for France officially embraces Navy aeronauts Noville and Byrd, Paris, July 1927, honoring trans-Atlantic flight of 'America,' one month after Lindbergh's crossing in thirty three plus hours July 1927
Plate XI. "The Brothers Montgolfier, 1783 ..." With text from Francesco Lana Terzi, Prodromo (1670) 1670, 1783
Series 3. Correspondence circa 1940-circa 1954
Series 4. Newspaper Clippings July 26, 1930
ADDENDUM: 1910-1952
Scope and Content Note
Item # | Contents |
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3 | Fred C. Kelly. Why the Wright Plane Was Exiled. The Wright Brothers: A Biography (New York, 1943), chapter 19. [23] p. |
12 | Charlton Lawrence Edholm. The Noble sport of aviation. Out West , vol. 32, no. 1 (January 1910). 7 p. |
1 | S. B. Reeve. First International Aviation Meet at Dominguez Field, 1910. Account dated Los Angeles County, California, June 11th, 1930. 13 p. |
2 | William May Garland to S. B. Reeve, Los Angeles, May 6, 1930. Letter concerning 2nd Air Meet at Dominguez Hills, in 1911. 2 p. |
29, 31 | Extracts from the Montgomery Advertiser, Monday, April 18, 1910-May 22, 1910, concerning the Wright flying school [include references to Walter R. Brookins]. 5 p. 2 copies. |
30 | Extracts from Montreal Daily Star, Monday, June 27, 1910, concerning the aviation meet at Lakeside. 4 p. |
10, 13 | "Brookins more than a mile up. / In Wright biplane he breaks all world records for height / Flies more than an hour / Final figures of remarkable flight not determined yet, but official recognition is certain. / Progress in high flying". New York Tribune , Sunday, July 10, 1910. 3 p. 2 copies. |
4, 25 | "Aviator-Brookins is hurt. / High flight record holder imperils life to save spectators. / Bruised and nose broken. / Machine turns over in quick shift to avoid onlookers" [article on Walter Brookins]. Chicago Daily News, August 10, 1910. 1 p. 2 copies. |
5 | "Brookins Makes 12-Minute Flight". Evening American [Chicago], vol. 11, no. 77, Tuesday, September 27, 1910. 2 p. [2 copies of p. 2]. |
7-9 | "Brookins makes great flight". Chicago American, vol. 11, no. 75, Wednesday, September 28, 1910. 3 p. 1 original and 2 copies. |
6, 15 | "Mr. Drexel and his speedy Bleriot reaches a height of 7,105 feet: / Mr. Brookins, his motor frozen, coasts 4,800 feet to earth / ten thousand spectators at Belmont park thrilled by masters of the air. / Ten Aviators seen in flight at once". New York Herald, Tuesday, October 25, 1910. 3 p. 2 copies [#6 has p. 1-2 only]. |
20-21 | "Walter Brookins, daring bird man. Piercing the skies: / Met first accident of his career at Baldwin Park yesterday / Brookin's moment of peril." Quincy Daily Herald, June 17, 1911. 2 p. 2 copies. |
22-23 | "Gill makes new aeroplane endurance record for America at Kinloch meet; / Flyer Eugene Ely killed in Georgia / Robinson reaches Dubuque; / Goes 58 miles in 50 minutes. / Aviator, ascending at Winona at 8:15, reaches / Prairie du Chien at 11- welcomed by 25,000 / On bluffs in Iowa City." St. Louis Times , October 19, 1911. 2 p. 2 copies. |
34, 36 | "Four aeroplane flights. / Mr. Walter R. Brookins gave fine exhibition in flying machine at Highwood park / Carried US Mail." Morning Star (Wilmington, NC), January 3, 1912. 2 p. 2 copies. |
16-17, 19 | "Aeroplane flights attract attention. / Walter R. Brookins demonstrates wonderful ability. / Skilled aviator will establish an aviation camp in this section and will have pupils." Palm Beach Weekly News, January 13, 1912. 2 p. 1 original (#17) and 2 copies. |
14, 18, 33 | 1 p. [1 original (#18) and 2
copies], with the following:
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11, 26 | "Air craft beats Kitty Hawk II in first river race. Brookins is victor in thrilling speed contest around Belle Isle, / Winning from the H\hydroplane by only seventy seconds". Detroit News , June 19, 1912. 3 p. 2 copies. |
24, 27 | "America seeks air speed title." Los Angeles Examiner, June 28, 1936. 1 p. 2 copies. |
28 | Public Law 722-79th Congress / Chapter 955-2d Session / H. R. 5144 / An Act to establish a national air museum, and for other purposes. Approved August 12, 1946. |
32 | "Aeronautical museum / Assured for Los Angeles / Fund presented at I A S 'Honors Night' / Establish repository in name of Dr. Durand." Western Aviation, February 1952. 2 p. |
35 | Almer Isackson. Walter Brookins' Career / Tells aviation history. 5 p. |