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Seth Cook ( -1929) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Air Corps and commanding officer of Chanute Field in Rantoul, Illinois.

 Identifier

NASM.2000.0065

 Creator

Cook, Seth

 Date

bulk 1918-1923

 Provenance

Bennett Downes, Gift, 2001

 Extent

0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))

 Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

 Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

 Scope and Contents

This collection consists of twelve photographs (two are two prints of the same image) collected by Seth Cook of the Army Air Corps between 1918-1923. The following aircraft are featured: de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4; Curtiss R-6 Army Racer; and Curtiss JN-4 Jenny. The following aviation personalities are included: James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle; Lester Maitland; Oakley Kelly; John Macready; Orville Wright; and Seth Cook. Several of the photographs were taken at or near Rockwell Field, San Diego, California.

 Genre/Form

Photographs

 Rights

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 Names

Army Air Corps

Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993

Kelly, Oakley G.

Macready, John

Maitland, Lester J., 1898-

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948

 Topics Aeronautics
Curtiss R-6 Army Racer
Curtiss JN-4 Jenny
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4

 Citation

Army Air Corps Photographs (Seth Cook), Accession 2000-0065, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

 Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives