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 Identifier

NASM.2008.0006

Date

1921

Provenance

John N. Roberts, Gift, 2007, NASM.2008.0006

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet (1 oversized folder, Gelatin silver print panoramic photograph, faded and yellowed overall, severely damaged with several sections (mostly of sky area) broken off and missing, broken into two large pieces; annotations in black ink in lower border, with longer annotation on one end of reverse; surface dirt. , 10 x 66 inches)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

One gelatin silver print panoramic photograph, 10 x 66 inches; front view of five modified Bellanca de Havilland DH-4 Mailplanes on the ground, with the pilots and related crew standing in front of each aircraft; 1921. The aircraft are shown on an unidentified Nevada airfield, somewhere on the western branch of the early US Air Mail route.

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Restrictions

Physical access is restricted due to the fragility of the print; appointment required to view original.

Citation

Bellanca de Havilland DH-4 Mailplane Modified and Crew Panoramic Photograph, Acc. NASM.2008.0006, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Air mail service

Aeronautics

Bellanca De Havilland DH-4 Mailplane, Modified

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Panoramas