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Newspaper articles and images of a scrapbook relating to early aviatior Clarence H. Walker.
Clarence H. Walker was a wealthy young aviator living in San Mateo, CA. Before 1911, Walker started aviation as a pastime, building his own plane, but quickly decided to pursue it seriously with a better machine. He flew a Curtiss biplane at various shows in California, Hawaii, and Salt Lake City. Although a successful aviator, he suffered numerous crashes into trees, a fence, a barn, and a telegraph pole, all of which he survived. He holds the claim to being the first aviator to crash in Hawaii, on June 13, 1911 in Hilo, HI after his engine started failing shortly after takeoff.
NASM.2004.0056
Walker, Clarence H.
circa 1911
Duncan Knowles, Loaned to NASM for copying, 2004, NASM.2004.0056.
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of newspaper articles and 24 photographs that were photocopied or scanned out of a scrapbook about Clarence H. Walker, an early aviatior who performed flight demonstrations before World War I. Some of the newspaper articles also pertain to Didier Masson, with whom Walker toured in California, Hawaii, and Australia.
Unarranged.
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Clarence H. Walker Collection, NASM.2004.0056, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Aeronautics
Aircraft -- plane wreck
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