Early New York and Long Island Aviation Photography Collection
Manuel Santana Picheco was soldier stationed at Mitchel Field, Long Island after the First World War. During this time, he also worked in the local photography labs of Court Commercial Photography, a now-defunct entity. Many of the images in this collection are duplicates of Court Commercial photographs.
Identifier
NASM.XXXX.0619
Creator
Picheco, Manuel Santana
Date
bulk ca. 1910-1929
Provenance
James I. Gracyalny, 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 fifty one black and white, 8 by 10 inch copy prints featuring images of aircraft operating in New York and Long Island in the nineteen teens and twenties. Included are the Junkers-Larsen JL-6 (Junkers F 13 a); Curtiss Condor CO Transport (Condor 18, B-20); Curtiss Thrush (Model 56); Curtiss Tanager (Model 54); Curtiss P-6 (YP-6) Hawk; Curtiss XF8C-2 Helldiver; Ansaldo S.V.A. 5 (SV.5); de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4; LWF H Owl; British airship R 34; Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a; Fairchild 21 (FT-1); Fairchild 71; Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor Floyd Bennett; Savoia-Marchetti S.56; Loening (Corp) Air Yacht C2; Stinson (Aircraft) SM-1 Detroiter American Girl; Sikorsky S-38 Amphibion; Dornier Do X; Fairchild (American) Y1C-24 (C-24) Pilgrim; and US Navy ZR-3 Los Angeles.
Genre/Form
Photographs
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Creator
Picheco, Manuel Santana
Topic
Junkers-Larsen JL-6
Curtiss Condor Family
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4
LWF H Owl
R 34 (British Rigid Airship)
Sikorsky (USA) S-38 Amphibion Family
Citation
Early New York and Long Island Aviation Photography Collection, Acc. XXXX-0619, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
