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During the Spring of 1937, Laura Heermance and Louise Tallman of Connecticut were taken to Europe by their aunt. They were loaned a Leica camera with 35 mm film and Ms. Heermance, an enthusiastic student pilot, took photographs of aircraft at Le Bourget Airport and Aero Club de la Riviera, France.
NASM.2005.0022
Heermance, Laura W., 1916-1960
bulk 1937
Louise Tallman, Gift, 2005
11 Digital scans
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of scans copied by the NASM Archives of eleven photographs taken by Laura W. Heermance (1916-1960) in France during the Spring of 1937. The photographs were shot at the Le Bourget Airport and at the Aero Club de la Riviera, France The following aircraft are shown: Imperial Airways Short L. 17 Scylla and Handley Page H.P. 42E Hannibal; Air France Potez 62; KLM Douglas DC-2; Sabena Savoia-Marchetti S.73; Percival Gull Six; de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide and D.H.80 Puss Moth; and Caudron C. 400 Phalene (Moth), C.232, and C.272 Luciole (Firefly).
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French Aviation Photography Collection, Accession number 2005-0022, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Aeronautics
Airlines
Short L.17 Scylla
Handley Page H.P. 42E Hannibal
Potez 62
Douglas DC-2
Sabena Savoia-Marchetti S.73
Percival Gull Six
de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide
Caudron C.272 Luciole (Firefly)
Caudron C.400 Phalene (Moth)
Caudron C.232
de Havilland D.H.80 Pull Moth
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Digital scans