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This collection consists of eight black and white photographs relating to Harold L. "Smiling Bud" Coffee, a World War I veteran and commercial aviation pilot who was killed in a crash in 1921.
Identifier
NASM.2024.0015
Date
1920
Provenance
Carole Steele, Gift, 2024, NASM.2024.0015.
Extent
0.01 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of eight black and white photographs, each measuring approximately 5.75 by 3.5 inches, relating to Harold L. "Smiling Bud" Coffee. All the photographs were taken at Westwood Airport in California in August 1920 and include handwritten captions on the reverse. Two different Lincoln (Aircraft) Standard L-S-3 (L.S.3) aircraft are shown in the photographs, one with a Hispano Suiza engine and one with a Hall-Scott engine. Several of the photographs show Coffee and several show Harold and Margaret Frodsham. Harold Frodsham was an employee of the Red River Lumber Company in Westwood, California and a prolific photographer, although it appears that these photographs were taken by someone else since Frodsham is pictured in most of them. The photographs are marked on the reverse with a name that appears to be Grafler or Graflen, and this may be the photographer.
Arrangement note
Photographs are in the order they were received, with like images grouped together.
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.
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Citation
Harold L. "Smiling Bud" Coffee Photographs, NASM.2024.0015, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Topics
Aeronautics
Air pilots
Lincoln (Aircraft) Standard L-S-3 (L.S.3)
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs