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 Summary

Orville Burch Freeman (1893-1966) served with the US Army Air Service as an aviator, and later as a flight instructor, at Kelly Field, Texas during World War I and in the interwar period.

 Biographical / Historical

Orville Burch Freeman (1893-1966) served with the US Army Air Service as an aviator, and later as a flight instructor, at Kelly Field, Texas during World War I and in the interwar period. This collection consists of one photo album created by Freeman documenting his military career.

 Identifier

NASM.2020.0021

Creator

Freeman, Orville Burch, 1893-1966

Date

1910s to 1920s

Provenance

Glenn Farris, Gift, 2020, NASM.2020.0021

Extent

0.08 Cubic feet (1 flat box)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one photo album created by Orville Burch Freeman documenting his career with the US Army Air Service. The album measures approximately 11.5 x 7 inches and contains more than 130 photographs. Photographs in the album, many of which were taken at Kelly Field, Texas, show other pilots and aircraft including air to air views of various aircraft in flight and aircraft accidents. Cyrus K. "Cy" Bettis (1893-1926) is shown in several photographs, including one with an erroneous label that states he died in 1924. Aircraft shown in the album include various models of Curtiss JN-4 including the Curtiss JN-4H Hisso Jenny and the Curtiss JN-4HB Hisso Jenny, as well as the Dayton Wright DH-4. There also aerial photographs of various locations in Texas. The album contains captions written by Freeman.

Arrangement note

Collection is in original order.

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Citation

Kelly Field Photo Album, NASM.2020.0021, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics, Military

Airplanes

Air pilots

Dayton Wright DH-4

Curtiss JN-4 Jenny Family

Aircraft accidents

World War, 1914-1918

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photograph albums