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Lawrence Leon (1889-1965) immigrated from his native Italy in 1913, and three years later received FAI Airplane Pilot Certificate #589 at Curtiss Field, Buffalo, NY. He served as flight instructor at the Curtiss School, Newport News, VA from Jan-Aug 1917, and as civilian instructor at various military schools until the end of World War I. In 1919 he traveled to Buenos Aries, Argentina as the representative for Curtiss Airplane Export Corporation and spent 13 years in South America as business representative and flight instructor for Curtiss. Following his return from South America, he continued with Curtiss until 1940 when he left to pursue unspecified business activities.

Identifier

NASM.XXXX.0293

Creator

Leon, Lawrence, 1889-1965

Date

1916-1923
bulk 1919-1923

Provenance

Lucy Leon, gift, unknown, XXXX-0293, unknown

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This scrapbook consists of clippings relating to Lawrence's early years, particularly his activities in South America between 1919 and 1923. Most of the clipping are from South American newspapers and are in Spanish and Portuguese. That material in the Biographical Files consists of larger format newspaper articles and copies of several letters of recommendation.

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

Topics

Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Commercial
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States
Flight training

Type

Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Clippings
Scrapbooks
Photographs