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This collection consists of a Petersen's American Aerial Navigation company circular, stationery, and stock certificate.
Captain Carl W. Petersen was a mariner, aviator, explorer, and inventor, who proposed to cross the Atlantic in five aerial tacks (risings and lowerings) in an "oblong, horizontal flat reefable gas-vessel" airship propelled by an electric motor, and promising the stability of a sailing ship. He formed and was president of Petersen's American Aerial Navigation Company and received patents for his airship.
NASM.XXXX.1027
Petersen, Carl W.
1886
Unknown - found in collection, Unknown, Unknown, NASM.XXXX.1027YEAR.####
0.13 Cubic feet (1 flat box)
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of an 8.5 x 11 inch company circular addressed to Mrs. Elisabeth Bender, Stockholder, dated January 1885; a 9 x 12 inch handwritten letter in German addressed to Governor Frederick Bender, dated 8 January 1886; and a 11 x 7 inch stock certificate for five $2.00 shares dated 3 January 1885 made out to Mrs. Elisabeth Bender.
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Petersen's American Aerial Navigation Company Circular, Stationery, and Stock Certificate, NASM.XXXX1027, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
USA, Petersen's American Aerial Navigation Co
Aeronautics
Transatlantic flights
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Stock certificates