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Sherman Fairchild (1896-1971) had a long and varied aviation career; included in his many contributions to the aerospace field was his work with aerial cameras and his aircraft companies, including Fairchild Industries.
NASM.XXXX.0952
Fairchild, Sherman M.
bulk 1900-1945
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Gift, 1968
10 Cubic feet (( ))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consisted of 10 cartons of photographs that were at first loaned, and then donated, from the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences (IAS) in 1968 when they were dissolving their library. After the photographs arrived at NASM, they were divided and placed in the Technical Files. As of 2009, 817 images have been identified and cataloged as being from the Sherman Fairchild Collection. The images include shots of balloons, gliders, airships, aircraft, aircraft instruments, engines, uniforms, aerial photographs, and early concepts of flight.
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Sherman Fairchild Collection of Aeronautical Photographs, Accession XXXX-0952, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Aeronautics
Balloons
Gliding and soaring
Aerial photography
Aeronautical instruments
Airships
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs