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 Identifier

NASM.2013.0015

Date

bulk 1922

Provenance

Emmett Apffel, Gift, 1212

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 45 black and white photographs, mostly 6.5 by 8.5 inches or 9 by 11 inches. Most of the photographs are aerial shots of the Washington, DC, area from 1922, including the following sites: Washington Monument (with aircraft exhibited about base); White House; Lincoln Memorial; United States Capitol; Union Station; Mount Vernon; Arlington Cemetery (showing Tomb of the Unknown Soldier); Pan American Building; National Museum Building (now National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian); United States Naval Observatory; and Army War College. Aircraft included are as follows: Martin (Glenn L.) MB-2; Curtiss N-9; and the Curtiss HS-1L. There are also two shots of a gentleman who may be the photographer, as well as a retouched image of a woman in a flying helmet. Many of the photographs are labeled with what appears to be the name of the photographer, H. C. Robinson.

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Citation

Washington, DC, Aerial Photography Collection, Accession 2013-0015, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aerial photography

Aeronautics

Curtiss HS-1L

Curtiss N-9

Martin (Glenn L.) MB-2

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials