Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
This collection consists of the following items copied from Mrs. Eleanor Relyea's album: eleven black and white 8 by 11 inch copy prints of early Air Service photography, including images of the Wright Military Flyer at Fort Myer, a portrait of Glenn Curtiss, images of air-to-air refueling, and images of General William L. "Billy" Mitchell with General Mason M. Patrick; a copy of a publication entitled "Flight in Literature" by Ernest Jones; a copy of a letter to Mrs. Relyea from General Benjamin Delahauf Foulois; and a copy of a memorandum from General Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold. There is also an original 10 by 13 inch black and white photograph of General Mitchell, signed by him to Mrs. Relyea.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Wright (Co) Type A Military (Signal Corps No. 1)
- Aeronautics, Military
Data Source
Restrictions & Rights
Creator
Subject
- Mitchell, William 1879-1936
- Arnold, Henry Harley 1886-1950
- Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 1879-1967
Physical description
Date
- 1909
- 1909-1940
Notes
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Repository Loc.
Type
- Photographs
- Collection descriptions
- Correspondence