Collection Item Summary:
This collection includes two photographs on postcards. The first is of Wellman-Vaniman airship America. The second shows (left to right) Murray Simon (?) - navigator; Walter Wellman - explorer and journalist; Melvin Vaniman - designer of America and chief engineer on flight over Atlantic; Jack Irwin - radio operator on America; and Frederic Aubert and Louis Loud - engineers.
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Topic
- Wellman-Vaniman America
- Aeronautics
- Airships
- Transatlantic flights
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Subject
- Wellman, Walter 1858-1934
- Vaniman, Melvin
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- Photographic postcards
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