Box 1
Contains 72 Results:
Letter signed Lee Hammond, Great Lakes, Ill., to Issy Hellman, St. Louis. Description of flight of naval sea plane across Lake Michigan. Includes newspaper clipping telling of emergency water landing, takeoff. (2 items) (photograph of plane and crew available in Photographs and Prints Department) (gift of Clarence E. Schumacher, January 2, 1960; accession no. 60-0002), 1918 Aug 24
Collection of correspondence, reports, printed material, and clippings pertaining to St. Louis aviation history. Includes papers relating to the Pioneer Aeroplane and Exhibition Company (1911); the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation, formed to hold the international air races in St. Louis, October 1-2, 1923; ballooning; and the early history of Lambert St. Louis Flying Field.
Advertisement for show about first flight across the Atlantic by Alcock and Brown at the Odeon, to be recounted by Lieut. Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, navigator for the flight, illustrated by slides and motion pictures., 1919
Collection of correspondence, reports, printed material, and clippings pertaining to St. Louis aviation history. Includes papers relating to the Pioneer Aeroplane and Exhibition Company (1911); the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation, formed to hold the international air races in St. Louis, October 1-2, 1923; ballooning; and the early history of Lambert St. Louis Flying Field.
Letter from Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, Nelson Cunliff, St. Louis, to Major Albert Bond Lambert regarding Aviation Field in Forest Park., 1919
Collection of correspondence, reports, printed material, and clippings pertaining to St. Louis aviation history. Includes papers relating to the Pioneer Aeroplane and Exhibition Company (1911); the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation, formed to hold the international air races in St. Louis, October 1-2, 1923; ballooning; and the early history of Lambert St. Louis Flying Field.
Three bulletins concerning balloon races and events. Includes typed announcement of The Aero Club of America. (4 items) (gift of Mrs. Arthur C. Hoskins, February 22, 1967; accession no. 67-0016), 1920
Collection of correspondence, reports, printed material, and clippings pertaining to St. Louis aviation history. Includes papers relating to the Pioneer Aeroplane and Exhibition Company (1911); the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation, formed to hold the international air races in St. Louis, October 1-2, 1923; ballooning; and the early history of Lambert St. Louis Flying Field.
Letter of G.L. Bumbaugh, Indianapolis, Ind., to Arthur C. Hoskins, St. Louis. Has not entered balloon race, as he hopes to sell his balloon. Asks Hoskins to get a friend or two and buy the balloon. It is made of two ply diagonal rubber fabric and taped inside and out, and none could be made better. Includes illustrated stationery and envelope with image of Bumbaugh and three photographs of the balloon. (5 items), 1920 July 3
Collection of correspondence, reports, printed material, and clippings pertaining to St. Louis aviation history. Includes papers relating to the Pioneer Aeroplane and Exhibition Company (1911); the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation, formed to hold the international air races in St. Louis, October 1-2, 1923; ballooning; and the early history of Lambert St. Louis Flying Field.
Invitation, program, and chronological record of ceremonies inaugurating U.S. Air Mail service from Forest Park aerial field., 1920 Aug 16
Collection of correspondence, reports, printed material, and clippings pertaining to St. Louis aviation history. Includes papers relating to the Pioneer Aeroplane and Exhibition Company (1911); the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation, formed to hold the international air races in St. Louis, October 1-2, 1923; ballooning; and the early history of Lambert St. Louis Flying Field.
Letter of Albert Bond Lambert to Postmaster regarding flying field at Bridgeton, Mo., which could be used for air mail if the Forest Park field should prove inadequate. Includes letter to Lambert from Randall Foster, Flying Club of St. Louis, regarding lease of the field to Robertson Aircraft Corporation, a newspaper clipping from St. Louis Post-Dispatch Magazine, and notes of A.B. Lambert regarding the documents. (5 items), 1921
Collection of correspondence, reports, printed material, and clippings pertaining to St. Louis aviation history. Includes papers relating to the Pioneer Aeroplane and Exhibition Company (1911); the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation, formed to hold the international air races in St. Louis, October 1-2, 1923; ballooning; and the early history of Lambert St. Louis Flying Field.
Letters and telegrams of Roger J. Adams, Adams Aerial Trans. Co., to Paul W. Wittemann, regarding radio telephone communication and the search for a suitable landing field in St. Louis. Includes article from Southwestern Telephone News titled "A Radio Station for Broadcasting News." (7 items) (accession no. 95-0035), 1922
Collection of correspondence, reports, printed material, and clippings pertaining to St. Louis aviation history. Includes papers relating to the Pioneer Aeroplane and Exhibition Company (1911); the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation, formed to hold the international air races in St. Louis, October 1-2, 1923; ballooning; and the early history of Lambert St. Louis Flying Field.
Correspondence and documents regarding St. Louis Aeronautical Corp. and International Air Races at St. Louis. (approximately 15 items), 1923
Collection of correspondence, reports, printed material, and clippings pertaining to St. Louis aviation history. Includes papers relating to the Pioneer Aeroplane and Exhibition Company (1911); the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation, formed to hold the international air races in St. Louis, October 1-2, 1923; ballooning; and the early history of Lambert St. Louis Flying Field.
Certificate for five shares in the St. Louis Aeronautic Corp. issued to J. Kennard and Sons Carpet Co. (gift of Eric Newman, St. Louis, July 15, 1952), 1923 Aug 4
Collection of correspondence, reports, printed material, and clippings pertaining to St. Louis aviation history. Includes papers relating to the Pioneer Aeroplane and Exhibition Company (1911); the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation, formed to hold the international air races in St. Louis, October 1-2, 1923; ballooning; and the early history of Lambert St. Louis Flying Field.