Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers
Title
Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers
Description
The Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers is comprised of approximately 43,000 negatives and 150,000 prints, as well as glass plates, scrapbooks, transparencies, correspondence, writings, and research files and additional audio-visual materials. This collection is significant for its documentation, especially visual, on thousands of types of aircraft produced over the course of the twentieth century. The collection is arranged into six series: I. Photographs, II. Correspondence, III. Manuscripts, IV. Research Files, V. Audiovisual Material and VI. Personal.
Digitized Materials: The glass plate negatives have been digitized from this collection thus far.
Date
2008-03-31
Creator
Bowers, Peter M., 1918-2003
Rights Holder
The Museum of Flight Archives
Rights
Permission to publish material from the Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.
Bibliographic Citation
The Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers/The Museum of Flight
Identifier
2008-03-31
Collection Organization
Collection Items
[Fokker Universal "Jeanne d'Arc" seaplane]
Photograph of the Fokker Universal "Jeanne d'Arc" seaplane, circa 1920s. The text "Nungesser-Coli Search Expedition" is painted on the fuselage.Inscription on envelope: "Universal Seaplane at Little Ferry / Nungesser Coli Eped."
[Fokker XLB-2 aircraft]
Photograph of a Fokker XLB-2 aircraft, circa 1920s-1930s. Several people in an automobile are under the aircraft's wing.
Inscription on envelope: "XLB-2 bomber / Pratt + Witney engine / Mr. Renseller, Mr. Fokker, Mr. Leeds, Mr. Wheat."
[Fokker F.III aircraft]
Photograph of a Fokker F.III aircraft, circa 1920s-1930s. A pilot is seated in the cockpit.Inscription on envelope: "F.III."
[Fokker CO-4 Mail aircraft]
Photograph of a Fokker CO-4 Mail aircraft at a snowy airfield, circa 1920s-1930s. Inscription: "Fokker C-4 mail plane."Inscription on envelope: "Mail plane".
[Fokker C-2 "America" aircraft]
Photograph of the Fokker C-2 "America" aircraft, circa 1920s.Inscription on envelope: "Trimotor America on field."
[Fokker C.II aircraft]
Photograph of a Fokker C.II aircraft, circa 1920s-1930s. A pilot is seated in the cockpit.Inscription on envelope: "C-II."
[Unidentified aircraft]
Photograph of an unidentified aircraft, circa 1910s-1930s. Two people are seated in the cockpits. Inscription on envelope: "Skeeter plane / Mr. Brassem (?)"
[Fokker F.III aircraft]
Photograph of a Fokker F.III aircraft, circa 1920s-1930s. A pilot is seated in the cockpit.Inscription on envelope: "F.III."
[Fokker C.II aircraft]
Photograph of a Fokker C.II aircraft, circa 1920s-1930s. A pilot is seated in the cockpit.Inscription on envelope: "C-II."
[Fokker] C-2 Army transport
Photograph of a U.S. Army Fokker C-2 aircraft, circa 1920s-1930s.Inscription on envelope: "C-2 Army transport."