The footage is silent and is mostly in color; a few segments are in black-and-white. Some scenes are overexposed and/or blurry.
Label on container: "Railroads / Capital."
]]>Film footage of trains, circa 1930s-1950s. The footage consists of short clips of various passenger and freight trains at unidentified locations. Visible railway names include Chicago & North Western, Soo Line, Northern Pacific, and Rock Island.
The footage is silent and is mostly in color; a few segments are in black-and-white. Some scenes are overexposed and/or blurry.
Label on container: "Railroads / Capital."
00:00:11 - Mid-Continent Airlines Douglas DC-3
00:00:17 - Wisconsin Central Airlines Lockheed Model 10-A Electra
00:00:27 - Northwest Airlines Martin Model 202 (tail number N93061)
00:01:05 - Northwest Airlines Martin Model 202 (tail number NC93037)
00:11:25 - Capital Airlines Douglas DC-3 (wing number N45379)
00:14:14 - Capital Airlines Douglas DC-4
00:14:14 - Capital Airlines Douglas DC-4
00:14:17 - Mid-Continent Airlines Douglas DC-3 (foreground) and Capital Airlines Douglas DC-3 (background)
00:14:26 – American Airlines Convair 240
Other segments feature a mix of aerial views filmed from unidentified aircraft and on-the-ground travel footage of various cities. Filmed locations include Washington, D.C., Chicago (Illinois), Minneapolis (Minnesota), Saint Paul (Minnesota), Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Kansas City (Missouri), and Duluth (Minnesota).
The footage is in color and is silent. Some scenes are overexposed.
Label on container: "Washington, Mpls, St. Paul, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Chicago / Duluth Superior / Norfolk / Washington / Milwaukee / Kansas City."
]]>Film footage of aircraft, aerial views, and travel scenes, circa 1940s-1950s. The footage contains several segments filmed at unidentified airfields showing various aircraft, mostly commercial airliners, parked, taxiing, and taking off. Airline livery visible in the footage include Mid-Continent Airlines, Wisconsin Central Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Capital Airlines, and American Airlines. Specific aircraft identified include:
00:00:11 - Mid-Continent Airlines Douglas DC-3
00:00:17 - Wisconsin Central Airlines Lockheed Model 10-A Electra
00:00:27 - Northwest Airlines Martin Model 202 (tail number N93061)
00:01:05 - Northwest Airlines Martin Model 202 (tail number NC93037)
00:11:25 - Capital Airlines Douglas DC-3 (wing number N45379)
00:14:14 - Capital Airlines Douglas DC-4
00:14:14 - Capital Airlines Douglas DC-4
00:14:17 - Mid-Continent Airlines Douglas DC-3 (foreground) and Capital Airlines Douglas DC-3 (background)
00:14:26 – American Airlines Convair 240
Other segments feature a mix of aerial views filmed from unidentified aircraft and on-the-ground travel footage of various cities. Filmed locations include Washington, D.C., Chicago (Illinois), Minneapolis (Minnesota), Saint Paul (Minnesota), Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Kansas City (Missouri), and Duluth (Minnesota).
The footage is in color and is silent. Some scenes are overexposed.
Label on container: "Washington, Mpls, St. Paul, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Chicago / Duluth Superior / Norfolk / Washington / Milwaukee / Kansas City."
Item from the inside back cover of the LeRoy Milliren National Air Races photograph album, circa 1920s-1930s. Album contains one hundred ninety-eight (198) black-and-white photographs taken at the air races during this time period.
]]>Handwritten note from Milt Meyer explaining how the album was gifted to him by Frances Milliren, LeRoy Milliren's widow.
Item from the inside back cover of the LeRoy Milliren National Air Races photograph album, circa 1920s-1930s. Album contains one hundred ninety-eight (198) black-and-white photographs taken at the air races during this time period.
Inscription in corner: "No. 8659. Copyrighted. Huddleston Photo Co. Los Angeles, Cal."
Inscription on verso: "Army Baloon [Balloon] School, Arcadia, California. James George Burton, active duty 3-20-18 to 1-24-19, #1115531 Private 1st Class, 52nd Baloon [Balloon] Co. Air Service."
Stamped on verso: "Huddleston Photo Co. Commercial Photographers, [address in Los Angeles, California]. Price [blank]. No. [blank]. Prompt attention to mail orders. Order by number."
Stamped on verso: "Copyrighted Photo, Dec 18, 1918."
]]>Panoramic photograph of servicemen with six observation balloons at the U.S. Army Balloon School, Ross Field, California, 1918.
Inscription in corner: "No. 8659. Copyrighted. Huddleston Photo Co. Los Angeles, Cal."
Inscription on verso: "Army Baloon [Balloon] School, Arcadia, California. James George Burton, active duty 3-20-18 to 1-24-19, #1115531 Private 1st Class, 52nd Baloon [Balloon] Co. Air Service."
Stamped on verso: "Huddleston Photo Co. Commercial Photographers, [address in Los Angeles, California]. Price [blank]. No. [blank]. Prompt attention to mail orders. Order by number."
Stamped on verso: "Copyrighted Photo, Dec 18, 1918."
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Newspaper clipping, "Mitchell fought valiantly for a unified air service," from The Detroit News, February 20, 1936. Obituary for Brigadier General William L. "Billy" Mitchell, describing his military career, his advocacy for a unified air force, and his longstanding criticisms of the federal bureaucracy and American aviation industry. Article also includes photos of Mitchell and his wife, Elizabeth.
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Inscription on album page: "Chateau Angers."
Part of a scrapbook related to Edward I. Sproull's military career during and after World War I, circa 1916-1919.
]]>Photograph of Château d'Angers, France, circa 1917-1919.
Inscription on album page: "Chateau Angers."
Part of a scrapbook related to Edward I. Sproull's military career during and after World War I, circa 1916-1919.
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Letterpress print of James Sadler during a balloon ascent, undated.
Letterpress print of crowds with the hydrogen balloon used in the 1783 flight by Nicolas-Louis Robert and Jacques Charles, Paris, France, undated.
Letterpress print of a hot-air balloon and crowds at the 1804 coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte, undated.
Label included with engraving: "Paris Ascent. Monday, December 1 [crossed out with handwritten correction: January 2], 1783. Nesle. Landing. Same day. 7 1/2 x 5. Line engraving."
]]>Engraving, "Experience Celebre Faite a Paris," depicting the January 2, 1783 balloon flight over France, undated. Text in French is engraved below the image.
Label included with engraving: "Paris Ascent. Monday, December 1 [crossed out with handwritten correction: January 2], 1783. Nesle. Landing. Same day. 7 1/2 x 5. Line engraving."