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[Footage from American Airlines flights between New York, Michigan, and Massachusetts, circa 1940s]
Film footage taken during American Airlines flights between New York City (New York), Detroit (Michigan), and Boston (Massachusetts), including travel footage in those cities, circa 1940s. The footage begins with shots of American Airlines Douglas DC-3 aircraft (visible tail numbers NC17334, NC16018, NC16109) at an unidentified airport and shots of flight attendants and pilots in their uniforms.…
[Rex T. Barber oral history interview]
Fighter ace Rex T. Barber is interviewed by historian Bruce T. Porter about his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Barber describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot and his time with the 449th Fighter Squadron in the China-India-Burma Theater. Special focus on an incident in April 1944 in which Barber was injured during a bailout and spent…
[Servicemen at Massachusetts Institute of Technology]
Photographic group portrait of servicemen at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, circa 1916.Inscription on verso: "At M.I.T. 1916."
[Servicemen playing Chinese checkers]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen playing Chinese checkers, Naval Air Station Squantum, Massachusetts, circa 1930s. Inscription on verso: "Squantum / 1930's."
[Servicemen at Naval Air Station Squantum]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen at Naval Air Station Squantum, Massachusetts, circa 1930s. One of the men is reading "Commence Shooting," a manual on war photography.Inscription on verso: "Squantum / 1930's."
Amateur ballooning / Balloon experiences of a timid photographer
Select pages from "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine," Volume 32, Number 5, September 1886. Contains two illustrated articles about ballooning in New England: "Amateur ballooning" by Alfred E. Moore and "Balloon experiences of a timid photographer" by John G. Doughty.