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[People with unidentified aircraft]
Photographic group portrait of people with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1920s-1930s. Tubal Claude Ryan is center front, pinning something to a man's shirt.Stamped on verso: "McDonough Photo Service / Photographs for all purposes / [address in San Diego, California]."Part of a dissembled scrapbook of items from John Fornasero's career at the Ryan Company, 1928-1937.
[Ryan School of Aeronautics building at Lindbergh Field]
Photograph of a Ryan School of Aeronautics building at Lindbergh Field (present-day San Diego International Airport), California, circa 1920s-1930s. Several aircraft are parked in front of the building.Stamped on verso: "Erickson the Flying Photographer."Part of a dissembled scrapbook of items from John Fornasero's career at the Ryan Company, 1928-1937.
[USS Macon airship over San Diego, California]
Postcard featuring the USS Macon airship over San Diego, California, circa 1926.Text on verso: "USS Macon over San Diego in 1934 / Powered by eight engines, lifted by helium, the 785-foor Macon moored to a mast on Camp Kearny when it visited San Diego."
[Ryan Flying Company postcard]
Postcard featuring an aerial view of the Ryan Flying Company's buildings and aircraft at Dutch Flats, Diego, California, circa 1926.Text on verso: "Ryan Flying Company, San Diego in 1926 / Claude Ryan used this field on Dutch Flats beside Barnett Avenue and the present Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Charles Lindbergh took off from here in the Spirit of t. Louis in 1927."
[John Fornasero with Great Lakes Model 2T aircraft]
Photograph of John Fornasero with a Great Lakes Model 2T aircraft (tail number NC-131Y) at Dutch Flats Airport, San Diego, California, circa 1929.Inscription on verso: "John Fornasero / Great Lakes biplane at 'Dutch Flats' / San Diego / 1929."