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Booklet titled "The Men Who Made Brooks Field," published by the Maverick-Clarke Litho Company (San Antonia, Texas), circa 1918. The title page describes the booklet as "a pictorial history of America's Foremost Air Service United States Army Flying School." Lieutenant Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde is mentioned in a section called the "Log" of Brooks Field. 72 pages.
Newspaper clipping, "Kansas Cityan tells of fall in airplane," from an unidentified newspaper, circa 1918-1919. Gives Lieutenant Jules Verne Hyde's first-hand account of an airplane crash at Brooks Field that resulted in the death of one of his students.
Piece of blank stationery from Brooks Field, Texas, circa 1910s.
Newspaper clipping, "Baltimorean, 21, dies in Texas plane crash," from an unidentified newspaper, circa June 1927. Reports on the death of Cadet Morris B. Robinson Jr. in an aircraft accident at Brooks Field, Texas.
Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S. Army Air Corps at Brooks Field and Kelly Field, Texas, circa 1926-1927.
Newspaper clipping, "Brooks sergeant lands on hangar from parachute," from an unidentified newspaper, circa 1926-1927. Reports on Staff Sergeant Wilbur Lage's accidental landing on a hangar roof during a parachute jump at Brooks Field, Texas.
Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S. Army Air Corps at Brooks Field and Kelly Field, Texas, circa 1926-1927.
Newspaper clipping, "Flier misses hurts in fall," from an unidentified newspaper, circa 1927. Reports on Cadet Julius A. Barr's wreck in a training plane at Brooks Field, Texas.
Inscription on album page: "Nuf' said."
Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S. Army Air Corps at Brooks Field and Kelly Field, Texas, circa 1926-1927.