Box 32.5
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Sheets 21. Three photos + 1 8×10, including: (1) Two men in front of a plane. Inauguration of Grand Rapids to Milwaukee Airmail, late 1930's. John Kohler left, Aaron Davis, Grand Rapids Postmaster, right. (2) Plane 72, winter National Air Races,... on the ground with three men. (3) Plane in the air near a water tank (4) Verso: 8×10 of unidentified event, with a group of men in front of an airplane. Two men in the center shake hands including George Welsh on the right and Fiorella La Guardia left. Microphones in the foreground.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers document the development of aviation and the airport in Kent County, Michigan. The largest part of the collection dates from 1930 to 1957 when Walsh was Kent County Airport Manager at the former airport site along Eastern Avenue, south of 32nd Street, in southeast Grand Rapids. Walsh was quick to understand the commercial and military potential of aviation and has often been credited with being the driving force behind efforts in Kent County to advance aviation beyond the era of...
Dates:
1910-1985
Sheet 22. 8×10 + 8 photos verso, including: (1) Another view of Fiorella La Guardia, shaking hands with unknown man right, with George Welsh in the center. Other men & plane behind, and microphones in front. (2) Verso has various views of people with planes, a couple of aerial views, and a photo of Pat Van Wagoner.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers document the development of aviation and the airport in Kent County, Michigan. The largest part of the collection dates from 1930 to 1957 when Walsh was Kent County Airport Manager at the former airport site along Eastern Avenue, south of 32nd Street, in southeast Grand Rapids. Walsh was quick to understand the commercial and military potential of aviation and has often been credited with being the driving force behind efforts in Kent County to advance aviation beyond the era of...
Dates:
1910-1985
Sheet 23. 8×10 + 6 portrait photos of men in flight gear, including: (1) 8×10 of Floyd E. Evans left shaking hands with L.M. Lackely, right, with a woman standing at the front of an Ercoupe, and buildings in the background. (2) The fliers on the verso are unidentified, are seated in a plane or standing beside.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers document the development of aviation and the airport in Kent County, Michigan. The largest part of the collection dates from 1930 to 1957 when Walsh was Kent County Airport Manager at the former airport site along Eastern Avenue, south of 32nd Street, in southeast Grand Rapids. Walsh was quick to understand the commercial and military potential of aviation and has often been credited with being the driving force behind efforts in Kent County to advance aviation beyond the era of...
Dates:
1910-1985
Sheet 24. 8×10 + 4 photos verso, including: (1) 8×10 of Vandenberg nephew, part of shoot in “1.” in above. Group of six men with Vandenberg second from the right, Walsh 3rd from the right. (2) Verso includes two aerials, another of a plane in flight, and also a photo of a man standing next to a plane labeled: Official Pathfinder, Pilot Ted Abrams, Abrams Aerial Survey Corp.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers document the development of aviation and the airport in Kent County, Michigan. The largest part of the collection dates from 1930 to 1957 when Walsh was Kent County Airport Manager at the former airport site along Eastern Avenue, south of 32nd Street, in southeast Grand Rapids. Walsh was quick to understand the commercial and military potential of aviation and has often been credited with being the driving force behind efforts in Kent County to advance aviation beyond the era of...
Dates:
1910-1985