Box 32.5
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Sheet 1. 2 photos of Walsh with Major General Hoyt S. Vandeberg, nephew of Senator Arthur Vandenberg, ca. 1940. One image includes a second unidentified man.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 7
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 2. Unidentified group photo with seven men seated or standing at the front of a stage. Walsh is far left in front row standing.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 7
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 3. Unidentified elderly woman being assisted from a plane by a young man and a stewardess.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 7
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 4. 7 snapshots of Johnson Flying Service, Furniture Capital Air, and other + 1 8×10 Bird's eye view of onlookers at Gate 2 small building, with bicycles behind and two helicopters on the field.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 7
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 5. 4 snapshots: military? With tents & equipment, men, aerial & 1 8×10. Mostly military in uniform standing near a hangar(?) with a speaker attached at the roof line.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 7
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 6. 4 snapshots of men talking in groups, some in uniform + 8×10 three men in the center foreground, one talking on a walkie-talkie, with the airport Administration Building far right, and planes in the background or in the air.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 7
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 7. 4 snapshots, aerials, not yet confirmed as Grand Rapids, but including a river, bridges & buildings. + 8×10 of women in uniform in front of a building similar to 5 above.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 7
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