Box 32.5
Container
Contains 6 Results:
Sheet 8. 5 photos, some associated with Furniture Capital Airlines + 8×10 with man speaking at WLAV podium…
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 8
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 9. 5 photos, including (1) Ramp on Detroit River, inaugurating Detroit to Grand Rapids service, Kohler Aviation Service, 1934-1935. Amphibious plane talking off the end of the pier as men watch. (2) A brick building in construction with a crane behind. (3) Three snapshots which may all be of Clara Kutchinski, first woman to solo, 1930. (4) Verso has 1 8x10 photo of a crash, Stanfield photo, Rockford, MI.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 8
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 10. Another 8×10 photo of crash above, Stanfield photo, with people looking at the wreck + 5 photos, including a men standing by a plane at a microphone with a trophy; numerous people & autos at an event; two views of an amphibious plane; a man seated on the top of a plane.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 8
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 11. 5 photos, including an aerial above Grand Rapids Airport; people and band with planes on the field for an event; three snapshots of a crash. + x10 of a man speaking at a podium with a grand piano in the background and men seated behind him.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 8
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 12. Five photos, including (1) Two men near Kohler Aviation plane (2) Man in flight gear (3) Worm's eye view of man(?) on tower (4) Old Airport buildings, ca. 1929-1930, including the Restaurant building left, and a two story building with a fireplace right. (5) Verso: 8x10 of Five men standing on the roof of Wurzburgs (helicopter pad), including Walsh in the center and O.C. Hall 4th from left.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 8
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 13. 8×10 of nine men on the roof of Wurzburg's Department Store, helicopter Pad. Tom Walsh is 5th from left. Chet Hall (O.C. Hall, is 3rd from left pointing with his right hand. View to street and buildings behind men. + 5 photos of planes, airport buildings, bank of lights, etc.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 8
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