Box 32.5
Container
Contains 50 Results:
Album sheet with 6 images on one side & one on the other. (1) Side A. Lindbergh right seated next to old woman (perhaps his mother who was known to be at the event). (2) Side A. Lindbergh left with unidentified old man as in 1. above. (3) Side A. Lindbergh shaking hand with unidentified man, standing next to “Spirit of St. Louis” (4) Side A. “Spirit of St. Louise” with crowd in the background. (5) Side A. Worm's eye view of Lindbergh (6) Side A. Worm's eye view of Lindbergh at microphones, with face partial obstructed. (7) Side B. Two men holding a man on a stretcher between and ambulance left and an airplane right.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 3
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:
Aug 12, 1927
Album sheet with 4 images on one side and one on the other. (1) Side A. Spirit of St. Louis, taking off or landing (2) Side A. Spirit of St. Louis, coming out of a hangar. (3) Side A. Crowd at airport (4) Side A. Lindbergh. (5) Side B. View from behind a band play (Star Spangled Banner), as people on podium stand to salute the flag on the pole. Men visible on top of a building center right.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 3
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:
Aug 12, 1927
Album sheet with 4 images on one side and one on the other. (1) Side A. Lindbergh seen through window of cockpit (2) Side A. “Spirit of St. Louis” with men pushing the plane (3) Side A. Lindbergh talking to older man. (4) Side A. Lindbergh talking to woman in hat seated at his left. (5) Side B. Military unit with rifle on the back side of an Aeronca, No. 8.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 3
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:
Aug 12, 1927
Cut sheet of album page with two images on one side and one on the other (1) Side A. Spirit of St. Louise in hangar with unidentified man in light colored suit standing near the nose. (2) Side A. Lindbergh(?) standing in an automobile talking to a man in a light uniform, another man in uniform (police?) standing on the near side of the car, and another figure lower left. (3) Side B. Interior. Group of men and women seated at dinner. “Post-208” stamped on the back of the folding chairs in use.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 3
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:
Aug 12, 1927
Cut sheet of album page with two images on one side and one on the other. (1) Side A. Miniature Lindbergh figure and miniature “Spirit of St. Louis” being held by two unidentified hands. (2) Side A. “Spirit of St. Louise” view near nose. (3) Side B. Interior. Group photo of young men in uniform, probably in the same facility at “Side B. in 5. above. “Post 208” stamped on a folding chair.
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 3
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:
Aug 12, 1927
Thomas Rood(?), Sept 10, 1940
File — Box: 32.5, Folder: 6
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:
Sept 10, 1940
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