Box 35
Container
Contains 83 Results:
Walsh seated at a desk with his nameplate on it, with four other men seated or standing, L-R: Edward A. Borgman, John D. Whegge, Irving Pennington, ?
File — Box: 35, Folder: 1
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:
1930 - 1950
Banquet setting, with flag in background. Walsh second from right, with four other men in the image
File — Box: 35, Folder: 1
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:
1930 - 1950
Walsh far right next to an unidentified woman. Two unidentified men are left in the group.
File — Box: 35, Folder: 1
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:
1930 - 1950
Walsh, far right, in his office with four other men. Man next to Walsh is Whegge. The three men at the left are all in uniforms and unidentified. Photo is damaged.
File — Box: 35, Folder: 1
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:
1930 - 1950
Walsh and Whegge(?) with Irish Air Lines log and pendant with shamrock in an office
File — Box: 35, Folder: 1
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:
1930 - 1950
A group at Ottawa Ave., in front of the Norris Building, with flags. Verso: Flag presention by Irish Consul Jereme Cleary to Tom Walsh, President, Grand Rapids Chapter Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Man second from left in bow time may be G. Mennen Williams, March 17, 1947(?)
File — Box: 35, Folder: 1
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:
March 17, 1947(?)
Banquet setting, Walsh at the podium looking at the man seated left, with a woman and man visible
File — Box: 35, Folder: 1
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:
1930 - 1950
Three men standing, Walsh right, receiving(?) award from Stan McWhinney(?) with unidentified man center
File — Box: 35, Folder: 1
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:
1930 - 1950
U.S. Army Photo. Department of Defense. Permission info. Note stamped on verso. Four men, with Walsh at far right. Also, L-R: Gen. “Nuts” Macauliffe, Cecil Simmons, John W. Simpler, Secretary of Treasury under Truman.
File — Box: 35, Folder: 1
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:
1930 - 1950
Exterior view of group standing in the snow in front of a plane. Two men wear Saladin caps, and another in Masonic garb, Two women and a girl in front, Walsh at the far right
File — Box: 35, Folder: 1
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:
1930 - 1950