Box 35
Container
Contains 83 Results:
Terminal Building
File — Box: 35, 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
Troop Ship
File — Box: 35, Folder: 11
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
West Michigan Fairgrounds
File — Box: 35, Folder: 12
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
Four men standing outside. L-R: Sophus Johnson, City Manager, Frank Goebel, Director of Public Works, Tom Walsh, Wes Ramey, ca. 1930s
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:
ca. 1930s
Group of about 16 men standing in front of an airplane NR-105-W. Walsh is in the front row standing to the left of the man with the patch on his eye. Pritchard's Photographs, no. 3309142. ID's on the verso include: Jerry Vinkemulder, 5th left, President of National Aeronatics Administration. Less Lowing, 6th from left. Tom Walsh, 7th from left. Wiley Post with eye patch. John Kohler, extreme right, President of Kohler Air Lines. John Kosten, 2nd from right, member, Airport Committees. Lon Feringa, 3rd from 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
Walsh right in jacket & cap and man left standing in front of a plane. Man is George W.(?) man., 1936-10-15
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:
1936-10-15
Original & copy photo of three men standing in front of a plane. Walsh is at the left with Gene Tunney center and Jess Willard(?) right., ca. Late 1930s
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:
ca. Late 1930s
Walsh in the center with two women left and woman and unidentified man right, probably inside the airport restaurant
File — Box: 35, Folder: 1
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Walsh in uniform with three other men. L-R: V.J. Coles, Lt. N.L. Chamberlain, Walsh, Ed Loop.
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