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Box 1

 Container

Contains 158 Results:

[8/27] Print of the first human ascent in a hydrogen balloon by Professor Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Noel Robert, from the garden of the Tuilleries, Paris, December 1, 1783, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Item: 1
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Photographs and other materials used to illustrate Phillip H. Ault, By the Seat of Their Pants; The Story of Early Aviation (New York: Dodd, Mead, c1978). The bulk of the material concerns the history of aviation in the United States from 1900 to 1950, with special emphasis on the Wright brothers, barnstormers, the first flight around the world in 1924, early air mail carriers, Charles Lindbergh, the Dole Derby of 1927, Amelia Earhart, and Douglas...
Dates: undated

[11/29] Wright Brothers family home, Dayton, Ohio [now in the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan], circa 1975

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Item: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Photographs and other materials used to illustrate Phillip H. Ault, By the Seat of Their Pants; The Story of Early Aviation (New York: Dodd, Mead, c1978). The bulk of the material concerns the history of aviation in the United States from 1900 to 1950, with special emphasis on the Wright brothers, barnstormers, the first flight around the world in 1924, early air mail carriers, Charles Lindbergh, the Dole Derby of 1927, Amelia Earhart, and Douglas...
Dates: circa 1975

[12/29] Wright Brothers cycle shop, Dayton, Ohio [now in the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan], circa 1975

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Item: 3
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Photographs and other materials used to illustrate Phillip H. Ault, By the Seat of Their Pants; The Story of Early Aviation (New York: Dodd, Mead, c1978). The bulk of the material concerns the history of aviation in the United States from 1900 to 1950, with special emphasis on the Wright brothers, barnstormers, the first flight around the world in 1924, early air mail carriers, Charles Lindbergh, the Dole Derby of 1927, Amelia Earhart, and Douglas...
Dates: circa 1975

[14/30] First powered flight: Wright brothers' plane leaves the ground at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with Orville at the controls and Wilbur running alongside, 1903 December 17

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Item: 4
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Photographs and other materials used to illustrate Phillip H. Ault, By the Seat of Their Pants; The Story of Early Aviation (New York: Dodd, Mead, c1978). The bulk of the material concerns the history of aviation in the United States from 1900 to 1950, with special emphasis on the Wright brothers, barnstormers, the first flight around the world in 1924, early air mail carriers, Charles Lindbergh, the Dole Derby of 1927, Amelia Earhart, and Douglas...
Dates: 1903 December 17

[19/35] Would-be aviators built airplanes in barns and stables during the years following the Wright brothers' historic flight. This one crashed on its first takeoff attempt and never flew, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Item: 5
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Photographs and other materials used to illustrate Phillip H. Ault, By the Seat of Their Pants; The Story of Early Aviation (New York: Dodd, Mead, c1978). The bulk of the material concerns the history of aviation in the United States from 1900 to 1950, with special emphasis on the Wright brothers, barnstormers, the first flight around the world in 1924, early air mail carriers, Charles Lindbergh, the Dole Derby of 1927, Amelia Earhart, and Douglas...
Dates: undated

[20/35] French aviator Rene Simon toured the Midwest with his Bleriot monoplane, giving exhibition flights, 1911

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, Item: 1
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Photographs and other materials used to illustrate Phillip H. Ault, By the Seat of Their Pants; The Story of Early Aviation (New York: Dodd, Mead, c1978). The bulk of the material concerns the history of aviation in the United States from 1900 to 1950, with special emphasis on the Wright brothers, barnstormers, the first flight around the world in 1924, early air mail carriers, Charles Lindbergh, the Dole Derby of 1927, Amelia Earhart, and Douglas...
Dates: 1911

[22/38] Lawrence Bell (standing, L) and Grover Bell (seated, R) with the plane they jointly owned, 1912

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, Item: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Photographs and other materials used to illustrate Phillip H. Ault, By the Seat of Their Pants; The Story of Early Aviation (New York: Dodd, Mead, c1978). The bulk of the material concerns the history of aviation in the United States from 1900 to 1950, with special emphasis on the Wright brothers, barnstormers, the first flight around the world in 1924, early air mail carriers, Charles Lindbergh, the Dole Derby of 1927, Amelia Earhart, and Douglas...
Dates: 1912

[24/41] Lincoln Beachey in Curtiss biplane races Barney Oldfield in automobile, circa 1910-1913

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, Item: 3
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Photographs and other materials used to illustrate Phillip H. Ault, By the Seat of Their Pants; The Story of Early Aviation (New York: Dodd, Mead, c1978). The bulk of the material concerns the history of aviation in the United States from 1900 to 1950, with special emphasis on the Wright brothers, barnstormers, the first flight around the world in 1924, early air mail carriers, Charles Lindbergh, the Dole Derby of 1927, Amelia Earhart, and Douglas...
Dates: circa 1910-1913

[25/43] Christening of the biplane in which Lincoln Beachey was killed at San Francisco on March 14, 1915

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, Item: 4
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Photographs and other materials used to illustrate Phillip H. Ault, By the Seat of Their Pants; The Story of Early Aviation (New York: Dodd, Mead, c1978). The bulk of the material concerns the history of aviation in the United States from 1900 to 1950, with special emphasis on the Wright brothers, barnstormers, the first flight around the world in 1924, early air mail carriers, Charles Lindbergh, the Dole Derby of 1927, Amelia Earhart, and Douglas...
Dates: 1898-1977 and undated

[33/51] Early Farman biplane on the beach in California, circa 1910

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, Item: 5
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Photographs and other materials used to illustrate Phillip H. Ault, By the Seat of Their Pants; The Story of Early Aviation (New York: Dodd, Mead, c1978). The bulk of the material concerns the history of aviation in the United States from 1900 to 1950, with special emphasis on the Wright brothers, barnstormers, the first flight around the world in 1924, early air mail carriers, Charles Lindbergh, the Dole Derby of 1927, Amelia Earhart, and Douglas...
Dates: circa 1910