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Box 35

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Commemorative plaque of the National Air Races and Aeronautical Exposition, Cleveland., August 24-September 2, 1929.

 Item — Box: 35, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series 11:
Scope and Contents From the Series: The earliest memorabilia in the collection relate to the Wright brothers: (1) a butterfly toy purported by Carruthers to have been given to them by their father and to have inspired their interest in flight; and (2) a small piece of the brothers' first hangar in Kitty Hawk, mounted on a printed "Birthday Greetings and Souvenir of ..." card issued by Lester D. Gardner (publisher of the early periodical Aviation, later an officer in the Army Air...
Dates: August 24-September 2, 1929.

Bookmarks made from fabric of balloon "Explorer II", which attained the world's altitude record of 72,395 feet, on November 11, 1935., 1935.

 Item — Box: 35, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series 11:
Scope and Contents From the Series: The earliest memorabilia in the collection relate to the Wright brothers: (1) a butterfly toy purported by Carruthers to have been given to them by their father and to have inspired their interest in flight; and (2) a small piece of the brothers' first hangar in Kitty Hawk, mounted on a printed "Birthday Greetings and Souvenir of ..." card issued by Lester D. Gardner (publisher of the early periodical Aviation, later an officer in the Army Air...
Dates: 1935.