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Air service mechanics school WWI-era photographs, 1917-1957
Collection
Identifier: 2011-003
Scope and Contents
Photographic record of the men and their activities at the Air Service Mechanics School, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1917-1919 in 2 photo ablums plus loose photos and press cutting regarding Williamette National Cemetery. Most photo pages were annotated in white pencil by the owner.
Dates:
1917 - 1957
"War Book" of the U.S. School of Military Aeronautics, 1917-1918
Collection
Identifier: 2012-023
Scope and Contents
War book: 23 leaves of blank paper with photographs and other scrapbook type material glued on, usually to leaf recto only. Illustrated with 44 B/W photographs, 4 half-ton images of airplanes, one photostat of an incendiary bomb fact sheet and one newspaper excerpt of "Christmas and War" by the Univ. of IL Dean of Men. Photo album/scrapbook consisting of 44 B/W photos, 4 half-tone images, press cutting, and one photostat; housed in a 2-ring binder; all regarding the US School...
Dates:
1917 - 1918
WWI photographs, 1918-1935
Collection
Identifier: 2001-073
Scope and Contents
A broad range of subject matter depicted in 238 snapshots. Subjects include ground-based weaponry (French, German), observation balloons and Zeppelins (American, German); aeroplanes (German, American); naval vessels and ferries; ruins (France, Belgium, Germany); soldiers. Also among the collection are approximately 81 snapshots from a later period, circa 1935, of barracks, airplanes, airports, etc.
Dates:
1918 - 1935; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1919