AVIATION HISTORY SCRAPBOOK COLLECTION 1900-1940's MANUFACTURERS, PLANES, PILOTS - Thousands of Photos arranged by Aircraft Manufacturer

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Hundreds of Scrapbook Sheets

 

AVIATION SCRAPBOOK COLLECTION showing MANY AIRCRAFT from MANY MANUFACTURERS from the 1900s-1940s. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY first by MANUFACTURER then by DATE (though now a lot of the loose sheets are not in their proper alphabetical and/or chronological order - that will be your first order of business!).

Thousands of pictures of planes, their designers, pilots, etc., most clipped from magazines and journals of the day. I have never seen such a comprehensive collection of aircraft ephemera representing such a wide range of manufacturers. Many of the pictures were published in ephemeral publications and likely would be almost impossible to find today. This aviation scrapbook collection must have taken years to complete.

The aircraft manufacturers include Bell, Bleriot, Brown-Young, Buhl, Burnelli, Butler, Boeing, Brown, Cain, Curtis, Curtis-Reid, Cycloplane, Crusader, Cunningham, Davis, Douglas, Dare, Day, Flying Flea, Fokker, Ford, Franklin, General Western, Grumman, Kellett, Kinner, Lockheed, Martin, Pitcairn Auto-Giro, Porterfield, Ryan, Seversy, and, you get the idea, MANY MANY MORE.

The clippings are attached to approximately 600 large scrapbook sheets, 12x18 inches. Many of the sheets have clippings attached to both sides, many have lots of photos, some only a few (especially if the manufacturer had only a few planes that it produced). Some sheets have notes by the collector. The sheets were apparently bound in large three ring scrapbook binders, now about one-third of the scrapbook sheets are loose, the others are bound in three groups, each group held together with large metal rings, all lacking covers.

Condition: The scrapbook sheets are browned, brittle with age, and chipped and flaking at the edges (and continuing to chip and flake easily at the edges); the clippings themselves are in very good condition, bright and clear. An amazing reference collection that needs careful handling. If the scrapbook pages were put into sheet protectors and then into a set of binders they would make an incredible aviation history reference. Did I mention the edges of the shees chip and flake easily?

A unique collection gathered and organized by a completist.

 

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