J. Roger Bentley collection of Capital Airlines photographs 2018.237
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Table of Contents
Summary Information ...... 3 Historical Note ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 5 Arrangement ...... 6 Administrative Information ...... 6 Related Materials ...... 7 Controlled Access Headings ...... 7 Photographs ...... 7 Collection Inventory ...... 8 Clifford Ball Airlines ...... 8 Pennsylvania Central Airlines ...... 9 Publications ...... 10 Capital Airlines ...... 23 Capital Airlines Association ...... 34
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Summary Information
Repository: Audiovisual Collections Creator: Pennsylvania Central Airlines Creator: Capital Airlines Creator - col: Bentley, J. Roger, 1932-2020 Title: J. Roger Bentley collection of Capital Airlines photographs ID: 2018.237 Date [inclusive]: 1925-2002 Physical Description: 10 Linear Feet General Physical 756 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. 471 photographic prints : Description: b&w ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. 2 photographic prints : color ; 11 x 14 in. 21 photographic prints : color ; 8 x 10 in. 160 photographic prints : color ; 4 x 6 in. or smaller. 87 transparencies : color ; 4 x 5 in. 22 slides : color ; 35mm. 232 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller. 27 negatives : color ; 35mm. 82 postcards. 700 textual items. 2 audio cassette tapes. 1 reel (100 ft) : si., col. ; 16mm. 1 pin. 1 bar of soap. Language of the English . Material: Abstract: Capital Airlines was a commercial airline for the eastern, southern, southeastern, and midwestern United States from 1936 to 1961. It was the fifth largest airline in the United States. The airline was the first to offer service from the west to Washington D.C., coach class service, in-flight television, and jet-powered commercial aircraft. This collection includes materials related to Capital Airlines predecessor company, Clifford Ball Airlines, and materials created under its former name, Pennsylvania Central Airlines. There is also materials related to the Capital Airline Association. The collection documents the history of the airlines, its aircraft and employees.
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Historical Note
Capital Airlines was a commercial airline for the eastern, southern, southeastern, and midwestern United States from 1936 to 1961. In the 1950s, it was the fifth largest airline in the United States. The airline
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Capital Airlines can trace its roots back to the Clifford Ball Airline which operated out of Pittsburgh's Bettis Field Airport. The Clifford Ball Airline was established in 1926 by Clifford Ball (1892-1972), who founded the country's first air mail service and a pioneer of commercial aviation.
On April 26, 1927 the first air mail flew from Bettis Field to Cleveland. In 1928, Clifford Ball Airlines began a passenger service. In 1929, Ball coined the phrase "Path of the Eagle" and began a passenger route from Cleveland to Washington. Clifford Ball Airline was sold to Pittsburgh Aviation Industries Corp (PAIC) in 1930, and became Pennsylvania Air Lines.
Due to the Air Mail Scandal of 1934, the company went through a number of changes. By 1935, C. Bedell Monro (1901-1972) was President. The company received an air mail contract and went on to recover from the scandal. Another company also received an air mail contract in the same region, Central Airlines. The two airlines competed in vigorous price wars and both began to suffer financially. In 1936, Pennsylvania Air Lines and Central Airlines merged becoming, Pennsylvania Central Airlines (PCA). Bedell remained President of the company.
In 1941, PCA moved its headquarters to Washington D.C. and therefore dubbed its fleet as "The Capital Fleet" and "Capitaliners". During World War II, the company experienced significant expansion and growth. After the war the company began to suffer financially again.
Monro resigned from PCA in October of 1947 and James H. "Slim" Carmichael (1907-1983) was named his successor. Monro stated it was "grave difference of opinion" over the company's management that prompted his resignation.
Carmichael was a former barnstormer, stunt flier, crop duster and an early airmail pilot. He learned to fly at the age of nineteen. He had been with the company since the beginning. Carmichael is credited with rescuing the airline from bankruptcy when taking over as President and reorganizing the company under its new name. In early 1947, PCA unofficially changed its name in advertisements to Capital and designed a new logo, however, the name change wasn't approved by the CAB (Civil Aeronautics Board) until April of 1948.
In November 1948, the Nighthawk service began. It was a four cent-a-mile nightly air service between New York and Chicago. It was a "coach" class, no frills flight. There were no meals, pillows, blankets, or other amenities, which made it very cost-effective for passengers. The service was a successful and profitable for Capital Airlines. After long use of the DC-3 and DC-4 aircrafts, Capital Airlines invested heavily in British-built jet and prop-jet airliners. In 1955, the company purchased forty Vickers Viscounts. These were the first commercial passenger prop-jet airliner. Capital Airlines went on to own sixty-seven Viscounts.
Carmichael resigned in 1958 for "personal reasons" with no further comment from Capital or Carmichael. He was replaced by a retired U.S. Air Force Major General, David Hodges Baker III (1907-2003).
By the late 1950s, the company began to falter due to increased debt. In 1958, Capital employees went on strike for a month. In 1958 to 1960, they had five aircraft accidents. In 1960, Vickers-Armstrong filed a foreclosure suit on the entire Capital Airlines Viscount fleet. In August 1960, a merger of Capital and - Page 4- J. Roger Bentley collection of Capital Airlines photographs 2018.237 United was proposed. On June 1, 1961, United Airlines purchased Capital Airlines and took over its Viscount fleet.
In 1981, the former employees of Capital Airlines founded the Capital Airlines Association. The association had approximately 1,500 members and held an annual picnic. The last picnic was held in 2004 and the association disbanded due to decline in membership.
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Scope and Content
Clifford Ball Airlines series is a small amount of materials, mostly photographs and few brochures and newspapers clippings dating from 1925 to 1930. There are images of the airplanes Miss Pittsburgh and Miss Youngstown and a few views of Bettis Field. Of note is a group portrait of Clifford Ball with the ten other people awarded the first air mail contracts. There are photographs of the Miss Pittsburgh restored and on display at the Pittsburgh International Airport in 1995. There are also two 1930 group portraits of Penn School of Aviation basketball team, featuring pilots that would continue to work for Pennsylvania Central Airlines and Capital Airlines.
Pennsylvania Central series is organized into two subseries: Publications and Photographs. Publications subseries consists of annual reports, flight schedules, employee booklets/manuals, advertisements/ brochures, and several issues of the employee newsletter: PCA News. There is also ephemera such as stickers, postcards, and passenger tickets. These materials date from 1929 to 1947.
The Photographs subseries is mainly images of airplanes and employees. There are images of mechanics in shops working on planes, as well as, pilots and flight attendants. There are also publicity photographs of notable passengers such as movie stars, politicians, and athletes. There are some images related to crashes or accidents. The photographs date from 1930 to 1947, there are a few photographs from the 1950s and 1965 that were with other photographs and kept together.
Capital Airlines series is organized into two subseries: Publications and Photographs. The Publications subseries consists of annual reports, mailers; brochures, advertisements, and ephemera such as greeting cards, wallet calendars, postcards, stickers, and luggage tags. There are a few flight schedules and flight kits, and aircraft Incident Reports. There is also reminiscences. These materials date from 1940 to 1961.
The Photographs subseries is mainly images of airplanes, pilots and flight attendants, but not many of mechanics or ground crew. There are publicity photographs of notable passengers such as movie stars, politicians, and athletes. The photographs date from 1946 to 1961. There are a few photographs from the 1990s that were with other images and kept together.
Capital Airlines Association series contains member lists and several newsletters which date from 1983 to 1987 and 1990 to 1991. There is some correspondence from Bentley to other association members. The series mostly consists of photographs from the annual picnics attended by former Capital Airline
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Arrangement
This collection includes materials related to Capital Airlines predecessor company, Clifford Ball Airlines, and materials created under its former name, Pennsylvania Central Airlines. There is also materials related to the Capital Airline Association. The collection is arranged into four series by company name. The collection documents the history of the airlines, its aircraft and employees.
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Administrative Information
Publication Statement Audiovisual Collections
PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library
Access Restrictions This collection is open for research.
Film based materials are stored offsite in cold storage and must reacclimate prior to viewing (Box 15 and Film Can 1). Please contact the Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department at least 48 hours in advance of research visit.
Provenance J. Roger Bentley is an aviation enthusiast, and former employee of Capital Airlines. Although he only worked for the company for three months, he was an active member of the Capital Airlines Association. The materials in this collection were given to Bentley from other Capital Airlines Association members over a period of many years.
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Related Materials
Related Material The Charles Baptie photograph collection (MSS C0032), George Mason University. Special Collections and Archives.
Papers of Clifford Ball (MSS #12), Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center.
Separated Material Roger Bentley Airline Industry Collection: books and industry publications (Accession 20180510.RB), Published Collections Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
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Controlled Access Headings
• Airplanes • Aircraft industry -- Employees • Air mail service • Air pilots • Flight attendants • Airlines • Aeronautics
Photographs
Charles Baptie (1914-2000) was the company photographer of Capital Airlines. He had worked at the company since it began as Pennsylvania Central Airlines in 1936 and left when it merged with United Airlines in 1961. He then formed his own photography studio called Charles Baptie Studios. Many of the photographs in this collection were taken by Charles Baptie. The archivist has made every attempt to credit Baptie with his photographs, however, not all are marked, but are very possibly taken by him.
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Collection Inventory
Clifford Ball Airlines, 1925-19291967-1995 Title/Description Instances "40th Anniversary: Pittsburgh-Cleveland Air Mail Line" program, box 1 folder 1 1967 Scope and Contents
The Aero Club of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Wing, OX5 Club of America.
Air mail contractors group portrait, circa 1925 box 1 folder 2 Scope and Contents
Includes: Clifford Ball.
Air mail information booth, circa 1925 box 1 folder 3 Scope and Contents
Includes: worker and patron.
Airport exterior, Bettis Field, 1927 box 1 folder 4
Airport exterior, Bettis Field, 1927 box 15 folder 1
Brochures, 1929 box 1 folder 5
First night air mail flight, 1928 box 1 folder 6 Scope and Contents
Includes: Dewey Noyes, Mark Moltrap, and others in front of the Miss Pittsburgh.
First night air mail flight, 1928 box 15 folder 1 Scope and Content
Includes: Dewey Noyes, Mark Moltrap, and others in front of the Miss Pittsburgh.
Flight tables, 1929 box 1 folder 7
Letters from Helen Ball, 1987 box 1 folder 8
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One to Mr. Davies of the Air Transport Aeronautics Department about having another meeting and the return of memorabilia she leant. Second letter to Charles Baptie thanking him for the invitation to the Capital Airlines Association picnic.
Magazine and newsletter articles, 1972undated box 1 folder 9
Miss Pittsburgh, circa 1928 box 1 folder 10 Scope and Contents
Includes: Carrie Dickson christening the airplane and Pilot Dewey Noyes standing next to plane.
Miss Pittsburgh at the Pittsburgh International Airport, 1995 box 1 folder 11
Miss Pittsburgh at the Pittsburgh International Airport, 1995 box 13 folder 1
Miss Pittsburgh at the Pittsburgh International Airport, 1995 box 15 folder 1
Miss Youngstown in flight, circa 1929 box 1 folder 12 Scope and Contents
Photograph by Charles Baptie
Newspaper clippings, 197719941995undated box 1 folder 13
Penn School of Aviation basketball team group portraits, 1930 box 1 folder 14 Scope and Contents
Includes: A. Alexander, Al Wilson, Bill Bates, Fred Klien, Mel Garlow, K. Westling, Bill Barth, Jimmy Shutt, and Jimmy Levine
Pilot, Red Markey and planes, 1929undated box 1 folder 15 Scope and Contents
Includes: Ford Triplane, the Swallow, Air Mail plane with Red Markey, and newspaper clipping about Pilot Trow Sebree.
Pilot, Red Markey, circa 1929 box 15 folder 1
"Taking Flight: Pittsburgh International Airport" booklet, 1995 box 1 folder 16
"Who's Who at Bettis Field" , undated box 1 folder 17
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Pennsylvania Central Airlines, 1929-19471951-19651995
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Publications, 1929-19471995 Title/Description Instances Air mail souvenirs, 19291932 box 2 folder 1
Air-Track at Pittsburgh mailer, 1938 box 2 folder 2
Annual Reports, 19391940194219431946 box 2 folder 3
C. Bedell Monroe speech, 1945 June 6 box 13 folder 5
Capitaliner, newsletter, 1946 box 2 folder 4 Scope and Contents
Includes: November 1946 issue.
Correspondence and memorandums, 19341935 box 2 folder 5
Current aircraft list, 1946 box 2 folder 6
Employee booklet, circa 1940s box 2 folder 7 Scope and Contents
Brief, humorous guide to proper conduct as a PCA employee. Illustrated with cartoons.
Employee service certificate, 1946 box 2 folder 8 Scope and Contents
Awarded to Benjamin Venables for 5 years service.
"Fifth Anniversary of Pennsylvania Airlines, Inc." program, box 2 folder 9 1932
Flight logs, undated box 2 folder 10 Scope and Contents
2 blank, 1 completed by Captain Miller.
Flight schedules, 1929-1939 box 2 folder 11
Flight schedules, 193219331935 box 2 folder 12 Scope and Contents
Includes: 1932 June, 1933 January and October, 1935 August and September.
Flight schedules, 1936 box 2 folder 13
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Includes: January, February, June, August, November, and December.
Flight schedules, 1937 box 2 folder 14 Scope and Contents
Includes: March, April, May, June, August, September, October, and November.
Flight schedules, 1938 box 2 folder 15 Scope and Contents
Includes: February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December.
Flight schedules, 1939 box 2 folder 16 Scope and Contents
Includes: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, November, and December.
Flight schedules, 1940 box 2 folder 17 Scope and Contents
Includes: February, March, April, June, July, August, November, and December.
Flight schedules, 1941 box 2 folder 18 Scope and Contents
Includes: January, February, March, April, July, and December.
Flight schedules, 1942 box 2 folder 19 Scope and Contents
Includes: February, April, July, and December.
Flight schedules, 1943 box 2 folder 20 Scope and Contents
Includes: April, July, and August.
Flight schedules, 1941 box 2 folder 21
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Includes: February, April, June, August, October, and December.
Flight schedules, 1945 box 2 folder 22 Scope and Contents
Includes: April, May, July, August, and November.
Flight schedules, 1946 box 2 folder 23 Scope and Contents
Includes: January, May, and June.
"How to Save Money on Air Travel" brochure, circa 1940s box 2 folder 24
Tom Hurst speech, 1995 box 2 folder 25
Log of the Flying White House certificate, 1943 box 2 folder 26 Scope and Contents
Certifies that a passenger was aboard the same plane as President Roosevelt to the Teheran Conference.
NEA and PCA proposed merger, circa 1945 box 2 folder 27 Scope and Contents
NEA, Northeast Airlines.
Passenger ticket and seat reservation placard, 1946undated box 2 folder 28
PCA advertisements, 1936-1940 box 2 folder 29
PCA brochures, 1940s box 2 folder 30
"Pennsylvania Central Airlines: The Capital Fleet" booklet, box 2 folder 31 1940
PCA employee manuals, 1940s box 2 folder 32
"Pennsylvania Centra Airlines Greets the South" booklet, 1940 box 3 folder 1
PCA histories, undated box 3 folder 2 Scope and Contents
One history prepared by W. Dixon Markey; another by Charles Quarles, the remaining have unidentified authors.
PCA News, 19401941 box 3 folder 3
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Volume II: August 1940; Volume III: February 1941 and June 1941.
PCA News, 1942-1944 box 3 folder 4 Scope and Contents
Volume IV: April 1942; Volume V: February 1943; Volume VI: October 1944 and December 1944.
PCA News, 1945-1946 box 3 folder 5 Scope and Contents
Volume VII: January 1945; July 1945; August 1945; September 1945; and January 1946.
PCA News, 1940 February box 13 folder 4
PCA postcards, 1941undated box 3 folder 6
PCA stickers, 19361940s box 3 folder 7
PCA system map, circa 1940s box 13 folder 2
PCA wings, circa 1940s box 12
Pilots System Seniority list, 1947 box 3 folder 8
Press release, circa 1946 box 3 folder 9
Report to Stockholders, 19411943-1947 box 3 folder 10
Seadrome articles, 1943undated box 3 folder 11
Souvenir maps, circa 1940s box 3 folder 12
Photographs, 1930-1947195119561965 Title/Description Instances Aerials, circa 1940s box 4 folder 1 Scope and Contents
Includes: ROA training, military; and Horseshoe Falls, Niagara.
Aerials, circa 1940s box 15 folder 2 Scope and Contents
ROA training, military.
"Air Hostess Sees New Army Interceptor" , circa 1940s box 4 folder 2
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Ruth Coldwell and Captain John H. Neale at a U.S. Army air post. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Air mail, circa 1940s box 4 folder 3 Scope and Contents
Cargo being loaded and Vince de Felice with dog. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Air mail , circa 1940s box 15 folder 3 Scope and Contents
Cargo being loaded and Vince de Felice with dog. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Air mail, loading cargo, circa 1940s box 13 folder 3 Scope and Contents
Atlas Beer.
Air Traffic Control, circa 1940s box 4 folder 4 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Airplane christenings album, 19401942undated box 4 folder 5 Scope and Contents
Includes: Douglas Aircraft, Santa Monica, California, Kay Kaiser; Walter Pigeon; flight attendants; pilots; Honorary airline captains, Edgar Bergen and Charlie Luther Harris with Captain Mark Estes; Chuck Beatley; Slim Carmichael; ticket counter; Air view million dollar municipal pier; Corkey and Teddy Bell with airplane. Photographs by Gene Lester, Swann Studio, Harris & Ewing, and unidentified.
Airport exteriors, circa 1940s box 4 folder 6 Scope and Contents
Includes: Allegheny County Airport, Pittsburgh Butler Airport, and unidentified.
Airport interiors, circa 1940s box 4 folder 7
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Includes: Passenger check in; schedule board; ticket counter; and U.S. Bonds Stamps counter.
Airport interiors, circa 1940s box 15 folder 4 Scope and Contents
Includes: War bonds sales counter.
Baggage, circa 1940s box 4 folder 8
Charles Baptie snapshots, circa 1940s box 4 folder 9
Charles Baptie, circa 1940s box 15 folder 5
Charles Baptie identification card, circa 1936 box 15 folder 6
Employee cartoons, 1944 box 15 folder 8 Scope and Contents
By Washington Star cartoonist, Crocket.
Employee events, circa 1940s box 4 folder 10 Scope and Contents
Includes: dinners, dances, meetings, picnic, Halloween party, and awards.
Employee events, circa 1940s box 15 folder 9
Employee events, circa 1947 box 13 folder 3 Scope and Content
Awards: C. Bedell Monro presenting plaque to George Hahn, director of the board.
Employee group portraits and snapshots, circa 1940s box 4 folder 11
Employee group portraits, 1945 box 15 folder 10
Employee group snapshots, circa 1940s box 4 folder 12 Scope and Contents
Includes: DCA baseball team and DCA office staff.
Employee group snapshots, circa 1940s box 4 folder 13 Scope and Contents
Knoxville, Tennessee.
Employee group snapshots, circa 1940s box 4 folder 14
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Milwakee, Wisconsin. Photographs by Edwin E. Weidner.
Employee group snapshot, 1946 box 4 folder 15 Scope and Contents
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Flight attendants, circa 1940s box 4 folder 16 Scope and Contents
Includes: Cassie Hartman, Linda Britt, Evelyn DeHannland, Jean Purucker, Naomi Myers, Peggy Sullivan, Geraldine Grimm, and Ruth Marck. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Flight attendants, circa 1940s box 4 folder 17 Scope and Contents
Includes: "air hostess" inspired fashion displays and models; PCA parade float in Knoxville, Tennessee; Aldeline Cox; Rita Lewandowski; Lorraine Campion; Betty Martin Snell; Katty Morris; Norma Martini (Pratchenko); unidentified; and an article about Naomi Myers.
Flight attendants, circa 1940s box 15 folder 11-12 Scope and Content
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Flight attendants during time-off, circa 1940s box 4 folder 18 Scope and Content
Includes: checking in at hotel, swimming, boating, sight- seeing, beach visit, tennis, and ping-pong.
Groups in front of air plane, circa 1940s box 4 folder 19 Scope and Contents
Includes: Jean Purucker with Lions International group; Washington Sales Executive Club; unidentified groups; and Captain L.L. Brown and Copilot Joe Fabbo with Easter Bunny and Miss North Carolina finalists.
Group in front of air plane, circa 1940s box 15 folder 13
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Jean Purucker with Lions International group.
In-flight meal tray setting, circa 1940s box 4 folder 20
Little boys interested in aviation, 1945 box 13 folder 3 Scope and Contents
Used in PCA News.
Loading cargo on plane, circa 1940s box 4 folder 21
Man and woman on a date, circa 1940s box 4 folder 22
Mechanics, men, circa 1940s box 4 folder 23 Scope and Contents
Includes: Art Kelly and Fisher. Some people pictured may be engineers or crew with other official titles. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Mechanics, men, circa 1940s box 4 folder 24-26 Scope and Contents
Includes: views of shops, engineering building, assembly, and hanger; Norman Turner; Dusten Metzger; Peterson; Henry Chin; Paul Williams; George Parrish; Joe Ulrick; Jake White; Bill Clark; Sonny Newman; Frank Morys; Ken Kaufman; Harold Ingel; Joe Ryan; Bob Bover; Johnson; Art Brown; and Armstrong. Some people pictured may be engineers or crew with other official titles.
Mechanics, men, circa 1940s box 15 folder 14-15
Mechanics, men, circa 1940s box 13 folder 3 Scope and Content
Photograph by Charles Baptie.
Mechanic, Joe Ulrick snapshots and paystubs, 1937-19421956 box 4 folder 27 Scope and Content
Includes: Joe Ulrick; Art Brown; Paul Humphries; Ennison; views of Pittsburgh airport and shops; and Valentines snowfall at airport.
Mechanics, women, circa 1940s box 4 folder 28
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Some people pictured may have other official titles. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Mechanics, women, circa 1940s box 15 folder 16 Scope and Content
Some people pictured may have other official titles. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Medical staff, circa 1940s box 4 folder 29
C. Bedell Monro with wife and son, circa 1940s box 4 folder 30 Scope and Contents
President of PCA.
C. Bedell Monro with wife and son, circa 1940s box 15 folder 7 Scope and Contents
Photograph by Charles Baptie.
Navigation flight, 1943 July 22 box 15 folder 17
Notable passengers, circa 1940s box 5 folder 1 Scope and Contents
Includes: Benny Goodman; Orson Welles; Guy Lombardo; Victor McLanglin; Maureen O'Hara and Lucille Ball; Vivien Leigh; Robert Taft; Elliot Roosevelet; Vice President Henry Wallace; Paul Waner; French Ambassador; Lord Halifax, Caroline Lee, Gene Autry, Joe Abbott, and unidentified persons. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Notable passengers, circa 1940s box 15 folder 18 Scope and Contents
Includes: Vivian Leigh and Gail Patrick. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Notable passengers, circa 1940s box 5 folder 2 Scope and Contents
Includes: Mayor Charles Barber; Don Ameche; Gail Patrick; Bill Stern; First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt; Kenesaw Mountain Landis; Sonja Henie; John A. Ulinski; Robert Hamady; Purdue University football team; and unidentified persons.
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Scope and Contents box 5 folder 3
Washington D.C. Photographs by Heindrich-Blessing Studio.
Office interiors, circa 1940s box 15 folder 19 Scope and Contents
Washington D.C. Photographs by Heindrich-Blessing Studio.
Office interiors, employees, circa 1940s box 5 folder 4 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Passengers boarding, circa 1940s box 5 folder 5 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Passengers boarding, circa 1940s box 15 folder 20 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Passengers boarding, circa 1940s box 5 folder 6
Passengers on board, circa 1940s box 5 folder 7 Scope and Contents
Includes flight attendants. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
PCA airplanes and shops album, circa 1940s box 5 folder 8 Scope and Contents
Includes: mechanics, engineers, and passengers.
PCA album, 1940-1942 box 5 folder 9 Scope and Contents
Includes: office interiors; shops; airplanes; passengers; and employees: Cassie Hartman, Linda Britt, Francis Morys, Ed Hutchison, Virginia Wilder, Carl Collins, H. Burrell, Roberts, R. Kirchgessner, and Captain Eddie O'Donnell. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
PCA Flight 142, DC-3 NC25641 accident, 1941 box 5 folder 10
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PCA Flight 143, Boeing 247D NC13359 crash, 1941 box 5 folder 11
PCA Flight 410, NC88842 crash, 1947 box 5 folder 12 Scope and Contents
NOTE: This folder contains a disturbing photograph.
PCA Flight 410, NC88842 crash, 1947 box 13 folder 3
PCA Flight 410, NC88842 crash, 1947 box 15 folder 21
PCA plane accident, circa 1940s box 5 folder 13 Scope and Contents
Photograph by Charles Baptie.
PCA plane accident, circa 1940s box 15 folder 22 Scope and Contents
DC-3 hull.
PCA logo and map, circa 1940s box 5 folder 14
Pilots, circa 1940s box 5 folder 15 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Pilots, circa 1940s box 15 folder 23 Scope and Contents
Includes: Captain Glen Bitner.
Pilots, 1937-1943undated box 5 folder 16 Scope and Contents
Includes: Ralph Read, Don Ameche, Norm McNeil, Jim Franklin, Archie Leighton, Willard Leighton, Bo Phelan, Alvin "Bill" Larson; group of military pilots, and unidentified.
Pilot, Melvin Garlow snapshots, 1931-19351965undated box 5 folder 17 Scope and Contents
Includes: Boeing 247 at Washington Hoover Airport; Garlow in Pitcarin at Grand Rapids; Letter from Frank Fox to Garlow; article "Pittsburgh Aviation Industries Corp"; newspaper clipping copy "Butler Airport Fliers on Court"; group: Norm Wittenweller, Mel Garlow, Bill Barth, Jim Rinker, Bill Stoop, Clyde Paddock, Bill Murrey, Germono De Veniccutti, Cecil Northrop, and Bill Charles; and group at Rainbow Room in Washington: Bill - Page 20- J. Roger Bentley collection of Capital Airlines photographs 2018.237
Stern, Merl Estes, Spivins, Kelly Koehn, Jimmy Shutt, Hayes Deve, H.C. Ross, Ralph Reed, Don Reid, Melvin Garlow, Jim Rinker, Bill Stoop and "Dob".
Pilot, C.E. Wafel correspondence, 1945-19471951 box 5 folder 18 Scope and Content
Contains promotion, furlough, and recall from furlough information.
Pilot with flight attendant, circa 1940s box 5 folder 19 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Pilot with flight attendant, circa 1940s box 15 folder 24
Pittsburgh Airport drawing about labor day, circa 1940s box 5 folder 20
Planes in the air, circa 1940s box 5 folder 21-22 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Planes in the air, 1941 box 15 folder 25-26 Scope and Contents
DC-3. Photographs by Charles Baptie. Includes plane over Washington D.C.
Planes in the air, 19451946 box 15 folder 27-28 Scope and Contents
DC-4. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Planes in the air, circa 1940s box 12 Scope and Content
Photograph by Charles Baptie.
Planes in the air, circa 1940s box 15 folder 30 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Planes in the air, circa 1940s box 15 folder 30
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Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Planes in the air over Washington D.C., circa 1940s box 5 folder 23 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Planes in the air, 38-523, circa 1940s box 5 folder 24 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Planes on the ground, circa 1940s box 5 folder 25 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Planes on the ground, circa 1940s box 5 folder 26 Scope and Content
Includes: exterior views of airports; ground crew; and inaugural service to Memphis event.
Planes on the ground, circa 1940s box 15 folder 31-33 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Planes on the ground, Bettis Field, 1930 box 5 folder 27
Planes on the ground, Bettis Field, 1930 box 15 folder 34 Scope and Contents
Ford Tri-motor.
Planes on the ground, U.S. Mail, circa 1930s-1940s box 5 folder 28
Planes landing, circa 1940s box 5 folder 29
Plane interiors, circa 1940s box 5 folder 30
Plane interiors, circa 1945 box 15 folder 29 Scope and Contents
DC-4. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Snow removal, 1941 box 15 folder 35
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Wings and employee badges, circa 1940s box 15 folder 36
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Capital Airlines, 1940-19611991-1998
Publications, 1940-196119911998 Title/Description Instances Air Express brochures, 1948undated box 6 folder 1
Accident Investigation Report, CA Viscount N7404, Flight 141, box 6 folder 2 1956 October 8
Aircraft Accident Report, Midair Collision, CA Viscount N7410 box 6 folder 3 and Maryland Air National Guard T-33, 1959 January 9
Aircraft Accident Report, CA Viscount N7437, Flight 67, 1959 box 6 folder 4 April 156
"Agreement Between Capital Airlines and the Airline box 6 folder 5 Hostesses" booklet, 1958undated Scope and Content
Includes: recruitment brochures and a brief instruction guide "How To Do Your Job."
American Aviation, 1947 October 15 box 6 folder 6 Scope and Contents
Features J.H. "Slim" Carmichael.
Annual Reports, 1948-1950 box 6 folder 7
Annual Reports, 1951-1953 box 6 folder 8
Annual Reports, 1954-1956 box 6 folder 9
Annual Reports, 1957-1960 box 6 folder 10
"Capital Adventures Round-the-World" article, undated box 6 folder 11
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By Ralph Sewell and Jim McGilvray.
Capital Airlines 720-057 Detail Specification manual, 1959 box 6 folder 12 Septembwe 21
Capital Airlines Airfreight, 1958 April 1undated box 6 folder 13
Capital Airlines Airfreight pin-up advertisement, circa 1950s box 13 folder 9
Capital Airlines Airfreight pin-up advertisement, circa 1948 box DF 19 folder 6
Capital Airlines Airfreight pin-up advertisement, circa 1948 box 15 folder 41
Capital Airlines brochures, circa 1950s box 6 folder 14
Capital Airlines calendars, 19501952195319561957 box 6 folder 15
Capital Airlines Customer Service Department Indoctrination box 6 folder 16 Manual, 1960 January
Capital Airlines greeting cards, circa 1950s box 6 folder 17
Capital Airlines histories, 194919521955undated box 6 folder 18
Capital Airlines mailers and handbills, circa 1950s box 7 folder 1
Capital Airlines Operations, Engineering, Maintenance Annual box 7 folder 2 Meeting program, 1951 May
Capital Airlines postcards, circa 1950s box 7 folder 3
Capital Airlines postcards, circa 1950s box 7 folder 4 Scope and Contents
Advertisements for association/organization meetings travel.
Capital Airlines stickers, circa 1950s box 7 folder 5
Capital Airlines system maps, circa 1950s box 7 folder 6
Capital Airlines Viscount brochures, pamphlets, and postcards, box 7 folder 7 circa 1955-1960
Capital Airlines Viscount christening program and inaugural box 7 folder 8 flight schedule, 1955
Capital Airlines Viscount Employees Handbook, circa box 7 folder 9 1955-1960
Capitaliner newsletter, 1952195319581960 box 13 folder 6 Scope and Contents
Volume 2, No. 2 and 3. Volume 3, No. 9. Volume 8, No. 7 and 8. Volume 10, No. 16.
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Volume 10, issues 5 and 6. Volume 11: August 1955 and October 1955.
Capitaliner newsletter, 1956 box 7 folder 11 Scope and Contents
Volume 5, issues 2, 4-10.
Capitaliner newsletter, 1957 box 7 folder 12 Scope and Contents
Volume VI, issues 1-6.
Capitaliner newsletter, 1958 box 7 folder 13 Scope and Contents
Volume VII, issues 1, 2, and 4.
Capitaliner newsletter, 1958 box DF Box folder 1 19 Scope and Content
Volume 8, No. 9, 10, 10-extra, and 11.
Capitaliner newsletter, 1959 box DF Box folder 2-4 19 Scope and Content
Volume 9, No. 1, 3-14, 16-20.
Capitaliner newsletter, 1960 box DF Box folder 5 19 Scope and Content
Volume 10, No. 2, 3, and 4.
Captains flight report, circa 1950s box 7 folder 14
Convair 880 Orientation manual, 1958 November box 7 folder 15
Constellation Club advertisement, circa 1960 box 7 folder 16
Employee passes and business cards, 1947-1962 box 7 folder 17
Employee memorandums and newsletters, circa 1950s box 7 folder 18
Enroute maps, circa 1950s box 7 folder 19
Flight attendants: Life magazine cover, 1958 August 25 drawer AA-11
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Features: Janet Novinski, Capital Airlines and Marcia Egan, Pan American.
Flight kits, circa 1950s box 8 folder 1 Scope and Contents
Some kits are the folder only, not all kits contain all the original contents. A bar of soap with the PCA logo was found in one of the kits and has been moved to Box 12.
Flight kit: bar of soap, circa 1940s box 12 Scope and Content
Removed from flight kit.
"A Financial Review of Capital Airlines: 1937-1960," draft, box 8 folder 2 1991 Scope and Contents
Unidentified author.
Flight schedules, 19481952195519561959 box 8 folder 3 Scope and Contents
February 1948; August 1952; March 1955; June 1955; December 1955; March 1956; April 1956; July 1956; and October 1959.
Honorary Junior Hostess certificate, 1950 July 31 box 8 folder 4 Scope and Contents
Awarded to Miss JoAnn Ulrick.
Luggage tags, circa 1950s box 8 folder 5
Magazine clippings, circa 1950s box 8 folder 6
Mechanical Instructions Manual, 1959 January box 8 folder 7
Northwest-Capital merger, 1952 box 13 folder 7 Scope and Contents
Includes an issue of Norwest Airlines News and a proposed systems map.
"On A Wing And A Prayer", undated box 8 folder 8
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Includes two chapters: Mission Impossible and Nose- Dive. Written by Roger Bentley.
Passenger boarding passes, 1949-1961 box 8 folder 9 Scope and Contents
Includes: seat reserved placards.
"Path of the Eagle," 30th Anniversary pamphlet, 1957 box 8 folder 10
Pilot: "First Jet-Powered Million Miler", 1959 drawer AA-11 Scope and Content
Features Captain Mel Garlow.
Pilots: "Rare Meeting of the Jet-Powered Million Mile Club", drawer 1959 AA-11 Scope and Content
Kenyon & Eckhardt Inc. Advertising. Brief article with large group portrait of the million-mile pilots.
Pilot: Trow Sebree, undated box 8 folder 11 Scope and Contents
Memoir.
"The Press and Capital Airlines" booklet, circa 1950s box 8 folder 12
Press kit, 1956 box 8 folder 13
"Report on the Restoration of the Mid Atlantic Air Museums box 8 folder 14 Capital Airlines Viscount", 1998 September 20 Scope and Contents
Service no. 233 N7471.
"Report on the Super DC-3", 1950 October 9 box 8 folder 15
Safety and Flight Manual, 1957 box 8 folder 16
"Studies In Motion Sickness As Related to Commercial box 8 folder 17 Aviation", 1951
"Success Story" pamphlet, 1959 box 8 folder 18
Supervisor of Maintenance Training, Elmer J. Almassey, box 8 folder 19 1940-1962
"Tinkering With The Turbine" booklet, 1955 box 8 folder 20
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"Twentieth Century Unlimited," an address by J.H. Carmichael, box 8 folder 21 1954 October 21
United-Capital merger documents, 1961 April box 8 folder 22
Vickers-Armstrong letter, 1959 January box 13 folder 8 Scope and Contents
Letter to Ray G. Lochiel, lawyer of Capital Airlines from D. Jackson of Vickers-Armstrong. Includes Notes on discussions with Mr. O'Ferrell Estes of Capital Airlines regarding payment agreements.
The Vickers Magazine, 1954-1955 Winter box 8 folder 23 Scope and Contents
Features Capital Airlines.
Voyager: Capitals Magazine For Air Travelers, 1960 May-1960 box 8 folder 24 June
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Photographs, 1946-19611993-1996 Title/Description Instances Air Mail, 1948 Aprilcirca 1950s box 9 folder 1 Scope and Contents
Includes: President Calvin Coolidge's pen that signed the Kelly Air Mail Act; cargo being loaded onto an air freighter; a group of flight attendants dropping off mail at an air mailbox; Air Mail Express window display; air mail plane christening; inaugural service event images with Captain Bill Riley, First Officer Ben Henderson, Flight Attendant B. Geer, and unidentified persons.
Aircraft: Constellation christening, 1950 July 22 box 9 folder 2 Scope and Contents
Includes: Margaret Truman.
Aircraft: Constellation, circa 1950s box 9 folder 3 Scope and Contents
Includes: lists of Constellations in service; and a story by an unnamed pilot titled "Bridges of Cyclones... Daughters of Lighting & the Stars."
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Aircraft: CV 880, 1959undated box 9 folder 5
Aircraft: Electra, 1959undated box 9 folder 6
Aircraft: DC-3, 19481949circa 1953-1955 box 9 folder 7 Scope and Content
Includes: passengers, pilots, flight attendants, and "Capitaliner Reading" christening with J.H. "Slim" Carmichael.
Aircraft: DC-3, circa 1950s box 15 folder 39 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Aircraft: DC-3, circa 1953 box 9 folder 8 Scope and Contents
Includes: First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. Photographs by Bob Meyers.
Aircraft: DC-3, circa 1953 box 15 folder 38 Scope and Contents
Includes: First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. Photographs by Bob Meyers.
Aircraft: DC-4, circa 1950s box 9 folder 9
Aircraft: DC-6B, 1960 box 10 folder 1
Airport exteriors, 19581960 box 10 folder 2 Scope and Contents
Includes: Grand Rapids Terminal and an unidentified location.
Airport interiors, circa 1950s box 10 folder 3 Scope and Contents
Includes: Lockheed information booth, reservations Univac computer; and Jim Austin at the ticket sales counter and a group of passengers with luggage.
Airport interiors, circa 1950s box 15 folder 37 Scope and Contents
Reservationists.
Bagging crew, circa 1950s box 10 folder 4
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Billboards/road signs, circa 1950s box 10 folder 5
Capital Airlines, Capitaliner Atlanta, N30063 accident, circa box 10 folder 6 1950s
Capital Airlines displays, circa 1950s box 10 folder 7
Capital Airlines logos, circa 1950s box 10 folder 8
Capital Airlines city posters, circa 1950s box 10 folder 9
Capital Airlines city posters, circa 1950s box 15 folder 42
Capital Airlines, passenger meal settings, coin, and uniform, box 15 folder 40 circa 1950s
Capital Airlines publicity, circa 1950s box 13 folder 10 Scope and Contents
Woman holding a model airplane and a Santa doll.
Capital Airlines system map, circa 1950s box 10 folder 10
Company president: J.H. "Slim" Carmichael portraits, box 10 folder 11 19461950s
Cockpit interiors, Constellation, circa 1950s box 10 folder 12
Dynamometer test cell control panel, circa 1950s box 10 folder 13 Scope and Contents
Dart Engine.
Employee groups, circa 1950s box 10 folder 14 Scope and Contents
Includes: John Klink, Paul Banko, Jack Skerrett and Mary Keeler; George Novak, Martha Crogan, Glenn Jeffrey and J.H "Slim" Carmichael; Bob Doty with John ?; Anne (Mitt) Emmerson-Kristiansen and Sony Emmerson with other couples at an event.
Employee snapshots, 194819491960 box 10 folder 15 Scope and Contents
Includes: employees at Harbor Field,La Guadia Field, and Willow Run. Trow Sebree's medical certificate and image of Pit Wheeling, Ed Leedy, and "Moltrop."
Employee individual portraits, circa 1950 box 10 folder 16
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Includes: Jim Austin; Ralph Brown; and unidentified man.
Flight attendants, 1949195319551959undated box 10 folder 17 Scope and Contents
Includes: Jo Bagnell, Loretta Ertel, Donna Gilloly; Pat Powers Rothaker; Mary Ann Neutzling; Marjorie Behrens; Adrienne Ellis and Naomi Meyers in parade in Chattanooga; Marnae Modeen; and training evacuation drill.
Flight attendants, circa 1950s box 15 folder 43 Scope and Contents
Evacuation training exercise.
Flight attendant: Deke Billings oral history interview, circa box 12 1990s
Flight attendant: Betty Finsland, 1951-19531995 box 10 folder 18 Scope and Contents
Includes: Betty Finsland and Lee Ketchee; Senator Brumbaugh's twin daughters Carol and Carolyn with Betty Finsland; E. Cordy Moor, Betty Finsland, Fran Hendrickson, and Janice Mann; and Betty (Finsland) Prucher and family.
Flight attendant: Fern Morris, circa 1950s box 10 folder 19 Scope and Contents
At Baltimore Airport. Includes: J.H. "Slim" Carmichael" and Harvey Morrison; and group portrait of Don Wilt, Homer Grady, Clif Taylor, Barnhart, Norm Egger, Elmer Madsen, Fred Hull, Frank Howe, John Pelligrini, Bill Gibbons, Ralph Hoffaster, and Don Espy.
Flight attendants with passengers, circa 1950s box 10 folder 20
Flight attendant and pilot in cockpit, circa box 10 folder 21 Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Journal photographs.
Flight attendants, fashion inspired, circa 1950s box 10 folder 22 Scope and Contents
Includes window displays.
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Includes caption.
General Mitchell Airport, Milwaukee exteriors, circa 1950s box 10 folder 24 Scope and Contents
Includes: Charles Haack.
Ground support truck, circa 1950s box 10 folder 25
Groups in front of plane, circa 1950s box 10 folder 26
Mechanics, men and women, circa 1950s box 15 folder 44
Notable passengers, circa 1950s box 10 folder 27 Scope and Contents
Includes: Joe E. Brown; Helen Jepson; President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Chief of Staff Sherman Adams; the Rockettes; Kyle MacDonnell; Bettianne Fisch; Adlai Stevensen; Cleveland Browns; William and Mary football team; unidentified beauty queen; and other unidentified persons.
Notable passengers, 1954 box 15 folder 45 Scope and Contents
Helen Jepson.
Passengers boarding, circa 1950s box 10 folder 28
Passengers boarding/deplaning a Viscount, circa 1955-1960 box 10 folder 29
Passenger boarding steps, circa 1955-1960 box 15 folder 46 Scope and Contents
Viscount.
Passengers on board, circa 1950s box 10 folder 30
Pilots, circa 1950s box 10 folder 31 Scope and Contents
Includes: Gerald Rickerson; navigation training; unidentifed persons; and F. Farish Vickers-Armstrong handing over plane to Captain E.P. O'Donnell while co- pilot Ray B. Hilbert looks on.
Pilots, circa 1950s box 15 folder 47
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Includes: Bat Taylor. Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Pilots: Million Mile Pilots group portrait, 1958 box 10 folder 32
Pilots: Million Mile Pilots group portrait, 1958 box 15 folder 48
Pilots with flight attendants, circa 1950s box 10 folder 33
Pittsburgh Airport snow removal, circa 1950s box 10 folder 34 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Charles Baptie.
Photograph captions and press releases, circa 1950s box 10 folder 35 Scope and Contents
Loose, not associated with a photograph.
Planes in the air, circa 1950s box 10 folder 36
Planes on the ground, circa 1950s box 10 folder 37
Plane interiors, circa 1950s box 10 folder 38
Planes, Viscount album: "Delivery Flight of Capital Airlines box 14 Vicount from Hurn to Washington", 1955 Scope and Content
Photographs by Leslie Sansom. Includes: F. Farish, Captain Eddie O'Donnell, Ray B. Hilgert, Ralph Spriggs, Harvey Bower, Raymond Baxter, and views of Keflavik, Iceland; Newfoundland; Manhattan, New York; Washington D.C.; Winnipeg, Canada.
Planes, Viscount film: roll-out, first engine run, first flight , film Can 1 1955 Scope and Content
Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
Planes, Viscounts in the air, circa 1955-1960 box 10 folder 39
Planes, Viscounts in the air, circa 1955-1960 box 15 folder 49-50
Planes, Viscounts on the ground, 1959-1961 box 10 folder 40
Planes, Viscounts on the ground, circa 1955-1960 box 10 folder 41
Planes, Viscount refurbishing, 1996 box 10 folder 42
Planes, Viscount in shop/hanger, circa 1955-1960 box 10 folder 43
Planes, Viscount taking off, 1993 box 10 folder 44
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Planes, Viscount diagram, 1956 box 10 folder 45
Shops and work areas, circa 1950s box 10 folder 46
Specification Conference, 1958 March 3-1958 March 7 box 10 folder 47
Specification Conference, 1958 drawer AA-11 Scope and Content
External design of Convair 880.
Vice President Richard Nixon event in hanger, circa 1954 box 10 folder 48 Scope and Contents
Photographs by Al Shearin.
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Capital Airlines Association, 1981-2002 Title/Description Instances Roger Bentley correspondence and photographs, box 11 folder 1 198319841987199019951996 Scope and Contents
Includes: letters from Bentley to Capital Airlines Association members, photographs of Ralph Smith portrait; Roger Bentley and Sam Cooper; and Bentley's collection of aviation materials.
Member lists, undated box 11 folder 2
Newsletters, 1983-19871990-1991 box 11 folder 3 Scope and Contents
Member lists are included in some newsletters, along with information about the annual picnic and images from prior picnics. Includes: tenth anniversary edition.
Newsletter picnic articles, 1983-1999 box 11 folder 4
Picnic photographs, 1984198519882002 box 11 folder 5 Scope and Contents
Includes: Lou Hibbs, Mary Commerce, Trow Sebree, Al Burns, Ernest Bressin, Brava, Bob Snell, Ralph Hoffmaster, J.E. Jeskey, Boyd, Fran Hurn, Arlyne Hetterman, Peggy
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Frank, Erma Mittendorff, Elizabeth Hoffmaster, Bill Riley, Bill Mason, Joy Geddes, and other unidentified persons. Black and white photographs by Nina Tisara.
Picnic negatives, 1981198219921993undated box 15 folder 51
Picnic photographs, flight attendant: Dolores "Dolly" (McCaffrey) box 11 folder 6 Thomas, 198919901999 Scope and Contents
Includes: (McCaffrey) Thomas), Tom Coffee, Fred Horning, Trow Sebree, Bat Taylor, Jodie Baptie, Charles Baptie, Bob Chamberlain, George Paul, Chuck Beatley, George Puccia, Gloria Haskins Loneran, Jackie Abel, Pat Zook Nash, and Joe Tomasie. A circa 1955 portrait of (McCaffrey) Thomas in her uniform with a letter to Roger Bentley. Handwritten note about the origins of the picnic.
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