British Navy fleet airplanes on H.M.S. Eagle;, 1929

File — Box: 61, Folder: 19

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

The photographs include a wide-variety of techniques: albumen prints, Gelatin POP and Gelatin DOP images. The subjects include numerous original photos of early balloons and airplanes from the early 1900s. The pre-World War I airplane photographs cover numerous and varied planes, some of which proved to be successful designs and some that were simply failures. The collection also includes numerous reprints of historic photos.

The lantern slides include a nearly complete selection of painted slides from the early 1900s depicting the history of aeronautics. Other lantern slides from that same time period depict various gliders, balloons, and early airplanes. One of the more interesting series of slides depicts what appears to be a complicated steam powered airplane that dwarfs its crew and bystanders.

The postcards range from the early 1900s to the late 1960s. They are sorted more or less by the natural division of plane evolution marked by the periods before, during and after World War I and World War II.

Dates

Creation: 1929

Creator

From the Collection: Anderson, Benjamin M. (Person)

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Boxes 1-23; 25-67; 70 stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586. Boxes 24; 68-69 stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Extent

From the Collection: 23.5 Linear Feet (68 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General note

These photos depict Blackburn Baffins and Darts, including aerial launching of torpedoes, plane wreckage on the flight deck of the H.M.S. Eagle, Fairey Flycatchers flying in formation and in acrobatics, and the hanger deck of the H.M.S. Eagle. Also included are photos and postcards depicting the salvage of the Dornier "Wal" flying from Azores to Gibraltar.