Subseries B: Postcards
Scope and Contents note
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: 1909-1974
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
General note
Box 65 contains six folders of postcards. The topics include airplanes from 1903 to the 1970s, pilots from 1908 to 1927, airships from 1907 to the 1920s, aeronautical shows, races, and events from 1902 to 1912, and finally engines which consists of one example, an Anzai from about 1911. The majority of postcards are photographs that usually commemorate famous planes, people or events. The types of events chronicled include the Wright plane debut in France and Bleriot's crossing of the English Channel and landing in Dover.
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu