Format | • | Photograph Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | [X] | | • | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. |
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| | • | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Aeronautics -- History -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Automobile supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Crawford, Frederick C., 1891- -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Aeronautics -- Flights -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Aerospace industries -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Aerospace industries -- United States -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Aircraft industry workers -- United States -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Automobile industry workers -- United States -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- United States -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Aeroplane Photo Supply Company -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Aerospace engineering -- United States -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Aerospace industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Air pilots -- United States -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Aircraft industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Aircraft supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Airplane racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Airplane racing -- United States -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Airplanes -- United States -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Airships -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Baine, George -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Balloons -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Cochran, Jacqueline -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Crawford family -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Doolittle, James Harold, 18961993- -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Funaro, James V. -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Glennan, Thomas Keith, 1905- -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jet engines -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jet planes -- Photographs. |
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| | • | MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | McVey, William M., 1905- -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | National Air Races (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Steel Products Co. -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Thompson Products, Inc. -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Thompson family -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Thompson, Charles E. 1870-1933 -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Western Reserve Historical Society -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Women air pilots -- United States -- Photographs. |
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| | • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations -- Photographs. |
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| | Photograph Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | TRW Inc. Photographs
| | | | Creator: | TRW, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1894-1960 | | | | Abstract: | TRW, Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corporation to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of individual and group portraits, including Charles Hubbell, Samuel L. Mather, Thomas E. Dewey, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, Henry Ford II, Frederick C. Crawford, Gene Autry, and other employees and associates of TRW Inc. Subjects of photographs include Thompson Aircraft Products Company, trade shows, Garrison Machine Works, the Frederick C. Crawford home, Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, Ford Motor Company the TRW administration buildings and plants, a Thompson Products press binder, Thompson Products family day (1949), and the crew of the "Memphis Belle." | | | | Call #: | PG 194 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Crawford, Frederick C., 1891- -- Photograph collections. | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Automobile supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aerospace industries -- Photographs. | Automobile industry workers -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry workers -- United States -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | TRW Inc. Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | TRW, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1928-1958 | | | | Abstract: | TRW, Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corporation to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of photographs that relate primarily to TRW's predecessor company, Thompson Products, but views from Ramo Wooldridge and TRW are also included. Consists of individual and group portraits of company personnel and management, and views of interior and exterior plant buildings in Cleveland and Euclid, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Bell, California; St. Louis, Missouri; and St. Catharines, Ontario. Product photographs include automotive valves, pistons, generators, fuel pumps, jet engine parts, and electronic and industrial equipment. Product ads include company logos, advertisements for trade shows, parts stores and machine shops; as well as individual products and displays of manuals and catalogs. Portraits of management figures include Frederick C. Crawford, Tom O. Duggan, and J. L. Coolidge, and photographs of workers in both work and social settings are also included. | | | | Call #: | PG 305 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Crawford, Frederick C., 1891- -- Photograph collections. | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Automobile supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aerospace industries -- Photographs. | Automobile industry workers -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry workers -- United States -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Frederick C. Crawford Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Crawford, Frederick C. Family | | | | Dates: | 1869-1994 | | | | Abstract: | Frederick C. Crawford (1891-1994) was a Cleveland, Ohio, industrialist and philanthropist. Crawford headed Thompson Products, Inc. (later TRW Inc.) as it moved from an automotive and aircraft parts manufacturer into the aviation and aerospace industries. A leader of Cleveland's philanthropic community, Crawford served on the boards of many cultural institutions. He was appointed to the Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Trustees in 1944 and later served as it's president. He was instrumental in the transfer of the Thompson Auto Album and Aviation Museum collection to WRHS in the 1960s, which became the nucleus of the Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum of WRHS. Crawford was married twice; to Audrey Cecelia Bowles in 1932, and to Kathleen M. Saxon in 1975. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Frederick C. Crawford and various Crawford family members. Views of various Crawford family homes are included, as are images from travels taken by Crawford. Portraits and views of Steel Products Co. and Thompson Products Inc. facilities and employees, including Thompson Products president Charles E. Thompson and Thompson family members, are also part of the collection. Pioneers in the aviation and aerospace industries are represented in the collection and include James E. Doolittle, T. Keith Glennan, aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran, and three time Thompson Trophy Race winner Roscoe Turner. Others depicted include Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Claire Chennault, and William M. McVey. Groups Crawford was associated with, including the Western Reserve Historical Society, Harvard University, and various national aeronautic associations and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), are also part of the collection, as are portraits and views depicting the National Air Races. | | | | Call #: | PG 513 | | | | Extent: | 16.10 linear feet (36 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Crawford, Frederick C., 1891- -- Photograph collections. | Crawford family -- Photograph collections. | Thompson, Charles E. 1870-1933 -- Photograph collections. | Thompson family -- Photograph collections. | Doolittle, James Harold, 18961993- -- Photograph collections. | Glennan, Thomas Keith, 1905- -- Photograph collections. | McVey, William M., 1905- -- Photograph collections. | Cochran, Jacqueline -- Photograph collections. | Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 -- Photograph collections. | MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 -- Photograph collections. | Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Photograph collections. | Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 -- Photograph collections. | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Steel Products Co. -- Photograph collections. | Thompson Products, inc. -- Photograph collections. | Western Reserve Historical Society -- Photograph collections. | Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum -- Photograph collections. | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Photograph collections. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aircraft supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aerospace industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Automobile supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aerospace industries -- United States -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Thompson Products Aviation Photographs, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Thompson Products | | | | Dates: | 1930-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Thompson Products Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corporation to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of press releases intended to introduce new products or announce new achievements in the field of aviation and space, and includes images of aircraft, aviation, and space related subjects. These images were used by Thompson Products as a photographic reference of industry developments in aviation and space. The development of jet airframe technology between 1950 and 1965 is well represented in the collection, as well as space exploration and reusable space plane designs. | | | | Call #: | PG 446 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Thompson Products, inc. -- Photograph collections. | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- History -- Photographs. | Aerospace industries -- United States -- Photographs. | Aerospace engineering -- United States -- Photographs. | Jet engines -- Photographs. | Jet planes -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | Thompson Products Aviation Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Thompson Products | | | | Dates: | 1903-1947 | | | | Abstract: | Thompson Products Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corporation to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of views of aircraft, personalities, famous flights, and miscellaneous images documenting aviation history in the first half of the 20th century. The images were acquired by Thompson Products from the Dearborn Library-Henry Ford Museum and were used as a supplement to Thompson Products' existing aviation photographic reference library. Included are numerous images of early Wright and Curtiss aircraft, as well as World War I aircraft. The collection also contains many images of aircraft and equipment representing the rapid advances made in aviation technology during the inter-war years. | | | | Call #: | PG 445 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Thompson Products, Inc. -- Photograph collections. | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- History -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Flights -- Photographs. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | Thompson Products Aviation Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Thompson Products | | | | Dates: | 1804-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Thompson Products Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corporation to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of individual aircraft; reciprocating, jet, and rocket aviation power plants; personalities; famous flights; and miscellaneous images related to all aspects of aviation history through the mid-1960s. The collection represents the history and development of aviation airframe and power plant technology. Over 200 aircraft manufacturing types and over 100 power plant manufacturing types are represented, including numerous images of Curtiss and Wright aircraft, as well as many lesser known manufacturing types. The collection also contains many images of dirigibles, blimps, and balloons. The photographs in this collection were acquired by Thompson Products of Cleveland, Ohio from the Dearborn Library-Henry Ford Museum, the Wright Patterson Air Force Technical Museum, and from various aircraft and aviation related industries, including the Curtiss-Wright and Boeing corporations, and were used by Thompson Products as an aviation photographic reference source. | | | | Call #: | PG 444 | | | | Extent: | 4.40 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Thompson Products, inc. -- Photograph collections. | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- History -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Flights -- Photographs. | Airships -- Photographs. | Balloons -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 8 | Title: | James V. Funaro Aero Scrapbook
| | | | Creator: | Funaro, James V. | | | | Dates: | 1932 | | | | Abstract: | James V. Funaro served as associate editor of the Friendly Forum, the company newspaper of Thompson Products, Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio. Funaro also worked as a freelance writer and as editor of The Cleveland Realtor, the magazine of the Cleveland Real Estate Board. CThe clection consists of portraits of aviation personalities, including Tex Rankin, Benny Howard, Roscoe Turner, Jimmy Doolittle, Amelia Earhart, Jean Assolant, Jimmie Haizlip, Frank Hawks, and Clifford Henderson; and views of aircraft. The majority of the images are of the 1932 National Air Races. Also included are images of airships, as well as various aviation newsletters. | | | | Call #: | PG 460 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Funaro, James V. -- Photograph collections. | National Air Races (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. | Airplane racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Airplane racing -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Air pilots -- United States -- Photographs. | Women air pilots -- United States -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- United States -- Photographs.
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