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Charles H. Hubbell was a well-known aviation artist and native of Cleveland, Ohio. During World War I, he served in the Navy
and was a draftsman in the design of naval aircraft. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art in 1922, and became a commercial
artist. Hubbell received his private pilots license in 1927 by exchanging aviation art with flight instructors for flying
lessons. He was commissioned by Thompson Products of Cleveland to paint the winning aircraft of each year's Thompson Trophy
Race. In 1937, the first Thompson Products aviation art calendar by Charles Hubbell was produced. He painted for the yearly
calendar until 1969. In 1949, the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) invited Hubbell on an around the world tour. The result
was the 1951 calendar featuring the aircraft and operations of MATS. Hubbell was also a consultant to the Thompson Auto-Album
and Aviation Museum, and later the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection
consists of notes, correspondence, printed material, tracings, sketches, and working drawings. Includes the tracings, sketches,
and working drawings that went into the finished Thompson Products calendars and other Hubbell aviation artwork.
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