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Call Number:

PH-01331

Collection Name:

Henry Newell Photography Collection

Creator:

Newell, Henry, d. 1897 ( - d. 1897)

No. of Items:

42 items

Span Dates:

1908 - 1940

Description:

The collection consists of forty-two gelatin silver prints and three chromogenic color prints by Henry Newell, all of the Aero Club of Long Island. Titles/subjects follow:

957:0004:0001: First Foreign Flight in U.S. at Brighton Beach Race Track, Henri Farman-Pilot, 1908;
957:0004:0002: Aeronautical Society of New York, Long Island, Northwest Corner of Roosevelt Air fields, 1908;
957:0004:0003: Glenn Curtiss with plane at Morris Park Race Track, Yonkers, New York, 1909;
957:0004:0004: Lincoln Beachey in blimp, Long Island, NY, 1911;
957:0004:0005: Tomas Capt. Baldwin in blimp, 1909;
957:0004:0006: J.A.D. McCurdy carrying American Native in Curtis Biplane, 1910;
957:0004:0007: A Newell brother with bike, 1910;
957:0004:0008: Kramer Glider at Oceanside, Long Island, 1910;
957:0004:0009: A Newell brother with bike, 1910;
957:0004:0010: Biplane in Nassau Blvd. field in Long Island, 1911;
957:0004:0011: front of envelope to Mr. Herbert Griffin with colored drawing of Louis Bleriot- First Flight across the English Channel, 1909;
957:0004:0012: Captain Tom Baldwin, Bud Mars and Eugene Ely at Nassau Blvd. Field, 1910;
957:0004:0013: Earle Ovington, Air Mail Flight returning after delivering mail, 1911;
957:0004:0014: Smoke Balloons, Yorkshire Raceway, NY, 1909;
957:0004:0015: Memorial to Lindbergh’s Flight at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, NY, 1927;
957:0004:0016: The America Transoceanic Co. Inc. building at Roosevelt Field, 1927;
957:0004:0017: La Guarida Airport, 1940;
957:0004:0018: Idlewild Airport, New York City, 1940;
957:0004:0019: Earl Ovington at Nassau Blvd. Field, 1911;
957:0004:0020: Nassau Blvd. Field, NY, 1911;
957:0004:0021: Timothy Woodruff, Lt. Gov. of New York at Nassau Blvd. Field, 1911;
957:0004:0022: Newell Brothers glider, tests being made on golf course, 1910;
957:0004:0023: Clifford B. Harmon, first man to fly across Long Island Sound, 1910;
957:0004:0024: Test of Kramer Glider, 1910;
957:0004:0025: William and Henry Newell standing by plane they built, 1909-1910;
957:0004:0026: Spirit of St. Louis at Roosevelt Field, 1927;
957:0004:0027: Henry Newell in Newell Brother’s plane, 1910;
957:0004:0028: Pedro Z. Coronel and Melvin W. Hodgdon in their Curtiss Pusher, 1913;
957:0004:0029: Wright plane and others Nassau Blvd Field, Long Island, New York, 1911;
957:0004:0030: Tom Kramer in his glider at Oceanside Long Island, New York, 1910;
957:0004:0031: Plane built by Newell Brothers, 1909;
957:0004:0032: Dr. Kimball at Miniola, Long Island, New York, 1908;
957:0004:0033: Smoke Balloon at Morris Park Race Track, New York, 1909;
957:0004:0034: Captain Tomas Baldwin in metal plane at Nassau Blvd. Long Island, NY, 1910;
957:0004:0035: Tom Sopwith, Pilot, and Gnome Rotary Motor, 1911;
957:0004:0036: Captain Tomas Baldwin’s “Red Devil”, Long Island, New York, 1910;
957:0004:0037: Test flight of Tom Kramer glider, towed by auto, Oceanside, Long Island, New York, 1910;
957:0004:0038: front of envelope to Herbert Griffin with colored drawing of Earle Ovington- First Pilot of United States Air Mail, 1911;
957:0004:0039: Tri-plane that couldn’t get off the ground, Arlington, New Jersey, 1909;
957:0004:0040: Idlewild Airport, New York City, 1940;
957:0004:0041: Gnome Rotary Motor of Tom Sopwith, Long Island, New York, 1911;
957:0004:0042: La Guardia Airport, New York City, 1940.

Accession No(s):

957:0004:0001-0042

Location(s):

N Box, Medium (957:0004:0001-0042)
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See Also:

Newell, R., & Son