Autographed formal studio portrait photograph of Captain William Lendrum "Billy" Mitchell (US Army) in full-dress uniform with sword; 1915.
Scope and Contents:
Toned gelatin silver print photograph, 9.1 x 6.5 inches, by unknown photographer. Full-length formal studio portrait of Captain William Lendrum "Billy" Mitchell, US Army, General Staff, in formal full-dress uniform (including cap and cape) with sword; 1915. Autographed at lower edge of print and mount, "To Emelen and Joe, Wm. Mitchell, Capt. G.S. U. S. Army, 1915." Inscribed to Joseph E. Davies and Davies' first wife Mary Emlen (Knight) Davies.
Arrangement:
Single-item collection.
Biographical / Historical:
Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell (1879-1936), pilot and aviation and aerial bombing advocate, joined the army as a private and, by the Spanish-American War was the youngest lieutenant involved in the operation. Mitchell saw service in the Philippines, Cuba, and on the Mexican border, and graduated from the Army School of the Line (1908) and Army Staff College (1909) before serving on the Army General Staff (1913-1916). He held a number of command and staff posts in the Air Service in France during World War I (1917-1919) and first soloed in 1917. After a short period as Director of Military Aeronautics (1919) and Chief of Training and Operations (1920), he became Assistant to the Chief of Air Service (1921-1926). During this period, he advocated the creation of an independent Air Service and demonstrated the utility of air power through the famous bomber vs. battleship trials (1921), the group flight to Alaska from the continental US (1923), and Army's Around the World Flight (1924). Unfortunately, Mitchell's public criticism of government policies, in defiance of Army regulations, resulted in his court martial for conduct prejudicial of "good order and military discipline" and insubordination in October-December 1925. Found guilty and suspended for five years, Mitchell resigned his commission in January 1926. He continued to promote aviation and decry government inefficiencies until his death.
The Honorable Joseph E. Davies (1876-1958), who served as best man at Billy Mitchell's first wedding in 1903, also served the US government in a variety of foreign and domestic posts during his career, including as a US Ambassador, as the first Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in 1915, and as Chairman of the War Relief Control Board during World War II.
Provenance:
Joseph E. Davies, gift, 1959, NASM.XXXX.1164
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1912 International Gordon Bennett Race Membership Certificate
Extent:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder, Document, 9.2 x 24.5 inch (24 x 62 cm))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
Chicago (Ill.)
Date:
1912
Summary:
This single-item collection is a Membership Certificate issued by The Aero Club of Illinois for Club-sponsored aviation events relating to the 1912 Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy competitions held in the Chicago metropolitan area in September 1912. This unused three-part certificate, Number 7445, is intact and consists of a souvenir certificate, a stub to identify the holder, and a set of 20 coupons, each good for admission to a specific day's events.
Scope and Contents:
This single-item collection consists of an elaborate "Season Subscription Membership Certificate",[1] issued by The Aero Club of Illinois to provide the owner with entry to twenty days of Club-sponsored aviation events relating to the 1912 Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy (International Gordon Bennett Race) competitions held in the Chicago metropolitan area from September 1 through 20, 1912. (The actual events were scheduled September 9 through 21, 1912.) The three-part certificate, "issued to subscribers of at least $10 for the 1912 events of The Aero Club of Illinois, entitled them to admission to every event given by the club, to members' enclosures and all other members' privileges, including inspection of hangars."[2] The main portion of the certificate features an illustration of the Trophy at center and portraits of the previous Trophy winners: Glenn H. Curtiss (1909), Claude Grahame-White (1910), and Charles Terres Weyman (1911). A fourth space is left open for a portrait of the winner of the 1912 competition to be added later. The stub and coupons at the right side of the certificate were designed to be detached and used as admission tickets; for example, coupon number 17 would admit the stub holder to Club events occurring on September 17, 1912. This certificate, Number 7445, was never issued and is intact.
[1,2] Official Souvenir Program, Aviation Events, Nineteen Hundred Twelve, September 12th to 21st, The Aero Club of Illinois (Chicago, Illinois), 1912.
Arrangement:
Single-item collection.
Biographical / Historical:
In 1908, James Gordon Bennett, Jr. (1841-1918), publisher of the New York Herald newspaper, announced a prize for the fastest speed by an airplane over a closed course. Bennett, a wealthy American yachtsman and sporting enthusiast, had already established international competitions awarding Gordon Bennett trophies for automobile racing (Coupe International, 1900), and ballooning (Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett, 1906). The first Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy competition was held at Reims, France, in August 1909, with races held annually through 1913. The last race was held in 1920, following World War I. Under the terms of the competition, the home country of the winner of a race was obliged to host the following year's race. In 1911, the Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy was won by American Charles Weyman, consequently the 1912 race was held in Chicago under the auspices of the Aero Club of America and the Aero Club of Illinois. The competitions occurred at three different locations in the Chicago metropolitan area: the Gordon Bennett Race Course at Clearing Aerodrome (Clearing, Illinois) on September 9, 1912; the International Aviation Meet at Cicero Flying Field (Cicero, Illinois) on September 12-15, 1912; and the Airboat Meet and Exhibition Flying at Grant Park (Chicago, Illinois) on September 16-21, 1912, where hydroaeroplanes were housed at the Club's Clarendon Beach Airboat Station. The 1912 Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy was won by Jules Védrines, flying a Deperdussin 1912 Monocoque Racer.
Provenance:
W. J. Dixon, gift, 1987, NASM.1987.0119.
Restrictions:
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Main Image: Wounded girl kneeling at a grave with 2 children watching.
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 939
Translation:
It's his hand
General:
Artist(s): Poulbot
Collection Restrictions:
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Main Image: 4 French soldiers standing in water in a trench
Other Image(s): [image is on a front panel affixed the backing]
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 936
General:
Artist(s): Poulbot
Collection Restrictions:
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Main Image: Moroccan war vetran watching Moroccan man painting pottery
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 570
Translation:
Moroccan Art Exposition
General:
Issued for: Exposition d'Art Marocain
Artist(s): Rabst de la Néziers
Printing Info:
Printing Information: Toulouse; Paris
Other Printing Info: B. Sirven. Imp'
Collection Restrictions:
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Main Image: Soldier with a wounded foot relaxing in a chair with a fan and books on a table.
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 1262
Translation:
exposition of paintings of contemporary masters Nev 25-Dec 30 1916. Sale profits going to wounded or sick soldiers.
General:
Issued for: Exposition de Tableau de Maîtres Contemporains
Artist(s): Paulbot
Locale:
Paris
Printing Info:
Printer: Imp. H. Chachoin, Paris
Tout possesseur de cet exemplaire pourra s'exposer à des poursuites judiciaire
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Main Image: A French soldier taking notes of a prisoner of war camp of the Germans with French pow's
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 1178
Translation:
Exposition of paintings of modern masters. sale profits going to clothing prisoners of war
Related Materials:
Duplicates: 1118, 1178, 772
Condition differs: No
Collection Restrictions:
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Main Image: FRENCH POW SKETCHING SCENE IN POW CAMP OF BUNDLES BEING UNLOADED FROM WAGON
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 772
Translation:
Exposition of paintings of modern masters. sale profits going to clothing prisoners of war
General:
Issued for: [POW CLOTHING DRIVE]
Artist(s): POULOT
Locale:
Paris
Printing Info:
Printer: Devambez Imp., Paris
Related Materials:
Duplicates: 1118, 1178, 772
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Main Image: A French soldier taking notes of a prisoner of war camp of the Germans with French pow's
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 1118
Translation:
Exposition of paintings of modern masters. sale profits going to clothing prisoners of war
General:
Issued for: EXPOSIION DE TABLEAUX DE MAÎTRES MODERNES
Artist(s): Poulbet
Locale:
Paris
Printing Info:
Printer: Devambez Imd, Paris
Related Materials:
Duplicates: 1118, 1178, 772
Condition differs: No
Collection Restrictions:
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Main Image: 3 French soldiers playing cards in trench as a shell explodes overhead.
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 937
General:
Artist(s): Poulbot
Collection Restrictions:
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Main Image: 2 German soldiers walking away from destruction while child watches
Other Image(s): [image on a front panel affixed to the baking]
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 935
General:
Artist(s): Poulbot
Collection Restrictions:
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Main Image: Woman and child looking over grave as German soldier walks away
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 571
Translation:
They pillaged, sacked. stole, killed! Their culture - Remember! Never forget the German crimes.
General:
Issued for: "Devant L'Histoire"
Artist(s): C. Leandin
Printing Info:
Printing Information: Paris
Other Printing Info: G Betrand Imprimeur d'Art
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Main Image: French colonial troops with a caption on the picture in Arabic.
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 1367
Translation:
African Army and Colonial troops day
General:
Issued for: JOURNÉE DE L'ARMÉE ET DES TROUPES COLONIALES
Artist(s): D. Charles Fougueruy
Printing Info:
Printer: Lapina, Paris
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Main Image: Woman with veteran, holding beggar's cup.
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 667
Translation:
Day of Nivernaise Action of war wounded
General:
Issued for: Journée de l'oevre Nivernaise des Mutilés de la Guerre
Artist(s): Maurice Neumon
Printing Info:
Printer: Devambez Imp., Paris
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Main Image: French soldiers welcoming a shower of gifts [pipes, food, knitted items, pots, etc. coming from a civilian woman and children
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 770
General:
Issued for: Journée du Puy de Dome ...
Artist(s): A. Willette
Printing Info:
Printing Information: Paris
Other Printing Info: Devambez Imp.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals, charities etc. Search this
Genre/Form:
Posters
Posters -- World War, 1914-1918 -- France
Collection Citation:
Princeton University Posters Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Main Image: Ex soldier with tuberculosis outside with hands of nurse
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 1120
Translation:
National Veterans suffering from Tuberculosis Day
General:
Issued for: Journée Nationale Des Tuberculeux
Artist(s): Abel Faivre (Jules Abel Faivre)
Printing Info:
Printer: Devambez Imp., Paris
A blank paper is affixed over some unknown words
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Main Image: A French soldier framed by a laurel wreath with angel of Joan of Arc behind him and caption "PRO PATRIA"
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 1301
Translation:
"Sarthoise' Day May 28 1916 Contribution- sale of insignias profit going to sarthe action
General:
Issued for: JOURNÉE SARTHOISE
Artist(s): Lionel Royer
Locale:
Sache/ Sarthoise
Printing Info:
Printer: Devambez Imp., Paris
COMITÉ DE LA PRESSE DE LA SARTHE- JOURNÉE SARTHOISE
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Main Image: French woman (symbol of resistance) with German army attacking
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 360
General:
Artist(s): Anon
Printing Info:
Printer: Typographie ad Maréchal, Paris
Collection Restrictions:
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LE RESPECT DES DROITS DE L'HOMME GARANTIT LA PAIX DU MONDE ... L'éternelle menace du Militarisme Prussien reste le seul obstacle à la Liberté des Hommes en quelque pays qu'ils vivent
Liberté des Hommes en quelque pays qu'ils vivent ..
Image:
Main Image: Three maps of France depicting the years 1870, 1871, and 1914-1917
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 1960
Translation:
RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS GUARANTEES THE PEACE OF THE WORLD ... The eternal threat of Prussian Militarism remains the only obstacle to the freedom of men in any country they live
Freedom of the Men in whatever country they live ..
General:
Artist(s): Anan
Printing Info:
Printer: Imp. J. Langlois, Paris
Related Materials:
Duplicates: 1960, 2582, 337, 9834
Condition differs: Yes
Collection Restrictions:
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