Collection is open for research but the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogs are stored off-site and are restricted due to fragile condition. Researchers should consult microfilm in NMAH library for 1880-1983 editions, drawer 692. Some additional items may be restricted due to fragile condition. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Dry Goods, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Wright (Co) Type A Military (Signal Corps No.1) [Oversize]
Collection Creator:
National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division. Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Scope and Contents:
17.5 x 21 inch photograph, brown toned matte gelatin silver print, mounted on 20.5 x 24 inch heavy greyish-brown cardboard; Winfield Scott Clime photograph of Wright (Co) Type A Military biplane, piloted by Orville Wright with unknown passenger, in flight over Fort Myer, Virginia, during the US Army trials, September 1908. Note on reverse, "Gift of Mr. & Mrs. A.W. Clime, Old Lyme, Conn, Acknowledged 1951." Three-quarter right front view from below of aircraft; photographer in bowler hat at lower left foreground.
Collection Restrictions:
The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.