Walter R. Brookins Aviation collection 1900-1954.

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Walter R. Brookins Aviation collection 1900-1954.

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Photographs of the Wright glider and flyer, 1900 and 1902, and of various air meets circa 1910-circa 1912, as well as of reunions of the Early Birds, and of Walter Brookins; a loose-leaf binder containing typed transcripts of newspaper articles and book chapters concerning the Wright brothers and Brookins' career; a portfolio of photographic plates published in 1952 by the National Aerographic Society, a subsidiary of the Institute of Aeronautical History, commemorating important events in the history of flight; newspaper article, 1930, containing reminiscences of Brookins of his early days with the Wright brothers.

1 archives half-carton; (0.2 linear foot).

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Claremont Colleges.Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library.

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Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912

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Wright, Orville, 1871-1948

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Brookins, Walter R., 1888-1953

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