Handbook of the National Aircraft Collection

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Summary

A catalog of the aircraft exhibited in the United States National Museum in the early thirties, written by Paul Edward Garber, then assistant curator of engineering. Garber provides a popular history of flight beginning with mythological and legendary accounts. Brief histories of the aircraft are provided.

Subject

  • Garber, Paul Edward 1899-1992
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • United States National Museum

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

(Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

January 1932

Topic

  • Airplanes
  • Flight
  • Aeronautics
  • Museums
  • Museum exhibits
  • Museums--Collection management

Edition

4th

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