Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

About this collection

    The Lammot du Pont collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360) is a collection of books, manuscripts, prints, drawings and photographs relating to the history of aeronautics from the first balloon flights through the 1940s. It was first assembled by Lammot du Pont, Jr. (1909-1964), the Assistant Vice President of the Wilmington Trust Company and a former employee of the Fokker Aircraft Corporation.
    This online collection is a selection of images from the collection, which has not been digitized in its entirety. The digitized images primarily consists of photographs that depict subjects such as airplanes, balloons and dirigibles, seaplanes, male and female pilots, long-distance and round-the-world flights, airplane crashes, air races, flying instruction, and the Arctic schooner Effie M. Morrissey. Nearly all of the photographs are news service images, many accompanied by original caption information.
    Image: New World's Record for Helicopter. Click to view.

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