Name/Title
'Wing Tips - Old Pictures' report with photographs by H. Demoro, 1955Entry/Object ID
1998.316.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.316.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: AVIATION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1955
OBJECT: ILLUSTRATED REPORT
DESCRIPTION:
LOOSE-LEAF SOFT-BOUND FOLDER, WITH COVER OF YELLOW COLORED HEAVY PAPER STOCK. COVER HAS A TYPEWRITTEN CAPTION, "WING TIPS -- OLD PICTURES."
SIZE: L 11-1/2" X W 9"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
COLLECTION OF EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF SAN FRANCISCO - OAKLAND BAY AREA, PRESENTED TO THE WING TIPS CLUB OF ENCINAL HIGH SCHOOL, ALAMEDA, BY HARRE W DEMORO, CHARTER MEMBER, WING TÍPS CLUB. PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS ARE FROM MR DEMORO'S COLLECTION. REPORT IS SIGNED BY HIM AND DATED MAY 26, 1955. ILLUSTRATION INCLUDES A VARNEY AIRPLANE AT NEPTUNE BEACH. AND ALSO CONTAINS A TYPEWRITTEN HISTORY OF EARLY AVIATION IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. OBJECT WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971 AND NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED BY THEM AT THAT TIME.
DONOR:
HARRE W DEMORO
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 3, 1998
