Name/Title
Rosecrans Airport, Single Engine Planes Snapshots (26), 1951Entry/Object ID
P2003.14.72Description
Rosecrans Airport, Single Engine Planes Snapshots (16), 1951. b/w. Small snapshots of various private planes parked outside a hangar, 2 aerial views (Meramec River flood & St. Joseph landscape). It is assumed that one of these planes belonged to the donor's father, who housed his plane there during his work managing power plant installations at Edmond Street & Lake Road Stations in 1951.
--03.14.72 = View of Call No.N242 on underside of wing, plane parked inside hangar, other planes in background. Handwritten on back: "7/7/51, Flip".
--03.14.73 = Tail section with partial Call No. N242, large dent in top of tail. Handwritten on back: Flip Revolt (?) Or a hot brake"
--03.14.74 = Single engine plane, painted dark with white stripe, parked on tarmac. Call No. NC33622. Man standing on wheel, another individual behind plane, legs visible. "Fullers (Wayne?) 5 PL Stinson $800.00 K.C. Trips paid for Fri. p.m. -M Morning Paid off at Bank."
--03.14.75 = Single engine airplane parked in hangar, light-color with dark stripe,
Call No.NC90133. Other planes partly visible. Handwritten on back:"N90133 C-170 St., Joe Mo"
--03.14.76 = Single engine plane, airplane light color, dark stripe, man in white coveralls standing at tail. Another airplane visible in background. Handwritten on back: N2421 tied Down Ramp at St. Joe Mo"
--03.14.77 = Wayne Fuller standing in front of a single engine plane, Call No. N2421N. He is wearing a dark jacket with white shirt and holding onto strut. Handwritten on back: "N2421 & Wayne Fuller."
--03.14.78 = Two men standing next to 1950's style car, man at left in light colored suit, man on right in shirt & tie, holding baseball cap. Handwritten on back: "Midwest Supt from Omaha Job at time Lucky Lukic"
--03.14.79 = Group shot of 2 women and 3 men standing next to car parked in front of hangar. Men on end are same as shown in 03.14.78. Another man in white coveralls and cap. Handwritten on back: ""Janna Geraldine Lucick wife ,Trud, Mag Lineman, Lucky Lucik, MW Supt"
--03.14.80 = Single engine airplanes lined up on tarmac outside hangar, man crossing the tarmac in front of planes near hangar door.
--03.14.81 = Woman standing next to single engine plane holding onto wing. Call No. NC90133. Plane parked on tarmac in front of hangar. Cars parked behind.
--03.14.82 = Man in suit standing next to single engine plane, Call No.NC892?9. Parked, large, single story white building with smokestack in background on left.
--03.14.83 = Three people (2 with back to camera) at airplane fueling pump (?), Metal Case with reel inside, unreeled hose on ground. .
--03.14.84 = Single engine plane, Call No.NC8503E. Man standing next to fuselage with hand on propeller. Building with smokestack in background
--03.14.85 = Single engine airplane, Call No. N2421N. Man standing next to airplane, door is open. Handwritten on back: "N2421 and Wayne, Day of Solo 6-24-51 10 AM" (Wayne Fuller)
--03.14.86 = Blimp, moored in a field over a large puddle. "Stag B" sign on side. "Century NIA" on lower tail
--03.14.87 = Dark colored single engine airplane with three people standing in front. (2 men & woman), white barracks-style building in background. Door of plane is open. Handwritten on back: Bob, Trudy, SA Stinson. We took pictures, I got sick from straining out window"
--03.14.88 = Aerial View of St. Joseph at 1000 ft. Focus on downtown area with Buchanan County Courthouse is visible at facing right. Edmond Street Power plant at lower center. Handwritten on back: "St. Joe at 1000'".
--03.14.89 = Aerial View of St. Joseph at 2000 ft Missouri River at foreground, railroad tracks at facing right foreground, Frederick Avenue visible at facing right. Handwritten on back: ""Saint Joe at 2000'"
--03.14.90 =Meramec River aerial view, confluence of three rivers, foggy. Handwritten on back: "Meramec at St. Louis 7/14/51 to pick up valves at St. Louis Mo"
--03.14.91 = Single engine plane, Call No. NC89299, parked outside hangar, winter scene with snow on ground. Man in overcoat standing in front of propeller. Handwritten on back: "Back Home"
--03.14.92 = Similar photo to 03.14.91 above, but two men standing in front of plane, Handwritten on back: "Back Home"
--03.14.93 = Single engine plane, dark color with light stripe parked in front of hangar. Partial Call NO. NC6/2 . Man standing on wing, another leaning on front of wing.
--03.14.94 = Single engine airplane parked in grassy field, tied down. Man in baseball cap standing in front of strut. Other airplanes visible in background. Handwritten on back :"Lee Traner, Brother to Sup from K.C."
--03.14.95 = Three single engine planes parked in front of hangar. Call No. NC90133 in foreground.
--03.14.96 = Two single engine planes parked in front of hangar. Man standing in front of center airplane/woman standing at facing left edge of photo
--03.14.97 = Single engine plane, light color, with dark stripe, parked outside hangar, Call No. N2421N, wing of another airplane is visible at right
--03.14.98 = Single engine prop plane parked on tarmac, front facing camera. Man in white shirt and baseball hat standing next to airplane
--03.14.98A = Light-colored single engine airplane parked outside hangar. Call No. NC90133/2. Man in shirt/tie standing next to plane and one in coveralls standing in front of propellers.
03.14.99 = Man working on propeller of dark colored airplane with white stripe, another man looking on.
Original digital scan located on History CD 20Lexicon
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Printsize: 3¼" x 2¼"Relationships
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Notes
Photos taken by donor's father, himself a pilot, who housed a small plane at Rosecrans Field during his temporary stay in St. Joseph superintending power plant installations.
