Upson and Kraft in First Ship Assembled at Wingfoot Lake

Name/Title

Upson and Kraft in First Ship Assembled at Wingfoot Lake

Entry/Object ID

2023.169.3

Description

B/W Photograph of Ralph Upson and Herman Kraft sitting inside the cockpit of an open air plane body. Three men stand on the ground next to the plane body. Upson is in the front cockpit looking forward. Kraft is seated behind him wearing a backwards hat and goggled over his eyes. He is looking down towards the ground on his left side. Photograph is glued to black scrapbook paper. Written in red crayon underneath the photograph is "Upson & Kraft in the First Ship Assembled at Wingfoot Lake"

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Print - silver bromide

Subject Person or Organization

Ralph Upson, Kraft, Herman

Subject Place

Location

Goodyear Airdock, USA: Ohio, Suffield, Wingfoot Lake

Collection

PERMANENT COLLECTION

Cataloged By

Julie Frey

Acquisition

Accession

SHH-Original

Source or Donor

Seiberling Heirs

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes

There was a note in the scrapbook cover that indicated this scrapbook may have been part of the Gate Lodge Collection, i.e. the materials owned by Irene Seiberling Harrison and given to SHH after her death in 1999. This scrapbook may have been part of that original collection and separated at some point later.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Seiberling, Willard Penfield

Role

Photographer

Date made

1917 - 1921

Place

Location

Goodyear Airdock, USA: Ohio, Suffield, Wingfoot Lake

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Scrapbook Page measures 9" x 12"; Photograph measures 8" x 10"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Scrapbook paper brittle and fragile. Photograph stable

Created By

catalog-IT@stanhywet.org

Create Date

September 12, 2023

Updated By

bwelch@stanhywet.org

Update Date

September 8, 2025