Name/Title
Upson and Kraft in First Ship Assembled at Wingfoot LakeEntry/Object ID
2023.169.3Description
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 bromideSubject Person or Organization
Ralph Upson, Kraft, HermanSubject Place
Location
Goodyear Airdock, USA: Ohio, Suffield, Wingfoot LakeCollection
PERMANENT COLLECTIONCataloged By
Julie FreyAcquisition
Accession
SHH-OriginalSource or Donor
Seiberling HeirsAcquisition Method
GiftNotes
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 PenfieldRole
PhotographerDate made
1917 - 1921Place
Location
Goodyear Airdock, USA: Ohio, Suffield, Wingfoot LakeDimensions
Dimension Description
Scrapbook Page measures 9" x 12"; Photograph measures 8" x 10"Condition
Overall Condition
FairNotes
Scrapbook paper brittle and fragile. Photograph stableCreated By
catalog-IT@stanhywet.orgCreate Date
September 12, 2023Updated By
bwelch@stanhywet.orgUpdate Date
September 8, 2025