Ralph Upson

Name/Title

Ralph Upson

Entry/Object ID

2023.169.2

Description

Black and white photograph of Ralph Upson standing in front of Goodyear Airdock in aviator outfit with goggles on forhead. Upson is facing the camera and holding a piece of paper. Photograph is mounted in black paper scrapbook page. Written in red crayon underneath photo is "Ralph Upson" Upson worked for Goodyear Tire & Rubber company's aeronautics department as a balloon and dirigible pilot.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Print - silver bromide

Subject Person or Organization

Ralph Upson

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, ie. 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

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Dimensions of Scrapbook paper - 9" x 12" Dimensions of Photograph 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