Upson and Kraft in First Ship Assembled at Wingfoot Lake
Entry/Object ID
2023.169.3
Description
Black and white photograph of Ralph Upson and Herman Kraft sitting inside the cockpit of an open air gondola. Three men stand on the ground next to the gondola. 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, Wingfoot Lake
Township
Suffield
State/Province
Ohio
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
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, Wingfoot Lake
Township
Suffield
State/Province
Ohio
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
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
