[Scrapbook of ephemeral items relating to Charles Kingsford Smith]

Object detail

Accession number

MSS-2017-2.4

Maker

Unknown

Description

Contains: an incomplete copy of the Daily Pictorial, which includes a photograph of the Southern Cross on the cover headlined "The Southern Cross and her goal, New York" dated 26 June 1930. On the cover is a postmark stamp, an Australian postage stamp and it is addressed to R. H. K. Smith in San Francisco, California. Also in this folder are sundry newspaper clippings related to the flights of Charles Kingsford Smith with mention of John Stannage, Evert Van Dyk, J. P. Saul, and Patrick Gordon Taylor with an approximate date range of 1930-1935 (mostly June 1930 and May 1935).

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

1 folder ; 36 x 26 cm

Record level

Folder

Credit line

Unknown. Unknown. [Scrapbook of ephemeral items relating to Charles Kingsford Smith], MSS-2017-2.4. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Album Scrapbook Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Memorabilia

Subject: all levels

Kingsford Smith, Charles Edward, Sir, 1897-1935 Aviation Australia Southern Cross (Airplane) Aeronautics Australia Stannage, John Fokker Tri-Motor F.VIIB-3M (Southern Cross) United States United States Radio in aeronautics

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

Group object

Name/Title: [Scrapbook of ephemeral items relating to Charles Kingsford Smith] Maker: Unknown Production date: Unknown Accession number: MSS-2017-2 See full details

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