Have you taken a close look at the objects from the museum’s collection that have been posted over the last three weeks? If not, check them out! What do they have in common? Herb noted that “314” was in the address for both the Polk’s Hobbies Van and the Control […]
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March 2014 Guessing Game, pt. 3
Have you been following the images posted the last two weeks (object 1 and object 2)? Figure out what they have in common yet? Today’s item comes from the museum’s Lee Renuad Memorial Library Collection. It is the March 14, 1914 issue of Aero and Hydro, America’s Aviation Weekly. Featured […]
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The case: Identify a book discussing building and flying model aeroplanes. The information and drawings in the book refer to tractor monoplanes and strip rubber, and doesn’t make any mention of balsa wood. Unfortunately, the cover and title pages are missing so other than obvious age, there is little information […]
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Inside the Cover
Museum staff has been having fun pulling books for the Special Collection. It is fun because we keep coming across interesting inscriptions written inside the books.
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Library Special Collections
If you’ve been to the Lee Renaud Library at the Museum before, the next time you visit it is going to look a bit bare. Recently, we’ve been going through the library collection and pulling books that were printed before 1945 from the public shelves. Although the books are valuable […]
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