Miscellaneous Civil Aviation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s flight suit and goggles attributed to a Charles Lindbergh contemporary and friend, Philip Love. Love flew mail from St. Louis to Chicago in the 1920s and early 1930s for Robinson Airlines, as documented in an accompanying...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful framed circa 1920s photograph of a biplane with the tail numbers NC704N: this particular craft was a Spartan C3-16The photo is from Framingham, Massachusetts and was hand-tinted in soft pastel hues. The frame is nicely...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa mid-1930s lapel pin for the Women's International Association of Aeronautics (WIAA). Founded by Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen, one of Los Angeles' first female pilots, the WIAA was not only an aviation association but also an...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered World War I United States aircraft factory worker badge by Whitehead & Hoag. The pin reads AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL SERVICE US ARMY NAVY and shows a propeller at center. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII International Aircraft Silhouette Spotter Cards. This full deck of playing cards was made by U. S. Playing Card Company, with 52 cards and 1 Joker. The images on the cards are all the classic WWII aircraft models, e.g., ME Ð 109, P Ð...

ARTIFACT: This is a very early lapel pin in the shape of a DC-2 aircraft. This type of plane's first flight occurred in May 1934. VINTAGE: Circa mid-1930s. SIZE: 7/16" height and 5/8" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of "The Aviation Pocket-Book for 1918: A Compendium of Modern Practice and a Collection of Useful Notes, Formulae, Rules, Tables, and Aeronautical Data Relating to Aeronautics" by R. Boriase Matthews. The volume was published in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s celluloid member pin for the Lindbergh Club from Boston American Newspaper, a tabloid affiliated with the Hearst chain. The pin is by Whitehead & Hoag. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 13/16" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of Walter Wellman's 1911 "The Aerial Age: A Thousand Miles by Airship Over the Atlantic Ocean" in excellent condition. Wellman was an Ohio native and adventurer who tried several times to reach the North Pole by...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1938 Pan Am medal commemorating the flight jubilee (1912-1937) and loss at Pago Pago of Captain Edwin C. Musick. Hired as Pan Am's very first pilot in 1927, unassuming and respected "Meticulous Musick" had already been,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1947 Pan Am Airways certificate signed by aviation pioneer Gilbert "Gib" Bynum Blackmore. Blackmore, piloting with Pan Am for three decades, flew the Dixie Clipper carrying the first-ever passengers in a transatlantic flight in...

ARTIFACT: This is a stunning example of a rare World War II CPT (Civilian Pilot Training) instructor wing. The Civilian Pilot Training program grew out of a desire for preparedness and evolved later into the War Training Service after the attack on...