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Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1960s Circa |
Description (ex. RP-63G) |
Photograph, 8 adults standing, 3 adults kneeling, two youths sitting on the grass - some looking up in sky (likely at an RC model airplane in flight), one person in foreground - wearing a pith helmet - is working on an RC model airplane, Sampey and Co. 404 transmitter touched with their left hand and SIG toolbox nearby; full-scale U.S. Navy aircraft and spectators are in the far background, outdoors, stamped on back "U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO, Released by BASE PHOTO LAB, L.G. HANSCOM FIELD, [BEDFORD], MASS", circa 1960s. Photos A2025.04.03 and A2025.04.05 are related - have some of the same people in them and appear to be taken around the same time. Photos A2025.04.02, A2025.04.03, A2025.04.04, A2025.04.05, A2025.04.06, and A2025.04.07 are U.S. Air Force photos per stamping on backs of photos. |
Details |
1 item 10" x 8" (l x h) 1 page |
Creator |
U.S. Air Force (USAF) |
Museum Donation/Transfer Credit Line |
Contact museum for credit information |
Museum ID number |
A2025.04.05 |
Collection number |
0533 |
Tags |
1950s-1970s Aeromodeling Photographs and Papers Collection, #0533 1960s 404 Bedford, MA Competition Contest Laurence G. Hanscom Field (BED), Bedford, MA Massachusetts Military Photograph Pith helmet Radio Control Radio Control flying Sampey 404 transmitter Sampey and Co. SIG Manufacturing Co., Inc. Spectators U.S. Air Force (USAF) U.S. Naval Air Station U.S. Navy (USN) U.S. Navy (USN) Aircraft |
Copyright Information |
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