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Metadata
Object Name |
Photograph |
Description (ex. RP-63G) |
Photographic print, Bill Chaffee's Scale P-12B model biplane, 1930 Nats contest winner, photograph undated. Airplane is partially in-the-bones (not covered). Image shows front half of model. Photographs A2024.10.22, A2024.10.23, A2024.10.24, A2024.10.25, A2024.10.26, and A2024.10.27 are of same model aircraft. Per Bill Chaffee's biography in the AMA History Project, written by his son, Hal, "In the 1930s, Eugene Kettering bought Chaffee’s prize-winning Boeing P-12B for $500.00." |
Details |
1 item 3.5" x 3.5" (l x h) 1 page |
Multimedia & More Information |
Biography of William (Bill) Henry Chaffee (AMA History Project website link) |
Museum Donation/Transfer Credit Line |
Donated by Bill Chaffee's children - Ellen, Henry, Clark |
Museum ID number |
A2024.10.27 |
Collection number |
0529 |
Tags |
1950s Biplane Boeing P-12/F4B Boeing P-12B Chaffee, William (Bill) Henry Engine Eugene W. Kettering Model Aircraft Collection In the bones Kettering, Eugene W. P-12B Photograph Propeller Scale Scale model Tires William (Bill) Henry Chaffee Collection Wings |
Copyright Information |
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