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Metadata
Title |
Early Aviation in Roanoke Scrapbook |
Scope & Content |
Soft cover paper scrapbook with the word Scrap Book written diagonally across the front in multi color letters. The scrapbook cover is black with white polka dots and a green spine. There is a note attached to the cover that reads Charles Albert Wade from his flying days at Woodrum Airport in Roanoke, VA 1930's to early 1940's. Scrapbook is filled with glued on photographs of early airplanes, pilots, and newspaper clippings from the 1930's. There are also aerial photos of the Rugby neighborhood in Roanoke, VA. There are only a few pages used and the rest are blank. |
Year Range from |
1930 |
Year Range to |
1949 |
Subjects |
Aviation Aviation industry Aviation personnel Aviators Aircraft Airplane equipment Airplane industry Airplanes Airports Pilots (Aeronautics) 1930s Roanoke (Va.) - History Aerial photographs Photograph albums Photographic prints Newspaper clippings Airplane crashes Airplane propellers Airplane wings 1930s |
Search Terms |
Roanoke Roanoke Airport Woodrum Airport Pilot Airplane Aviation 1930s Davis Studio Richmond VA Rugby Neighborhood Aerial Imagery Aerial Photographs Photograph Album Scrap Book Newspaper Clippings Plane Crash |
People |
Wade, Charles Albert Reynolds, Frank Babcock, Almeda Lemon, Clayton |
Collection |
Historical Society of Western Virginia |
Imagefile |
101\20241464.JPG |
Number of images |
14 |
Object Name |
Scrapbook |
Object ID |
2024.14.64 |
Extent of Description |
Scrapbook, Paper, 15.50 x 10.687in |