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Ford Building (San Diego)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Wally Timm Photo Only Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-20067
Abstract

Photographic Prints that have been digitized and placed on the DAMS and Flickr. They have been assigned a 09 Series Number. Corwin Crowell photographed the San Diego Air and Space Museum.

Dates: Majority of material found within

Thomas Parker Emery Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10042
Abstract

Thomas Parker Emery - a local community college art instructor, mural painter, designer, and sculptor - was commissioned to restore the March of Transportation murals painted by Juan Larrinaga in the Ford Building, which currently houses the San Diego Air and Space Museum. This Collection includes materials related to the restoration and general information about the San Diego Air and Space Museum.

Dates: 1935 - 2014

The Ford Building Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10192
Abstract

The collection contains items reflecting the history of the San Diego Ford Building, including many articles on its history, news clippings, proposals, correspondence, and photocopies of photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1934 - 2017

Donald H. Gordon Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10057
Abstract

Donald H. Gordon was an earlier aviator from San Diego. Items in this collection, from 1909 to 1968, with one article from 1982, include biographies on Donald H. Gordon, correspondence, affidavits, notes, newspaper clippings, and photographs and relate to his life in aviation.

Dates: 1883 - 1968

Wheels to Wings Book Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10190
Abstract

The materials were collected, acquired, and donated to the San Diego Air & Space Museum over a long period of time and used as background material to create the book Wheels to Wings, in preparation for the Ford Building's 75th anniversary in 2010.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1934 - 2014

Llewellyn Woods Photo Only Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-20055
Abstract

Llewellyn Woods appears to have been a member of the Roay Flying Corps and was involved in the founding of the San Diego Air and Space Museum.

Dates: Majority of material found within