| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Thompson Products Aviation Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Thompson Products | | | | Dates: | 1903-1947 | | | | Abstract: | Thompson Products Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corporation to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of views of aircraft, personalities, famous flights, and miscellaneous images documenting aviation history in the first half of the 20th century. The images were acquired by Thompson Products from the Dearborn Library-Henry Ford Museum and were used as a supplement to Thompson Products' existing aviation photographic reference library. Included are numerous images of early Wright and Curtiss aircraft, as well as World War I aircraft. The collection also contains many images of aircraft and equipment representing the rapid advances made in aviation technology during the inter-war years. | | | | Call #: | PG 445 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Thompson Products, Inc. -- Photograph collections. | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- History -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Flights -- Photographs. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Ephraim W. "Pops" Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland, Ephraim W. | | | | Dates: | 1935-1952 | | | | Abstract: | Ephraim W. Cleveland served as a senior flight instructor in the United States Army Signal Corps during World War I. After the war, he continued in aviation as a pilot. In 1927, he joined the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company of Cleveland, Ohio, as a sales representative, later becoming vice president. He was deeply involved in the National Air Races held in Cleveland, Ohio, serving as a starter or judge. He, his wife Lucille, and his secretary Anna Belle Elmslie were killed in a plane crash in 1952. The collection consists of images of Ephraim W. "Pops" Cleveland, his wife Lucille, other family members, business associates, and aviation colleagues. Also included are views of the Cleveland residence, the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company, aircraft, a fishing trip, an anniversary celebration, and the crash site of Cleveland's airplane. | | | | Call #: | PG 449 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland, Ephraim W. -- Photograph collections. | Doolittle, James Harold, 18961993- -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland family -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company -- Photograph collections. | Airplanes -- United States -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- History -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Thompson Products Aviation Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Thompson Products | | | | Dates: | 1804-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Thompson Products Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corporation to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of individual aircraft; reciprocating, jet, and rocket aviation power plants; personalities; famous flights; and miscellaneous images related to all aspects of aviation history through the mid-1960s. The collection represents the history and development of aviation airframe and power plant technology. Over 200 aircraft manufacturing types and over 100 power plant manufacturing types are represented, including numerous images of Curtiss and Wright aircraft, as well as many lesser known manufacturing types. The collection also contains many images of dirigibles, blimps, and balloons. The photographs in this collection were acquired by Thompson Products of Cleveland, Ohio from the Dearborn Library-Henry Ford Museum, the Wright Patterson Air Force Technical Museum, and from various aircraft and aviation related industries, including the Curtiss-Wright and Boeing corporations, and were used by Thompson Products as an aviation photographic reference source. | | | | Call #: | PG 444 | | | | Extent: | 4.40 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Thompson Products, inc. -- Photograph collections. | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- History -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Flights -- Photographs. | Airships -- Photographs. | Balloons -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Thompson Products Aviation Photographs, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Thompson Products | | | | Dates: | 1930-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Thompson Products Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corporation to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of press releases intended to introduce new products or announce new achievements in the field of aviation and space, and includes images of aircraft, aviation, and space related subjects. These images were used by Thompson Products as a photographic reference of industry developments in aviation and space. The development of jet airframe technology between 1950 and 1965 is well represented in the collection, as well as space exploration and reusable space plane designs. | | | | Call #: | PG 446 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Thompson Products, inc. -- Photograph collections. | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- History -- Photographs. | Aerospace industries -- United States -- Photographs. | Aerospace engineering -- United States -- Photographs. | Jet engines -- Photographs. | Jet planes -- Photographs.
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