CRAWFORD AUTO-AVIATION MUSEUM

  Mr. A.Joseph Zawatski, Director
  Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum
  The Western Reserve Historical Society
  10825 East Boulevard
  Cleveland, Ohio 44106

  216-721-5722
  216-721-0645 FAX

            Archives contain many pictures of Roscoe Turner winning
  Thompson and Bendix trophy races.   Museum has on exhibit, Roscoe
  Turner's Wedell-Williams racing plane in which he won the Thompson
  Trophy in 1934.  Well done multi-media exhibits highlight Roscoe
  Turner's contribution to air racing.  Nice gift shop with wide
  selection of aviation and air racing related items.

            The following information was received on March 14, 1995,
  from Ann K. Sindeler, reference supervisor, of the Western Reserve
  Historical Society Library in response to an inquiry of October 31,
  1994, for a list of material within their collection pertaining to
  Roscoe Turner.  Please direct any inquiries about this material to the
  Crawford Museum at the above address.

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  THE WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

  NATIONAL AIR RACES PHOTOGRAPHS

  PICTURE GROUP: 386
  PHOTO ACC: P88-68

          The National Air Racea Photographs consist of images relating to
  the National Air Races dating from 1929 to 1967. The collection is
  arranged chronologically by year. Negatives have been removed to the
  negative storage vault.

          The National Air Races was an annual event beginning in Los
  Angeles in 1928 where civilian aviators with custom built aircraft could
  compete in closed course pylon racing. In 1929, The National Air Races
  were held in Cleveland. Except for 1930 when they were held in Chicago,
  and 1933 and 1936 when they were held again in Loa Angeles, the races
  were always held in Cleveland. Thompson Products Inc., of Cleveland,
  sponsored the main event, the Thompson Trophy Race. The races were not
  held during World War II (1940-1945), but were resumed in 1946, when war
  surplus aircraft and military jets competed. In 1949, a fatal crash of
  one of the racing aircraft, involving civilian deaths, ended the
  National Air Races in Cleveland.

          The National Air Races Photographs is an excellent collection of
  images of the personalities, pilots, and aircraft that made the National
  Air Races the premier aviation event in the world. The collection
  contains photographs of National Air Race promoters such as Clifford
  Henderson and Benjamin Franklin; pilots such as ROSCOE TURNER, James
  Doolittle, James Weddell, Jackie Cochran, and Cook Cleland; and aircraft
  including the Gee-Bee racers, Weddell-Williams, Laird-Turner, and the
  World War II fighters that participated in the post-war races.

  Size: 3 containers (1 linear foot/0.3 linear meters)

  Restrictions: Open to the serious scholar          Provenance: Various

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  PICTURE GROUP: 386
  PHOTO ACC: P88-68
  Container 1 -

  Folder 1: Miscellaneous air races, 1920-1927, including images of
  Curtiss-Cox, Curtiss CR-1, Verville-Packard, Curtiss R3C-1,
  Dayton-Wright Monoplane, Curtiss R-6, Navy "Mystery" Racer, Loening R-4,
  Army R-8, Kirkham Biplane, and Verville-Sperry aircraft.

  Folder 2: Thompson "Free-For-All" Race, 1929, including images of Doug
  Davis's Travel Air "Mystery Ship", the B.F. Goodrich Lockheed Vega "Misa
  Silvertown", E.B. Heath's "Baby Bullet", and H.S. Myhres' Simplex
  Shoulder-Wing Monoplane.

  Folder 3: Thompson Trophy Race, 1930, including images of Lowell Bayles'
  Gee-Bee X, the Rider B-1, the Texaco 13 Travel Air "Mystery Ship", the
  Shell Travel Air "Mystery Ship", Benny Howard's DGA-3 "Pete", Charles
  Holman'a Laird Speedwing "Solution", and Evert
  Williams' Wedell Williams 92 "We Winc".

  Folder 4: Thompson Trophy Race, 1931, including images of Frank Hawks'
  Laird "Solution", Bill Ong'a Laird Biplane, the Laird "Super Solution",
  Bob Hall's Gee-Bee model YZ "Senior Sportster", Lowell Bayles' Gee-Bee
  Z, the Continental Airways Lockheed "Orion", the Rider "San Francisco
  I", and Jimmy Doolittle'a Shell Travel Air "Myatery Ship".

  Folder 5: Thompson Trophy Race, 1932, including images of Ray Moore's
  Rider R-1 "San Franciaco I", Jimmy Doolittle'a Gee-Bee R-1, Lee
  Glenbacht's Gee-Bee R-2, ROSCOE TURNER's Weddell Williama "Gilmore
  Special", Benny Howard's "Mike", Bob Hall's "Springfield Bulldog",
  ROSCOE TURNER's Weddell Williams "44 Miss Patterson", and Jimmy
  Doolittle's Laird "Super Solution".

  Folder 6: Thompson Trophy Race, 1933, including images of Russell Thaw's
  Gee-Bee R-2, Johnny Livingaton's Cessna CR-3A, the Jamison D-12
  "Special", George Haig's Rider R-1 "Bumble Bee", Russell Boardman's
  Gee-Bee R-1, Z.D. Granville's Gee-Bee YM, Jimmy Weddell's Weddell
  Williams, and ROSCOE TURNERs Weddell Williams.

  Folder 7:   (Skipped on listing or missing page)

  Folder 8: National Air Races, Los Angeles, 1936, including images of
  Michel Detroyat, Vincent Bendix, Frederick C. Crawford, and Clifford
  Henderson; and Michel Detroyat's Caudron.

  Folder 9: National Air Races, Cleveland, 1937, including images of Graf
  von Hagenberg, Rudy Kling, Frederick C. Crawford, Clifford Henderson,
  Vincent Bendix, Alexander de Seversky, ROSCOE TURNER, Jackie Cochran,
  and Frank Fuller; and Rudy Kling's Folkert FK-1.

  Folder 10: National Air Races, Cleveland, 1938, including images of
  ROSCOE TURNER, Hanna Reitsch, Phil Henderson, Clifford Henderson, Bill
  Schoenfeldt, Tony LeVier, Jackie Cochran, Vincent Bendix, Alexander de
  Seversky, and Frederick C. Crawford.

  Folder 11: National Air Races, Cleveland, 1939, including images of
  ROSCOE TURNER, and Frederick C. Crawford: and ROSCOE TURNER's
  Turner-Laird.

  Folder 12: National Air Races, Cleveland, 1946, including images of Gus
  Lindquist, Alvin Johnson, Jack Woolams, Jackie Cochran, Art Chester,
  Earl Ortman, Cook Cleland, Woody Edmundson, Bruce Raymond, George Welch,
  H. Pemberton, Steve Wittman, Robert Swanson, Howard Lilly, Tony LeVier,
  and Thomas Mason; and Earl Ortman's Lockeed P-38L, James DeSanto's
  Lockheed F-5D, Cook Cleland's Goodyear FG-1, Alvin Johnson's Bell P-39,
  and Charles Tucker's Bell P-63-C5.

  Folder 13:  _________ , including images of William Halsley, Frank Lahm,
  Frederick C. Crawford, Samuel Halle, Jackie Cochran, ROSCOE TURNER, and
  Mike Murphy.

  Folder 14: National Air Races, Cleveland, 1946, contents of a photograph
  album given to Frederick C. Crawford by Benjamin Franklin, including
  images of Jackie Cochran, Earle Ortman, Samuel Halle, Tony LeVier, Paul
  Mantz, J. Hardwick, Jack Woolums, J. Page, Thomas Mayson, Gus Lindquist,
  Robert Swanson, ROSCOE TURNER, H. Pemberton, and Alvin Johnson; and
  Alvin Johnson's Bell P-39, Woody Edmundson's North American P-51, Earl
  Ortman's Lockheed P-38L, Tony LeVier's Lockheed P-38L, and Gus
  Lindquist's Lockheed P-80.

  Folder 15:  _________ , Goodyear Trophy Race Album, including images of
  the aircraft and pilots that participated in the 1946 Goodyear Trophy
  Race.

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  PICTURE GROUP: 386
  PHOTO ACC: P88-68
  Container 2 -

  Folder 16: National Air Races, Cleveland, 1947, including images of Lt
  Col. Preston, Tony LeVier, R.L. Petit, Cook Cleland, Frederick C.
  Crawford, ROSCOE TURNER, Richard Becker, Mike Murphy, and Jay Deeming;
  and Ivis Hill's Lockheed P-38L, John Thompson's modified Lockheed
  P-38L, Tony LeVier's Lockheed P-38L, Sonny Hlavacek's Lockheed F-5G,
  Richard Becker's Goodyear FG-2, and Cook Cleland's Goodyear FG-2.

  Folder 17: National Air Races, Cleveland, 1948, including images of Paul
  Mantz, Benjamin Franklin, Richard Johnson, Curtiss LeMay, Robert Euker,
  L.P. Thompson, Aurthur Godfrey, Bruce Raymond, Jimmy Stewart, Beverly
  Howard, Art Chester, ROSCOE TURNER, Frederick C. Crawford, and Anson
  Johnson; and Anson Johnson's North American P-51D, H.R. Salmon's Cosmic
  Wind "Little Minnow", and Tony LeVier's Cosmic Wind "Little Tony".

  Folder 18: National Air Races, Cleveland, 1949, including images of Cook
  Cleland, Frederick C. Crawford, ROSCOE TURNER, Ben McKillen, Jimmy
  Stewart, Hubert Gaddis, Paul Mantz, Martin Johansen, Vernon Ford, Joe
  DeBona, and Bruce Cunningham; and Cook Cleland'a modified Goodyear FG-2,
  Jack Hardwick's Lockheed F-5G, Ben McKillen's Goodyear FG-2, Ron
  Puckett's Goodyear FG-2, Joe DeBona's North American P-51C, and Bill
  Odom's modified North American P-51C; and Bill Odom's crash site.


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  THE WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

  WILLIAM N. METZGER PHOTOGRAPHS

  PICTURE GROUP: 450
  PHOTO ACC:

          The William N. Metzger Photographs, ca. 1930-1940, consist of 40
  images of aviation personalities and aircraft, moat of which relate to
  the National Air Races held in Cleveland during the 1930s.

          William N. Metzger (1919-1941) was a master model builder and
  aviation enthusiast. His collection of fine scale models of 1930s racing
  aircraft are preserved in the collections of the Western Reserve
  Historical Society'a Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. The William N.
  Metzger Photographs contain images of aviation personalities including
  Hugo Eckener, Lee Miles, Milo Burcham, Benny Howard, Frank Hawks, Hugh
  Perry, John Livingston, Glenn Martin, Abbie Dill, James Doolittle,
  Julian Griffin, James Piersol, Al Williams, Ernest J. King, Eddie
  Rickenbacker, ROSCOE TURNER, Lowell Thomas, Jack Wright, and Charles
  Grant; and aircraft, including images of a Ford Trimotor, a Lockheed
  Gamma, and the Laird-Turner Special.

  The collection is stored in two folders.

  Size: 1/2 container (0.1 linear feet/0.03 linear meters)

  Restrictions: Open to the serious scholar      Provenance: Unrecorded


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  WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

  CHARLES G. MANDRAKE PHOTOGRAPHS

  PICTURE GROUP: 455
  PHOTO ACC:

          The Charles G. Mandrake Photographs consist of images of
  unlimited class and Thompson Trophy racing aircraft from 1920 to 1958.
  The collection is arranged chronologically by year. Negatives have been
  removed to the negative storage vault.

          The Charles G. Mandrake Photographs are images that were
  selected to accompany an unpublished manuscript, written by Charles G.
  Mandrake, of the history of the Thompson Trophy Race, entitled, "The
  Thompson Throphy Story". The collection is a comprehensive photographic
  history of the aircraft that participated in the Thompson "Free-For-All"
  and Thompson Trophy races. Included in the collection are images of the
  famous Gee-Bee, and Wedell-Williams aircraft of the 1930s, as well as
  the World War II fighter and Jet aircraft that raced in the 1940s and
  1950s. A complete copy of the manuscript can be found in the TRW, Inc.
  Records, Mss 3942.

  Size: 1 Container (0.4 linear feet/0.13 linear meters)

  Restrictions: Open to the serious scholar         Provenance: TRW Inc.


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  PICTURE GROUP: 455
  PHOTO ACC:
  Container 1 -

  Folder 1: Miscellaneous air races, 1920-1927, includlag images of
  Curtiss-Cox, Curtiss CR-1, Verville-Packard, Curtiss R3C-1,
  Dayton-Wright Monoplane, Curtiss R-6, Navy "Mystery" Racer, Loening R-4,
  Army R-8, Kirkham Biplane, and Verville-Sperry aircraft.

  Folder 2: Thompson "Free-For-All" Race, 1929, lncludlog images of Doug
  Davis's Travel Alr "Mystery Ship", the B.F. Goodrich Lockheed Vega "Miss
  Silvertown", E.B. Heath'a "Baby Bullet", and H.S. Myhres' Simplex
  Shoulder-Wing Monoplane.

  Folder 3: Thompson Trophy Race, 1930, including images of Lowell Bayles'
  Gee-Bee X, the Rider B-1, the Texaco 13 Travel Air "Mystery Ship", the
  Shell Travel Alr "Mystery Ship", Benny Howard's DGA-3 "Pete", Charles
  Holman's Laird Speedwing "Solution", and Evert Wllllams' Wedell Wllllams
  92 "We Winc".

  Folder 4: Thompson Trophy Race, 1931, including images of Frank Hawks'
  Lalrd "Solution", Bill Ong'a Laird Biplane, the Laird "Super Solution",
  Bob Hall's Gee-Bee model YZ "Senior Sportster", Lowell Bayles' Gee-Bee
  Z, the Continental Airways Lockheed "Orion", the Rider "San Francisco
  I", and Jimmy Doolittle's Shell Travel Air "Mystery Ship".

  Folder 5: Thompson Trophy Race, 1932, including images of Ray Moore's
  Rider's R-1 "San Francisco I", Jimmy Doolittle's Gee-Bee R-1, Lee
  Glenbach's Gee-Bee R-2, ROSCOE TURNER's Weddell Williams "Gilmore
  Special', Benny Howard's "Mike", Bob Hall's "Springfield Bulldog",
  ROSCOE TURNER's Weddell Wllllams "44 Miss Patterson", and Jimmy
  Doolittle's Laird "Super Solution".

  Folder 6: Thompson Trophy Race, 1933, including images of Russell Thaw's
  Gee-Bee R-2, Johnny Livingston's Cessna CR-3A, the Jamison D-12
  "Special", George Haig's Rider R-1 "Bumble Bee", Russell Boardman's
  Gee-Bee R-1, Z.D. Granvllle's Gee-Bee YM, Jimmy Weddell's Weddell
  Williams, and ROSCOE TURNERs Weddell Williams.

  Folder 7: Thompson Trophy Race, 1934, including images of Art Chester's
  "Jeep", Earl Ortman's Rider R-3, Steve Wittman's D-12, Roy Minor's Brown
  R-2 "Miss Los Angeles", the Gee-Bee QED, the Gee-Bee 7, John Worthan's
  Weddell Williams 45, Lee Mile's Atwood Special, and ROSCOE TURNER's
  Weddell Williams.

  Folder 8: Thompson Trophy Race, 1935, including images of Benny Howard'a
  "Mister Mulligan", Roy Minor's Brown R-2 "Miss Los Angeles", the Delgado
  "Maid", Dave Elmondorf's Weddell Williams 22, Earl Ortman's Rider Clark
  R-3, Steve Wittman's D-12, Rodger Don Rae's Rider R-1, the Howard
  "Mike", Lee Miles' Atwood Special, Art Chester's "Jeep", and the Gee-Bee
  QED.

  Folder 9: Thompson Trophy Race, 1936, including images of Earl Ortman's
  Rider, Art Chester's "Jeep", Dave Elmondorf's Rider "The Elmondorf
  Special", Harry Crodby's all metal racer, Steve Wittman's "Wittman
  Special", Rodger Don Rae's Rider, Harold Newman's Folkert "Toots", Lee
  Mile's "Miles and Atwood Special", Rudy Kling's Rider R-1, and Michel
  Detroyat's Caudron 460.

  Folder 10: Thompson Trophy Race, 1937, including images of Marion
  McKeen's Brown B-2 "Miss Los Angelea", Art Chester's "Jeep", the Delgado
  "Flash", the Loose special, Frank Hain's "Mystery" racer, Frank
  Sinclair's Seversky P-35, Gus Gotch's Schoenfeldt "Firecracker", Earl
  Ortman's Rider R-3, ROSCOE TURNER's Laird Turner LTR-14, Tony Levier's
  "Pobjoy", Rodger Don Rae's Folkerts "Miss Detroit", and Rudy Kling's
  Folkerts FR-1 "Special Jupiter".

  Folder 11: Thompson Trophy Race, 1938, including images of Frank Hawk's
  "Time Flies", Marion McKeen's Brown B-2 "Miss Los Angeles", the Bushy
  McGrew BM-1, Joe Jacobson's Folkerts SK-4, Harry Crosby's Crosby CR-4,
  Dave Elmondorf's "The Jackrabbit", Steve Wittman's "Bonzo", Russ
  Chamber's special racer, Keith Rider's "8-Ball", Art Chester's "Goon",
  Lee Glenbach's Weddell William's 92, Joe Mackey's Weddell William's
  "Comet", the Pearson-Williams "Mr. Smoothie", the Delgado "Flash", Tony
  Levier's Schoenfeldt "Firecracker", Earl Ortman's Marcoux-Bromberg
  Special, and ROSCOE TURNER's Laird Turner LRT-14.

  Folder 12: Thompson Trophy Race, 1939, including images of Art Chester's
  "Goon", Del Bush's Folkerts SK-4, Joe Jacobson's Rider "8-Ball", Harry
  Crosby's Crosby CR-4, Lee William's Brown B-2 "Miss Los Angeles", Steve
  Wittman's D-12, Steve Wittman's "Bonzo", Tony LeVeir's Schonfeldt
  "Firecracker", and ROSCOE TURNER's Turner Laird LTR-14.

  Folder 13: Thompson Trophy Race, 1946, including images of Robert
  Swanson's North American P-51K "Second Fiddle", Jack Woolam's Bell P-39
  "Cobra I", Woody Edmundson's North American P-51D "City of Lynchburg",
  Earl Ortman's North American P-51D, Alvin "Tex" Johnson's Bell P-39
  "Cobra II", and Gus Lindquist's Lockheed P-80A-1.

  Folder 14: Thompson Trophy Race, 1947, including images of William
  Bour's Bell P-63A, Charles Walling's Lockheed P-38J Jay Demming's Bell
  P-39 "Cobra II", Skip Ziegler's Curtiss P-40Q, Woody Edmundson's North
  American P-51A "City of Lynchburg Va.", Ron Puckett's Goodyear F2G-1,
  Steve Beville's North American P-51D "Galloping Ghoat", Jack Hardwick's
  North American P-51B "Batty Betty", Dick Becker's Goodyear FG2-1, Tony
  Janazzo's Goodyear FG2-1, the North American P-51D "Wraith". Tony
  LeVier's Lockheed P-38L, J. Howard's Lockheed P-80A, R. L. Petit's
  Lockheed FP-80A, and Cook Cleland's Goodyear F2G-1.

  Folder 15: Thompson Trophy Race, 1948, including images of Dick Becker's
  Goodyear F2G-1, Cook Cleland's Goodyear F2G-1, Wilson Newhall's Bell
  P-63C-5, Chuck Brown's Bell P-39 KF-1, Bruce Raymond's North American
  P-51D "Galloping Ghost", and Anson Johnson's North American P-51D.

  Folder 16: Thompson Trophy Race, 1949, including images of Chalie
  Tucker's Bell P-63C-5 "Flying Easteregg", Ron Puckett's Goodyear F2G-1,
  Dick Becker's Goodyear F2G-1, Steve Beville's North American P-51D
  "Galloping Ghost", J. H. G. McArthur's Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIII,
  Bruce Cunningham's North American F-86E, and Cook Cleland's Goodyear
  F2G-1

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  THE WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

  THE JAMES V. FUNARO AERO SCRAPBOOK

  PICTURE GROUP: 460
  PHOTO ACC: P88-68

          The James V. Funaro Aero Scrapbook consists of 84 images
  primarily of the 1932 National Air Races. Also included are images of
  airships, as well as various aviation newsletters.

          Jamea V. Funaro, served as associate editor of the Friendly
  Forum, the company newspaper of Thompson Products. Funaro also worked
  as a freelance writer and as editor of The Cleveland Realtor, the
  magazine of the Cleveland Real Estate Board. The scrapbook contains many
  images of famous aviation personalities including Tex Rankin, Benny
  Howard, ROSCOE TURNER, Jimmie Doolittle, Amelia Earhart, Jean Assolant,
  Jimmie Haizlip, Frank Hawks, and Clifford Henderson; and aicraft such as
  Benny Howard's "Ike", ROSCOE TURNER's Weddell Williams, Jimmie Haizlip's
  Weddell Williama, and Jimmie Doolittle's Gee-Bee R-1.

  Size: 1 Container ( 1 Linear Foot/0.33 linear meters)

  Restrictions: Open to the Serious Scholar        Provenance: Unrecorded

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