WAUCurtissAeroplaneMotorCoPHColl1180.xml Guide to the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Photograph Album 1917-1919 Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2015 (Last modified: 4/12/2018)
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Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH1180 Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, inc Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company photograph album 1917-1919 1 album with 63 photographic prints (1 box) ; 8 x 10 in Collection materials are in English. The photograph album contains photographs of Curtiss airplanes, airplane engines, Curtiss company plants in Garden City, Port Washington, and Rockaway, as well as various departments that were part of the building and testing of Curtiss airplanes

The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was started by Glenn H. Curtiss. Curtiss was recruited by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, to be among the founding members of Bell's Aerial Experimental Association and then later left and started his own company, the Curtiss Aeroplane Company. The company became the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company in January 1916 with the combination of the Curtiss Aeroplane Company and the Curtiss Motor Company.

The company expanded during World War I when the military needed airplanes. It became the largest manufacturer in the world producing 10,000 aircraft during the war. Curtiss provided aircraft and training for pilots which was instrumental in the development of U.S. Naval Aviation. The Curtiss HS-2L flying boat was used extensively in the war for anti-submarine patrols. The Royal Navy and Curtiss worked together to design flying boats; this culminated with the NC-4, the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, in 1919. The company remained the largest manufacturer of aircraft in the United States througout the 1920s and 1930s.

The album contains photographs of Curtiss airplanes such as the JN-4D, Oriole, 18T, H-S-2-L, H-16, F-5-L, NC-1, and NC-4. The album also contains photographs of airplane engines as well as photographs of the Curtiss company plants in Garden City, New Jersey, Port Washington, New York, and Rockaway, New York, as well as various departments that were part of the building and testing of Curtiss airplanes. The Department of Education and Sales Promotion of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company primarily produced the photographs, however some were made by outside photographers.

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Donor: Fritz Wagner, February 20, 2013.

Processed by Linda DeJesus, 2013; Mark Mulder, 2014, processing completed 2014.

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Photograph Album 1 1 Two men in JN 4-D on field June 24, 1917 W.H 1 2 Front view of JN 4-D cockpit skeleton circa 1917-1919 1 3 Rear view of JN 4-D cockpit February 21, 1919 D.J.S 1 4 JN 4-D rudder and elevator skeleton February 21, 1919 D.J.S 1 5 Man in JN 4-D on field circa 1917-1919 1 6 Side view two men and woman in a Model 17 on field circa 1917-1919

The Model 17 is also known as the "Oriole."

 1 7 Two men and woman in a Model 17 on field circa 1917-1919

The Model 17 is also known as the "Oriole."

 1 8 Woman climbing into a Model 17 cockpit on field near building circa 1917-1919

The Model 17 is also known as the "Oriole."

 1 9 Side view of man in an 18-B cockpit on field circa 1917-1919

The 18-B is also known as the "Hornet."

 1 10 Rear view of man in an 18-B cockpit on field circa 1917-1919

The 18-B is also known as the "Hornet."

 1 11 Side view of 18-T Wasp aeroplane on field circa 1917-1919 1 12 Front view of 18-T Wasp circa 1917-1919 1 13 Side view of a plane, man in cockpit January 16, 1919

This is an HA Mail plane. The HA series was also known as the Curtiss Model 16.

 1 14 Man sitting in cockpit shaking hands with standing man circa 1917-1919 1 15 Model F on wooden track December 19, 1918 1 16 Front view of a Model F on wooden track in harbor at Rockaway, New York December 19, 1918 1 17 Side view of water plane on wooden track December 23, 1918

This is an HA-1 Dunkirk Fighter. Both the HA and HA-1 (also known as the Model 16) were intended to be fighter sea planes, but never went into production.

 1 18 Front view of water plane, at Rockaway, New York December 23, 1918

This is an HA-1 Dunkirk Fighter.

 1 19 Side view of H-S-2-L in the water circa 1917-1919 1 20 Rear view of H-S-2-L on field November 27, 1918 1 21 Front view of H-16 hull in factory circa 1917-1919 D.J.S 1 22 Interior H-16 hull in factory circa 1917-1919 D.J.S 1 23 H-16 gasoline system in factory June 4, 1918 D.J.S 1 24 Front view of F-5-L flying boat on water circa 1917-1919 1 25 Rear view of F-5-L flying boat on water circa 1917-1919 1 26 Front view of F-5-L flying boat on water circa 1917-1919 1 27 Rear view of F-5-L flying boat water circa 1917-1919 1 28 Front view of F-5-L flying boat power plant circa 1917-1919 1 29 Rear view of F-5-L flying boat power plant circa 1917-1919 1 30 Top view of F-5-L flying boat cockpit and power plant circa 1917-1919 1 31 Crowd of men around and on an NC-1 on a field 1918 1 32 Side view of NC-1 on a field October 3, 1918 1 33 NC-1 in flight circa 1917-1919 1 34 NC-4 on water circa 1917-1919 1 35 Men guiding NC-4 into water circa 1917-1919 1 36 Two men on NC-4 on shore circa 1917-1919 1 37-39 Model OX-5 motor April 16, 1917 W.H 1 40-43 K6 motor circa 1917-1919 1 44 K12 motor January 20, 1919 1 45 Top view of K12 motor January 28, 1919 1 46 Prop end of K12 motor January 20, 1919 1 47 Magneto end of K12 motor January 20, 1919 1 48 Side view of K12 motor circa 1917-1919 1 49 Mr. G.H. Curtiss circa 1917-1919 Harris and Ewing, Washington D.C 1 50 John N. Willys circa 1917-1919 1 51 Front of Garden City, New Jersey plant 1918 1 52 Aerial view of Curtiss company plants and flying fields circa 1917-1919 1 53-54 Fuselage Department, Churchill Street August 23, 1918 D.J.S 1 55 Wing structures in Panel Department "G" November 11, 1918 1 56 Propeller Department January 4, 1919 D.J.S 1 57 Assembly floor circa 1917-1919 1 58 Case of miniature aeroplane models circa 1917-1919 1 59 Wind tunnel July 6, 1918 1 60 Oscillator and stability tests for models February 24, 1919 1 61 Wind tunnel February 24, 1919 1 62 Model maker's shop fFebruary 24, 1919 1 63 Four men posing around delivery plane circa 1917-1919