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Social and Cultural Aviation Collection

Air and Space Museum

Pioneer aviators became household names and their flights catapulted them into fame and celebrity. The objects of popular culture in the National Collection display everything from ashtrays to wristwatches that reflect the public fascination with aviation and the powerful commercial response to feats of the air.


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Fokker T-2 Map

Fragment, Wright Brothers' Hangar

Banner, Commemorative, Arthur Smith, 1916

Ticket Holder, Pan American Airways, William J. Eck

Strip Map, Air Corps, No. 40, San Francisco to Los Angeles, 1926

Pen, National Air Museum Establishment, 1946

Money Clip, National Air Races 1946, Glenn L. Martin

Message Pouch, Pan American Goodwill Flight

Membership Card, Quiet Birdmen, James H. Doolittle

Ashtray, Wright-Bellanca W.B. 2 "Columbia"

Pocket Watch, James H. Doolittle

Pocket Watch, James H. Doolittle

Wrist Watch, James H. Doolittle

Wrist Watch, James H. Doolittle

Spoon, Thor Solberg

Medal, Commemorative, Charles A. Lindbergh

Wallet and Pass to St. Joseph, Missouri, Lt. Lowell Smith

Check, Orteig Prize, Charles A. Lindbergh

Fabric, Aircraft, DH-4, Charles A. Lindbergh, 1926 Mail-plane

Pen, National Air and Space Museum Appropriation Bill, July 1963

Side view of a taxidermied lion on wooden base.

Gilmore the Flying Lion

Pennant, Pacific Flight, Amelia Earhart

Flag, United States, 48 Star, Lt. Herbert Peters

Map, 1933 Atlantic Flight, Charles A. Lindbergh & Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Case, Drafting Instruments, Charles A. Lindbergh

Drafting Instruments, Charles A. Lindbergh

Membership Card, Quiet Birdmen, Juan T. Trippe

Souvenir Propeller, Curtiss-Reed, 1925 National Air Races

Key, City of Boston, Lt. Lowell Smith

Cigarette Case, Douglas World Cruiser, Lowell Smith

Mascot, Douglas World Cruiser, "Maggie"

Membership Card, Quiet Birdmen, John Bishop

Mascot, Doll, Paul Studenski

Booklet, Quiet Birdmen

Playing Cards, Northwest Airlines


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