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Arnold family fonds. – [193-]. – 6 cm of textual records and graphic material.

Photograph album, no covers. Photographs have been removed from the pages and placed in archival sleeves. Many of the photographs have descriptive captions written on the verso. A few photographs identified by archival staff have captions written in pencil inside square brackets.

Includes aviation photographs as follows:
Gee-Bee R-1 racing plane belonging to Jimmy Doolittle (1896-1993; American aviation pioneer), 1932
Mary “Mae” Haizlip (aviation pioneer), with her plane
Various planes at the National Air races in Cleveland, Ohio, 1932; also photographs of the city; flight to Cleveland
Wiley Hardeman Post (1898-1935; the first pilot to fly solo around the world). Visit to Kitchener, Ont. with his plane, the “Winnie Mae”, early 1930s.

Also includes:
Damage caused by a wind storm in Kitchener; ice storm in 1930
Oil derrick on Puslinch Lake
Train derailment, Breslau Bridge, 1936

Travel photographs include:
Hollinger Mine in Timmins, Ont. and other scenes in the area
Construction of the Trans-Canada highway
Vacation to Ottawa, Quebec and the Maritimes, 1931:
The Blue Nose in Lunenburg, N.S.; The Lady Nelson (later used as a hospital ship) in Halifax, N.S.; Dartmouth, N.S., harbour scenes in various Maritimes ports, buildings, Titanic graves, Moncton, N.B., St. John River; Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, St. Anne de Beaupre basilica under construction.
United States, trip down the Eastern Seaboard: includes Maine, Boston, New York, Atlantic City, Washington, D.C., Maryland (including the Crystal Grottoes); two postcards from this trip have messages.
Trip to Chicago, Ill. and Cleveland, Ohio
Camping trip: Paradise Camp, Synder’s Flats, Bloomingdale, Ont.
Uncaptioned photographs are filed at the end followed by b&w and col. photographs



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