Finding Aid
Arnold family
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, Synders Flats, Bloomingdale, Ont.
Uncaptioned photographs are filed at the end followed by b&w and
col. photographs
