MSA SC 5573-1-1
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1916/02/16
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Ledger Book
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02/51/13/26
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Description
Minute Book of the Maryland Aeroplane Company. The book details the first meeting of the company's board of directors in Baltimore City. The issues addressed are the organization of the corporation, the creation of by-laws, the authorization of stock issues, the authorization of the purchase of property necessary to the business, the election of officers, and the means of transacting other business necessary to the corporation. The entire entry is 25 pages.
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MSA SC 5573-1-2
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1916/02/17, 1916/05/18
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Ledger Book
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02/51/13/26
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Description
Stock Register of the Maryland Aeroplane Company. The first entry is a drawing of and specifications for a house on Locust Hill. The stock sale entries name the company's eight shareholders, the dates their respective shares were purchased, the number of shares purchased, and the balance owed. The shareholders as of 1916 are Robert Stewart, Elmer Runge, Otto Melamet, Earl Hipple, Charles H. Miller, Rosalie Straus, George Wiessner, and John Bauernschmidt.
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MSA SC 5573-1-3
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1920-1930
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Three Ring Binder
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02/51/13/26
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Description
Robert J. Stewart's handbook of product photographs and prices for Fairchild KR Challenger airplanes. Stewart is listed in the front of the book as a distributor operating in Baltimore. The binder contains glossy photographs of different aircraft as well as a price sheet in the rear of the book. Loose materials in the binder include pages of sales literature and photographs of aircraft .
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MSA SC 5573-1-4
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1910-1930
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Scrapbook-photographs,newspaper clippings, brass
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02/51/13/26
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Description
Robert J. Stewart's Scrapbook. Contains numerous newspaper clippings detailing Stewart's activities as a pilot and businessman, photographs of Stewart and partners with early aircraft inclusive of several hand built "hydroplanes," and a letter from the first air mail trip. The book also contains business cards for Stewart's various companies including the Maryland Aeroplane Company, American Aircraft Incorporated, and Robert J. Stewart Airplanes -Motors - Supplies. Personal ephemera includes Stewart's 1916 commission as a Sergeant in the Sanitary Detachment of the 5th Maryland Regiment, pilot's and mechanic's licenses, aviator courtesy cards, and memberships in the Early Birds and the Quiet Birdmen.
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MSA SC 5573-1-5
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1905-1915
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Photographs
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02/51/13/26
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Description
Miscellaneous photographs of Robert J. Stewart and others with various aircraft inclusive of the early hydroplane. Many of these same photographs appear with captions in Stewart's scrapbook (MSA SC 5573-B1-F4).
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