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MSA SC 5573-1-4
Collection	Robert J. Stewart, Aviation Pioneer, Collection
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Dates	1910-1930
Medium	Scrapbook-photographs,newspaper clippings, brass
Restrictions	NO RESTRICTIONS
Storage	02/51/13/26
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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