urn:taro:utexas.cah.01417 A Guide to the 19th Aviation Squadron Album, 1917-1918 Original EAD encoding by Linda Peterson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. March 2009 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary 19th Aviation Squadron 19th Aviation Squadron Album, 1917-1918 Materials are written in English. 89-335 2 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Photograph album documenting the 19th Aviation Squadron in Austin, Texas, Sarasota, Florida, and various other bases during the period from 1917 to 1918. Scope and Contents

This collection includes photographs of the 19th Aviation Squadron at Aviation Ground School in Austin, Texas, in September and November of 1917, and at Thanksgiving in Sarasota, Florida in 1918. In between are photographs of the squadron on the ground and in the air at bases in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Pennsylvania. Emphasis is on aerial views, flying formations, crashes, repair shops, pilots, and the airplanes themselves, including the Thomas-Morse Scout SC-4.

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Unrestricted access.

 Index Terms Subjects (Organizations) United States. Army Air Forces. Subjects Airplanes. Pilots and pilotage—United States. Places Austin (Tex.) Dallas (Tex.) Sarasota (Fla.) Preferred Citation

19th Aviation Squadron Album, 1917-1918, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3Y169 Album pages