Accession#:
2010-103
Title:
Walter Sellmer on Controls 1926
Date:
1926
Catalog Date:
03/02/2010
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Classification:
Aircraft
Transportation
Transportation
Collection:
SBHS Photo Collection
Copyright:
SBHS
Description:
This black and white photograph shows a single winged aeroplane flying in the sky above hills behind the beach. The top of a house and a deck with 4 people looking up to see the plane are visible at the bottom of this photograph. The photograph is mounted on heavy cardboard which is gray and has a darker gray border around the photograph. On its back, the caption reads: 1926, Walter Sellmer at the Controls in Flight over Stinson Beach, Calif.
Object ID:
2010-103-03
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Sellmer, Walter Bruno
Print Size:
3 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Provenance:
Dale Kelley who owned this series of photographs originally was an old client of Albert Engel and entrusted the photographs to him who in turn donated this series, 2010-103, to SBHS in 2010. Dale Kelley owned the ocean front house at Calle Del Ribera and was a friend of Sellmers who had their factory and residence on the same street. The photographs were rescued from the house after the storm and flood of 1982-83.
Source:
Engel, Albert
Subjects:
Aeroplane
Transportation
Transportation
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Walter Sellmer at Controls
Walter Sellmer at Controls back
Walter Sellmer at Controls
Walter Sellmer at Controls back