2010-103

Sellmer Aeroplane Factory

1926

03/02/2010

8: Communication Artifact

Aircraft
Transportation

SBHS Photo Collection

SBHS

This black and white photograph taken 1926 shows Walter Sellmer, the son of inventor J P Sellmer, standing by a propeller of an aeroplane parked in its hanger. Walter Sellmer is wearing a light colored long sleeve shirt with darker colored pants with buckled belt. He has his right arm on his waist and left arm on the propeller shaft. The box-like plane fuselage is made of plywood and sign printed on (looks like) canvas material is wrapped around. It reads: "Just Hatched" at Camp Upton by the Sea by Sellmer Incubator. The continuous single flattened cigar-shaped wing made of wood and canvas lies flat on top of the fuselage. The propeller and the wing are painted in a darker color than the fuselage. The factory, or the hanger, has windows along the wall and shallow gable roof . The caption on the back, written in ball-point pen, reads: 1926 At Sellmers Aeroplane factory on Calle Del Ribera, Stinson Beach, Cal. Walter Sellmer - Son of J. P. Sellmer Inventor and Builder of Sport Planes and Gliders.
Walter is standing in front of "The Economy Aero plane" . Just Hatched at Upton by the Sea. Sing swings to lay parallel on top of fuselage for garage or street travel.

Photographic Paper

2010-103-04

Print, Photographic

Sellmer, Walter Bruno

Neighborhoods/Calles

3x5 1/4

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.

Engel, Albert

Aeroplane
Transportation