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[Photo Album]: Stinson Flyers - Early Airplane Barnstorming Troupe Author: RICHARDSON, William H. Title: [Photo Album]: Stinson Flyers - Early Airplane Barnstorming Troupe Publication: Atlantic City: June 21, 1919 Description: Softcover. Octavo. Measuring 7" x 9". String-tied decorative paper wrappers. Contains 48 black and white or sepia toned gelatin silver photographs measuring 3.5" x 5.5", with captions. Additionally included is a certificate issued to Richardson and signed by one of Stinson's daredevil pilots attesting to his taking a 33-minute flight, with a newspaper article written by Richardson about the flight laid in. The album is good only with considerable edgewear, lacking the back cover, with near fine photographs. A photo album compiled by William H. Richardson, a journalist and amateur historian who published a number of monographs about New Jersey. The photographs document Richardson's arrival at the barnstorming event with his friend, W.C. Cobb. The photos show the men in flight jackets and leather helmets as well as Eddie Stinson and his pilots and crew. The album features Stinson's seaplanes and ground aircraft and many in-flight scenes and bird's-eye views of Atlantic City. The newspaper article and album label note that Richardson was the first civilian from Jersey City to take aerial photographs. Stinson was an early Wright-trained aviator and served as a flight instructor for the U.S. Army during World War I. Following the war he started a barnstorming troupe and during one year earned over $100,000 as a stunt pilot. He set a world endurance record for flight in 1921, and eventually founded the Stinson Aircraft Company of Dayton and Detroit which produced a number of very popular aircraft. Stinson accumulated more than 16,000 hours of flight time - the most of any pilot in his lifetime - but he died in a 1932 airplane crash at Chicago. A very pleasing collection of early aviation stunt pilots and aerial photos of New Jersey. Seller ID: 408155 Subject: Americana, Aviation, Ephemera, Photography Between the Covers Between the Covers has been selling books for more than 30 years. Today we offer a wide ranging inventory, from Modern First Editions to General Used Books to Rare Archival Collections. We are active members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) . Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All books are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.