Collection #

P 0273

 

 

george rogers clark National historical Park
aerial photographs, 23 july 1934

Collection Information

Historical/Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Contents

Cataloging Information

 

 

 

Processed by

Stephen J. Fletcher
31 May 2000

Revised by Dorothy Nicholson
4 June 2004

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

 

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF
COLLECTION:

1 folder of photographs

COLLECTION
DATES:

23 July 1934

PROVENANCE:

H. E. Armstead, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1934

RESTRICTIONS:

None

COPYRIGHT:

Official photographs of the U. S. Air corp, 1934.

REPRODUCTION
RIGHTS:

Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.

ALTERNATE
FORMATS:

 

RELATED
HOLDINGS:

(P 0307) George Rogers Clark Memorial Construction Photographs, 1931–1933; (P 0325) Ezra Winter Murals in the George Rogers Clark Memorial Photographs, ca. 1941.

ACCESSION
NUMBER:

1934.0903

NOTES:

 

historical/BIOGRAPHiCAL SKETCH

Construction of the George Rogers Clark Memorial in George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, Vincennes, Indiana, began 1 September 1931. The memorial was one feature in the construction of the park. The Indiana George Rogers Clark Sesquicentennial Commission directed the project. Architect Frederic Charles Hirons designed the memorial. Local labor completed the memorial in spring 1933. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the structure and the park on 14 June 1936.

The obituary for Harry E. Armstead states that he was a “retired insurance man and former aerial photographer.” Armstead’s aerial photography included aerial mosaics, Civilian Conservation Corps camps, and images used by the Indianapolis Star rotogravure section. Armstead worked for the Employers Liability Assurance Company for twenty-five years. He died 21 January 1954.

Sources:

Armstead, Harry E. (obituary), Indianapolis News, page 17, column 1.

Taylor, Robert M., Jr., ed. Indiana: A New Historical Guide. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1989. General Collection: F527 .I538 1992.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

Three bird’s-eye photographs show the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park and immediate vicinity, including the George Rogers Clark Memorial, Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral, and the Lincoln Memorial Bridge spanning the Wabash River. The views, numbered 712, 713, and 715, depict the area from angles looking west, northeast, and southwest respectively. Each photograph bears the following blue stamp on its verso:

OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH

309th Observation Squadron

U. S. Air Corps Reserve

Schoen Field, Ft. Benjamin Harrison

Photo By Master Sergeant H. E. Armstead

Pilot 1st Lt. F. W. Sommer

Date JUL 23 1934

CONTENTS

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

3 aerial views of George Rogers Clark National Historical Park and immediate vicinity

Photographs, Folder 1

CATALOGING INFORMATION

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