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Portrait of Lt. Josiah M. Curtis, Co. I, 12th W. Va. Infantry, of West Liberty, Ohio County, who won the Medal of Honor in attack on Fort Gregg, the last defense before Petersburg, Virginia. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

1309. Curtis, Lt. Josiah M.

IDNO:
001311
Title:
Curtis, Lt. Josiah M.
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Lt. Josiah M. Curtis, Co. I, 12th W. Va. Infantry, of West Liberty, Ohio County, who won the Medal of Honor in attack on Fort Gregg, the last defense before Petersburg, Virginia. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Col. Jos. Thoburn, 1st W. Va. Infantry. Commanded a brigade at 2nd Bull Run. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

1310. Thoburn, Colonel Joseph

IDNO:
001312
Title:
Thoburn, Colonel Joseph
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Col. Jos. Thoburn, 1st W. Va. Infantry. Commanded a brigade at 2nd Bull Run. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Pinkerton Spy Pryee Lewis sups with Confederate Captain George S. Patton at Camp Tompkins. Sketch from Allan Pinkerton's 'Spy of the Rebellion. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

1311. Pinkerton Spy Pyree Lewis at Supper with Confederate Captain

IDNO:
001313
Title:
Pinkerton Spy Pyree Lewis at Supper with Confederate Captain
Date:
undated
Description:
Pinkerton Spy Pryee Lewis sups with Confederate Captain George S. Patton at Camp Tompkins. Sketch from Allan Pinkerton's 'Spy of the Rebellion. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
World War I era airplane landing gear lined up in a hangar.

1312. World War I Airplane Landing Gear Stored in a Hangar

IDNO:
001314
Title:
World War I Airplane Landing Gear Stored in a Hangar
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
World War I era airplane landing gear lined up in a hangar.
Portrait of Henri Montelecque, the young boy who saw the fall of Lt. Louis Bennett on August 24, 1918. Accompanied letter from Marie-Louis Plancy to Mrs. Louis Bennett, 22 July 1919 in the Bennett Collection Box 3, Folder 3.

1313. Mortelecque, Henri

IDNO:
001315
Title:
Mortelecque, Henri
Date:
1919/08/24
Description:
Portrait of Henri Montelecque, the young boy who saw the fall of Lt. Louis Bennett on August 24, 1918. Accompanied letter from Marie-Louis Plancy to Mrs. Louis Bennett, 22 July 1919 in the Bennett Collection Box 3, Folder 3.
Candid portrait of Lt. Louis Bennett in uniform posing with a small child on a sled.

1314. Bennett, Lt. Louis with Small Child

IDNO:
001316
Title:
Bennett, Lt. Louis with Small Child
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Candid portrait of Lt. Louis Bennett in uniform posing with a small child on a sled.
Captain Kelly, British Flying Corps, on crutches and Louis Bennett, Jr., West Virginia Flying Corps, holding bottle, pose for a portrait at Sheepshead Bay, May 24, 1917.

1315. Bennett, Lt. Louis and Captain Kelly (On Crutches) at Sheepshead Bay

IDNO:
001317
Title:
Bennett, Lt. Louis and Captain Kelly (On Crutches) at Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917/05/24
Description:
Captain Kelly, British Flying Corps, on crutches and Louis Bennett, Jr., West Virginia Flying Corps, holding bottle, pose for a portrait at Sheepshead Bay, May 24, 1917.
Memorial for Louis Bennett, Jr. placed by his mother, Mrs. Bennett. Photograph found in a letter dated June 5, 1926.

1316. Memorial for Lt. Louis Bennett, Jr.

IDNO:
001318
Title:
Memorial for Lt. Louis Bennett, Jr.
Date:
1926/05/30
Description:
Memorial for Louis Bennett, Jr. placed by his mother, Mrs. Bennett. Photograph found in a letter dated June 5, 1926.
Aircraft in foreground is a "grass cutter" or "penguin," a non flying training machine designed to teach student pilots of the day start up and taxi procedures. Rear aircraft is Curtiss JN-4, aircraft #1 of WV Flying Corps. See Louis Bennett letter to Gov. John J. Cornwell, 22 June 1917, WV State Archives, Charleston, Box 302. Note: Aircraft #1 was destroyed in a crash on 3 August 1917. See Wheeling Register, 4 August 1917, front page.

1317. West Virginia Flying Corps Hangar and Planes at Beech Bottom, W. Va.

IDNO:
001319
Title:
West Virginia Flying Corps Hangar and Planes at Beech Bottom, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1917/06
Description:
Aircraft in foreground is a "grass cutter" or "penguin," a non flying training machine designed to teach student pilots of the day start up and taxi procedures. Rear aircraft is Curtiss JN-4, aircraft #1 of WV Flying Corps. See Louis Bennett letter to Gov. John J. Cornwell, 22 June 1917, WV State Archives, Charleston, Box 302. Note: Aircraft #1 was destroyed in a crash on 3 August 1917. See Wheeling Register, 4 August 1917, front page.
The aircraft in the picture is a Curtiss Jenny. Records show that the tail number (#1) corresponds to an aircraft that had a mishap enroute to West Virginia, and was destroyed in a crash on August 4, 1917. In this crash Cadet C.B. Lambert (of Welch, West Virginia) was killed, and Lieutenant William Frey was injured. (See newspaper Wheeling Register, August 4, 1917.)

1318. Bennett, Lt. Louis and Fellow Pilot with World War I Airplane

IDNO:
001320
Title:
Bennett, Lt. Louis and Fellow Pilot with World War I Airplane
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
The aircraft in the picture is a Curtiss Jenny. Records show that the tail number (#1) corresponds to an aircraft that had a mishap enroute to West Virginia, and was destroyed in a crash on August 4, 1917. In this crash Cadet C.B. Lambert (of Welch, West Virginia) was killed, and Lieutenant William Frey was injured. (See newspaper Wheeling Register, August 4, 1917.)

1319. West Virginia Flying Corps Airfield and Hangars at Beech Bottom, W. Va.

IDNO:
001321
Title:
West Virginia Flying Corps Airfield and Hangars at Beech Bottom, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1917/06
Officers of the West Virginia Flying Corps, including (left to right) Lieutenant Thomas Kent, Captain Louis Bennett, Jr., and Lieutenant William Frey. They are standing in front of a Curtiss JN or "Jenny" aircraft. This photograph appeared with an article regarding the W. Va. Flying Corps in the July 29, 1917 issue of the Wheeling Sunday News on page eight of part iii.

1320. Bennett, Lt. Louis (Center) and with Fellow Pilots

IDNO:
001322
Title:
Bennett, Lt. Louis (Center) and with Fellow Pilots
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Officers of the West Virginia Flying Corps, including (left to right) Lieutenant Thomas Kent, Captain Louis Bennett, Jr., and Lieutenant William Frey. They are standing in front of a Curtiss JN or "Jenny" aircraft. This photograph appeared with an article regarding the W. Va. Flying Corps in the July 29, 1917 issue of the Wheeling Sunday News on page eight of part iii.