• Title
  Series 02: Nancy Bird Walton further photographs, ca. 1930-1991
• Call number
  PXE 787
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  ca. 1930-1991
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings
• Reference code
  153288
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 51 silver gelatin photoprints, 5 colour photoprints, 1 35 mm. colour slide, 1 photomechanical print - 24 x 40 cm. or smaller.
  Clippings - 1 newscutting - 11.7 x 11 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Reference: Youth in the air - Nancy Bird / Violet A. Roche, in Walkabout, Jan 1, 1937 (pp.30-34)
• Scope and Content
  1. Nancy Bird's aeroplane, 1932
  2. Jocelyn Howarth and Nancy Bird, ca. 1930-33
  3-13. Photographs chiefly of Nancy Bird Walton, alone or in groups. Also includes views of aeroplanes (Gypsy Moth, Australian built Gannet & Leopard Moth), ca. 1930-1991.
  14. Nancy Bird with Mrs Gill Davis of Red Cross, 1942
  15. Amy Johnson (in herringbone serge coat) on porch of Royal Aero Clubhouse at Mascot with other Sydney aviatrix. L to R: Miss Evelyn Follett, Mrs 'Bobby' Terry, Miss Margaret (Meg) Skelton, Miss Amy Johnson, Mrs Alice Upfold, Miss Freda Deaton, Miss Phyllis Arnott, Mrs Arthur (Margaret) Davies. Photograph by Ted Hood.
  16. Peggy McKillop & Nancy Bird, 1935
  17. [Nancy Bird]
  18. ... Phyllis Arnott [was] first woman to hold Commercial licence in Australia
  19. Nancy Bird in Gipsy Moth at Kingsford Smith Flying School, 1933
  20. Nancy Bird 1933 on wheel of Metal Moth VH-VOP belonging to Tommy Petherbridge
  20-55. Photographs used to illustrate Nancy Bird Walton's autobiography "My God! it's a woman". Chiefly portraits of Nancy Bird Walton, alone or in groups. Group portraits include Amy Johnson, Rev. John Flynn, Jean Batten, Iris Critchell, 'Powder Puff Derby', . Also includes views of aeroplanes (Boeing B-17 Fortress, WAFS Queen Bee, and "Red Rose"), 1931-1989.
  49. [Group of aviators] Aero Club tour to Melbourne 1931, L to R: Pat Levy, Jim Broadbent, Phyllis Arnott, Jack McKechnie, Freda Deaton, Dick Allen, -- , Frank Follett, -- , Bunny Hammond, Harold DE low, (Nacy Bird's 2nd cousin) George Littlejohn, Mr & Mrs Wedwood or Wedgewood.
  56. Nancy Bird Walton beside her Puss-Moth, 1935.
  57. Nancy Bird Walton & Miss A. Davis beside Leopard Moth, 1936.
  58. Miss Jean Gardiner, who is contemplating leaving Mascot on a ... (newscutting; rest of caption missing)
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823508
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled on reverse.
• Name
  Batten, Jean, 1909-1982
  Flynn, John, 1880-1951
  Gardiner, Jean
  Johnson, Nancy
  Red Rose (aeroplane)
  Walton, Nancy Bird, 1915-2009
  
• Topic
  aeroplanes
  aviators
  Boeing B-17 Fortress (aeroplanes)
  De Havilland DH 85 Leopard Moth (aeroplanes)
  De Havilland Gypsy Moth (biplanes)
  women
  film actors
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1100278

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