Grumman Employees Work on a Bomber, 1943
Women work on the fuselage of a Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber at Grumman Plant #15, located in Port Washington. For more information about this aircraft, click here. From the book Flight of Memory, published by the Port Washington Public Library: The
Reverend David Eato, c. 1910
Born Roslyn, Long Island. Pastored at Mt. Olive AME Church, Port Washington.
Savoia-Marchetti S-56 on Manhasset Isle
In front of the American Aeronautical Corporation hangar. Photo from the estate of Joseph Gaeta.
Joseph Gaeta and Tommy Hitchcock, 1940
Pilot Joseph Gaeta (l.) gets instructions from Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. (r.), famous polo player at the Downtown Sky Port in New York City. Photo from the estate of Joseph J. Gaeta. "I was Tommy Hitchcock's personal pilot from 1921 to 1926.
Biddles and Dumpsons off to WWII
(l. to r.) Harold Tyson, Lorenzo Loze, Walter Biddle, Evelyn "Niecey" Loze, Frank Miller, "Buddy" Dumpson, Harry Townsend, Francis Eato
Bermuda Air Cruises Brochure, 1938 [Inside]
<<Click on image to enlarge>> Left: "CRUISE RATES INCLUDE not only transportation from Port Washington to Hamilton and return but also, for the cruise period, a single room with bath for one or a double room with bath for two, and
Bermuda Air Cruises Brochure, 1938 [Inside Flap]
"The NEW Travel Hit!" "NOT JUST A CRUISE, not just the treasure isles of Bermuda, not alone the fact that you travel there by air (in 5 hours from New York) but all three put together . . . AIR CRUISES
Bermuda Air Cruises Brochure, 1938 [Back Cover]
Top plane: Pan American Airways' U.S.A. Bermuda Clipper Bottom plane: Imperial Airways' R.M.A. Cavalier "AIR LINES TICKET AGENCY OF E. K. SMITH, INC. 41 EAST 47TH STREET NEW YORK, N. Y."
American Aeronautical Corp. Type S-55 Taking Off From Manhasset Bay, 1929
The gas-carrying barge and recreational boats in the background depict ongoing activities in the bay - both commercial and recreational. Photo from the estate of Joseph J. Gaeta.
Wallace Townsend, 1944
b. 1875, d. 1969. Brother of Minnie Biddle. Photo taken by William McMichael, owner of the White House Laundry.
Wing Walkers on a Waco 10, 1929
For women as much as men, the lure of flight was potent. Miss Ova Kinney, on left, is one of two wing walkers on a Waco 10 flown by Paul Rizzo over Barren Island Airport, now part of the Gateway
