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This article, published in the August 1927 edition of The Wichita, covers Wichita's status as the air capital of America, as well as the many manufacturers that helped give the city such a distinction. In addition, the piece covers the achievements of the Laird Swallow factory, the fact that the city has six significant airplane factories, the achievements of the Travel Air Company, and the history and work of Clyde Cessna.
Creator: Wichita [magazine]
This article helps students appreciate the number of entrepreneurial Kansans and their impact on the aviation industry during the 1920s.
KS:4th:1.1
Item Number: 213350
Call Number: 978.1-Se2 W63 Vol. 4, No. 8, p. 11, 23-25
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213350
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Beech
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Cessna
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Stearman
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 4th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Individuals and developments (Benchmark 1) - Notable Kansans (Indicator 1)
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Aviation entrepreneurs (Indicator 6) - Clyde Cessna
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Aviation entrepreneurs (Indicator 6) - Lloyd Stearman
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Aviation entrepreneurs (Indicator 6) - Walter and Olive Beech
Date - 1920s - 1927
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Magazine
People - Notable Kansans - Beech, Walter Herschel, 1891-1950
People - Notable Kansans - Cessna,Clyde,1879-1954
People - Notable Kansans - Stearman, Lloyd C., 1898-1975
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Aeronautics
Transportation - Air Travel - Aeroplanes
Type of Material - Printed materials - Magazines
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