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This is a photograph of Glenn L. Martin and his 1912 model biplane, which he used for barnstorming tours. For many years, Glenn lived in Salina, Kansas, and later attended Kansas Wesleyan University. The football stadium at Kansas Wesleyan is the Martin Stadium. He was involved in the aviation industry. He founded his own aircraft company in 1912 which, through several mergers, was amalgamated into the Lockheed Martin company.
Date: Between 1912 and 1920
Item Number: 228204
Call Number: Accession 2013-060
Holding Institution: Seward County Historical Society
Business and Industry - Aviation
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Pilots
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Seward County Historical Society
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, Glenn L.
Places - Cities and towns - Salina
Places - Counties - Saline
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Aeronautics
Type of Material - Photographs
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