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This is a photograph album containing photographs of Howard Lincoln Athon. He was born and grew up in Quenemo, Kansas. After graduating from high school, he joined the U S. Navy during World War I. When he returned home, he married Roberta in December 1922 and they lived in Gridley, Kansas for about a year. Howard worked in the oil fields until they closed. The Athons moved to Topeka where he went into the flying business. On July 29, 1931 Howard was involved in a flying accident. His two-seater American Eagle biplane fell from 2,000 feet and crashed in the Kansas River, and A. J. McKimmey, the passenger, died instantly and Howard was seriously injured. Howard went on to be an electrician after the accident. His work included wiring at Forbes Field, and several missile sites in northeast Kansas and Sedalia, Missouri.
Date: 1900-1985
Item Number: 309290
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 309290
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Anniversaries - Centennials
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Date - 1950s
Date - 1960s
Date - 1970s
Date - 1980s
Military - Service - Navy
Military - Wars - World War I
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Album - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Transportation - Air Travel - Aeroplanes
Type of Material - Photographs
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