Contributed by Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum
Description
William H. Cumming, a pharmacist in Houlton for more than sixty years, wrote some details about the early history of the Houlton airport.
His brother, Irvin Cumming, was the first station manager for Boston & Maine Airways at the Houlton Airport.
William was a cooperative observer for the Weather Service for more than 50 years.
Over the years he noted events in his diary. In about 1990 he transcribed notes from his diary about events relating to the airport to share with others.
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: Houlton Airport history, ca. 1937
- Creator: William H. Cumming
- Creation Date: circa 1937
- Subject Date: circa 1937
- Location: Houlton, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 28 cm x 22 cm
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Air pilots
- Airports--Maine--Houlton
- Cumming, William H.--Diaries
- Diaries
- Houlton Airport (Houlton, Me.)
People
- Alexander, William
- Chamberlain, Clarence
- Collins, James
- Colton, James
- Cumming, Irvin
- Cumming, William H.
- Earhart, Amelia
- Hughes, Helen
- Putnam, Amelia E.
- Tribert, Dot
Other Keywords
- Air Express
- Amelia Earhart Putnam
- Bellanca
- Bermuda
- bi-plane
- Boston
- Boston & Maine Airways
- Boston & Maine R.R.
- Boston & Maine Railroad
- Boston and Maine Railroad
- Chicago World Fair
- Commercial pilots
- Cooperative Observer
- Curtis Condor
- Curtis OX 5
- Dot Tribert
- Drakes Hill
- Ford
- Houlton Airport
- Italian Air Fleet
- Ketcham Farm
- Lone Field
- Maine Central
- North Road
- Peabody Farm
- Pioneer Times
- Portland,
- Presque Isle
- Radio Pilots License,
- Radio Transmitter
- Rockland
- Smyrna St.
- Smyrna Street
- Station Manager
- Travelair
- tri-motored
- U.S. Government
- U.S. Navy
- Waco
- Waterville
- Weather Service
For more information about this item, contact:
Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum1678 U.S. Route 1, Littleton, ME 04730
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