Inventor Name
Loud, Albert Louis
Repository
Illinois State Historical Society
210 1/2 S. Sixth
Springfield, IL 62701-1503
Phone: (217)525-2781
http://www.historyillinois.org/
Physical Description
1.36 linear ft.
Summary
Loud, an engineer, was an assistant to his brother-in-law Melvin Vaniman, a photographer, engineer, and inventor. Loud accompanied him on Walter Wellman’s third attempt to reach the North Pole by dirigible. The papers contain newsclippings, patents, scrapbooks, articles and miscellaneous material relating to early aviation history. Includes Vaniman’s patents for aviation related inventions.