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Title: |
Glenn L. Martin Company Photographs |
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Repository: |
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722 http://www.wrhs.org |
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Creator: |
Glenn L. Martin Company |
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Dates: |
1918-1950 |
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Quantity: |
0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) |
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Abstract: |
The Glenn L. Martin Company was founded by Glenn L. Martin, a pioneer airplane manufacturer. It incorporated in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1917 and remained until 1929, when Martin moved the company to Essex, Maryland. The company produced aircraft for military use. The Glenn L. Martin Company also built mail and passenger planes. It eventually evolved into the Martin Marietta Corporation. The collection consists of views of various aircraft and blimps, the Cleveland plant, and an R.A.F. jet bomber in Essex, Maryland, after a 1950s transatlantic flight. Also includes group portraits of Glenn L. Martin employees, interior and aerial views of the Glenn L. Martin plant in Cleveland, and postcards of the Glenn L. Martin plant in Essex, Maryland. |
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Identification: |
PG 436 |
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Location: |
closed stacks |
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Language: |
The records are in English |
The Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company incorporated in Cleveland, Ohio in 1917 and remained until 1929, when Martin moved the company to Essex, Maryland. In the summer of 1918, the Glenn L. Martin Company built the first locally-made plane at its St. Clair Avenue plant. The Glenn L. Martin Company developed the Martin MB Bomber. Completed too late for use in World War I, the plane was used in the Army's postwar air force. The Navy also bought aircraft from G.L. Martin. Martin built mail planes and passenger planes based on the model of the MB Bomber. Glenn L. Martin decided to move his plant to Essex, Maryland, when the city of Cleveland refused to give Martin additional land to extend the manufacturing plant and landing field. The Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation took over the Martin plant, but went out of business by 1935.
click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for the Glenn L. Martin Company
The Glenn L. Martin Company Photographs, 1918-1929 and 1950s, consist of views of various aircraft and blimps, the Cleveland plant, and an R.A.F. jet bomber in Essex, Maryland, after a 1950s transatlantic flight. Also includes group portraits of Glenn L. Martin employees, interior and aerial views of the Glenn L. Martin plant in Cleveland, and postcards of the Glenn L. Martin plant in Essex, Maryland. The collection includes 137 black and white photographs of varying sizes.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the aircraft manufacturing industry in Cleveland, Ohio, particularly early manufacturing of military and passenger aircraft.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 436 Glenn L. Martin Company Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Joyce C. Panzer in 1989.