This series contains 5,303 4 x 5 inch black and white negatives; condition of the negatives is good overall, with some images showing deterioration and yellowing. The majority of the negatives in this series depict aircraft (grouped by aircraft type) with folder titles corrected to NASM Aircraft Authority standards. The remaining subject groupings are those believed to have been used by Arnold. Arrangement presents one folder of "Groups of Aircraft" followed by individual aircraft types (alphabetical by manufacturer then model), a biographical section (alphabetical by last name), and ends with subject groups (alphabetical by title).
Digital slideshows are available for the aircraft and biographical subject groupings of this series; each image of a negative in the folder appears immediately followed by an image of its NASM-produced negative envelope. The number prefixed "XRA" appearing in pencil in the upper right corner of each envelope is the NASM image reference number for that negative. The digital images in these slideshows were repurposed from scans made by an outside contractor for a commercial product and may show irregular cropping and orientation in addition to color variations resulting from damage to and deterioration of the original negatives.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
Rudy Arnold Photo Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0356, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
