[Aviation] Böhm, Alois Robert (1892-1985), aviation expert closely related to aviation pioneer Hugo Junkers
Amazing and important personal photo- and scrap-album, bound in orig. hvellum w. ties, 41 x 31 cm, documenting his experiences and holidays ensuing from his position in aviation in 1926-1930, containing ca. 580 mounted photographs in var. sizes, partly w. captions in pen, num. invitations, admission tickets and menu-cards of aviation clubs, exhibitions and congresses in var. countries (a few on the name of (Dame) Junkers, probably donated by Hugo Junkers (1859-1935) to Böhm for this album), num. theater-programs/ announcements and clippings of portraits of the players, admission tickets to these plays, newspaper clippings, combinations of photographs and letterpress "Amtsblätter" on the Junkers "Bremen" aircraft that made the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight in April 1928, an original typescript letter signed dated 26 July 1928 by Hugo Junkers on that historic moment, lists of signed entries in pen compiled at aeronautics-meetings (on verso of "Junkers Flugmotoren" advertorial pages), a series of photographs of the aeroplane "Arc-en-ciel" des. by René Couzinet (probably the Couzinet 11, one photogr. signed and dated 10/7/28 in pen by Couzinet), photographic portraits of Hugo Junkers on occas. of his 70th birthday, picture postcards, etc.