Ford A. Carpenter
Five Cloud Studies Above San Diego, CA, 1919
Silver prints (5)
Each approximately 7 x 7 1/2 inches overall
With informational typed notations and Carpenter's embossed credit stamp to paper mount.
With informational typed notations and Carpenter's embossed credit stamp to paper mount.
Further images
A rare group of five photographic cloud studies, affixed to informational type-sheets, completed by Dr. Ford Ashman Carpenter. These photos, along with Carpenter’s notes, were published in an article titled...
A rare group of five photographic cloud studies, affixed to informational type-sheets, completed by Dr. Ford Ashman Carpenter. These photos, along with Carpenter’s notes, were published in an article titled “Photographing Clouds from an Airplane," which appeared in a 1920 issue of “The Ace,” an early LA aviation magazine.
In the published article, Carpenter writes of his aerial excursion:
"Recognizing the importance of aerial mapping and cloud studies from aloft, the Director of Air Service kindly placed a two-seater and an experienced pilot, Lieut. H. E. Queen at my disposal for the afternoon, with apologies to Ruskin he proved to be the "Queen of the Air." I decided to make the triangular course from Riverside to San Diego and along the coast from San Diego to Los Angeles and thence to the place of starting. The accompanying photographs with their notes were all made by the writer while in the air."
From the Ford Ashman Carpenter archives at Claremont Colleges:
"
Dr. Ford Ashman Carpenter was manager of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Department of Meteorology and Aeronautics for 22 years. A scientist and aviation pioneer, for many years Dr. Carpenter was in charge of the U.S. Weather Bureau in Los Angeles and served as meteorological adviser to several large airlines and steamship companies, realty developments, and the Hollywood Bowl. He advised the Congressional Naval Affairs Committee in 1930; was a fellow of the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Meteorological Society of London, the Royal Geographical Society, and the American Seismological Society; served as president of the Southern California Academy of Sciences from 1929 to 1931; held membership in the Federation of Aeronautic International, the Eighth International Geographic Congress at Washington, D.C. in 1904, the Royal Geographic Society of London, and of the San Diego Society of Natural History; and lectured at many colleges during career. Dr. Carpenter died on November 10, 1947 at the age of 79."
In the published article, Carpenter writes of his aerial excursion:
"Recognizing the importance of aerial mapping and cloud studies from aloft, the Director of Air Service kindly placed a two-seater and an experienced pilot, Lieut. H. E. Queen at my disposal for the afternoon, with apologies to Ruskin he proved to be the "Queen of the Air." I decided to make the triangular course from Riverside to San Diego and along the coast from San Diego to Los Angeles and thence to the place of starting. The accompanying photographs with their notes were all made by the writer while in the air."
From the Ford Ashman Carpenter archives at Claremont Colleges:
"
Dr. Ford Ashman Carpenter was manager of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Department of Meteorology and Aeronautics for 22 years. A scientist and aviation pioneer, for many years Dr. Carpenter was in charge of the U.S. Weather Bureau in Los Angeles and served as meteorological adviser to several large airlines and steamship companies, realty developments, and the Hollywood Bowl. He advised the Congressional Naval Affairs Committee in 1930; was a fellow of the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Meteorological Society of London, the Royal Geographical Society, and the American Seismological Society; served as president of the Southern California Academy of Sciences from 1929 to 1931; held membership in the Federation of Aeronautic International, the Eighth International Geographic Congress at Washington, D.C. in 1904, the Royal Geographic Society of London, and of the San Diego Society of Natural History; and lectured at many colleges during career. Dr. Carpenter died on November 10, 1947 at the age of 79."