Excellent vintage 8\" x 10\" aviation photograph showing a Travel Air high-wing monoplane in Wichita, Kansas, dated November 30, 1928. The reverse is handwritten “Travelair monoplane” and “11/30/28” and also carries a period Wichita photographer stamp and newsroom/archive-style annotations, giving the image unusually strong period documentation.
Dated 11/30/1928: The reverse provides a specific contemporary date rather than an estimated era.
Travel Air Manufacturing Company: Photographed during the company’s major late-1920s Wichita production period, when Travel Air had become one of the country’s leading aircraft manufacturers.
Wichita Aviation History: Travel Air was founded in Wichita by Clyde Cessna, Walter Beech and Lloyd Stearman and was producing aircraft at very high volume by 1928.
Period Photographer Mark: Reverse bears a B. Smith photographer stamp from Wichita, Kansas, along with handwritten press/archive notations.
Likely Type I: The specific 1928 date, period photographic stock, photographer marking and archival annotations are all consistent with a first-generation period print, though the photograph has not been authenticated by PSA or another third-party service.
Exact Model Unconfirmed: Travel Air was developing and producing cabin monoplanes during 1928, including the Type 6000, but I would not assign that model to this aircraft without stronger documentation.
Size: Approximately 8\" x 10\".
The precise November 30, 1928 date substantially strengthens the historical appeal of this photograph. It captures Travel Air during the height of Wichita’s rapid emergence as a major center of American aircraft manufacturing and should appeal to collectors of early aviation, Travel Air, Wichita history and prewar aircraft photography.
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