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Journal - "Ohio Flyer"
Akron Fulton International Airport; Airports; Aviation; Military; Restaurants;
An article in The Ohio Flyer (Vol. II, #4, July, 1962) features Shorty Fulton's retirement from the Akron Municipal Airport. His son, Bud Fulton, will take his place as manager of the airport.
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Christmas Card - Fulton's
Christmas; Akron Aircraft;
A Fulton Christmas card featuring The Fulton Family: Shorty, Leah, Eileen, Elynore, Strut (dog), and Bud. Shorty Fulton regularly sent Christmas cards to a variety of people and institutions including:...
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Letter - Jimmy Doolittle
Military; World War II; Military Exhibit
A letter to General James Doolittle from B.E. Fulton. In the letter, Fulton requests to serve under Doolittle's command. Fulton befriended Jimmy Doolittle during the Cleveland Air Races. Fulton contributed...
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Letter -MIA
Military; World War II; Military Exhibit
A letter to Shorty Fulton's wife, Leah Fulton, from General Jimmy Doolittle. In the letter, Doolittle breaks the news to Leah that Shorty Fulton's plane was shot down in Germany.
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License - Identification Cards and Membership Cards
Clubs and Organizations; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.; Licenses;
To the left is Shorty Fulton's membership cards for the National Aeronautic Association of U.S.A. - Akron, Ohio Chapter (1939), and the Goodyear Apprentice Mechanics Club (1943). On the right is Shorty...
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Shorty - "The Akron Optimist"
Airport Exhibit; Akron Fulton International Airport; Airports; Biography;
A brief history of Shorty Fulton's life up to 1934 is featured in "The Akron Optimist Who's Who" on February 21, 1934.
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Shorty - Portrait
Akron Fulton International Airport; Akron Municipal Stadium; Rubber Bowl; Derby Downs; Goodyear Airdock; Military
Portrait of Shorty Fulton taken by Akron Beacon Journal photojournalist Ott Gangl. Bain Ecarius "Shorty" Fulton was born in 1892 in Kenton, Ohio. He came to Akron in 1916 and was employed by Firestone,...
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Shorty - Civil air patrol uniform
Military; Akron Fulton International Airport; Airports; World War II;
Shorty Fulton standing outside the Akron Municipal Airport in his Civil Air Patrol uniform. In 1942, Shorty Fulton was commissioned as Major in the the civil air patrol (civilian auxiliary of the United...
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Derby - Shorty Fulton and Jim Schlemmer
Akron Fulton International Airport; Airports; Derby Downs;
Shorty Fulton with Akron Beacon Journal sports editor Jim Schlemmer. Schlemmer helped Fulton gather support for the National Soap Box Derby from the four tire companies headquartered in Akron, Ohio. This...
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Christmas Card - Camera
Christmas; Photographers; Photography;
A Fulton Christmas card featuring Shorty Fulton holding up a camera. Shorty Fulton regularly sent Christmas cards to a variety of people and institutions including: family, friends, associates, goverment...
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Shorty - Fulton Frolic
Airport Exhibit; Akron Fulton International Airport; Musicians;
Shorty Fulton is holding a camera inside a truck that is labeled: "Fulton Frolic." Several unidentified men stand in the back of the truck. Two of the men have instruments.
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Shorty - Shorty Fulton & Jimmy Doolittle
Airport Exhibit; Akron Fulton International Airport; Derby Downs;
Shorty Fulton and Jimmy Doolittle walking between two unidentified men by the athletic field in Derbytown.
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Shorty - Military Portrait
Military; Akron Fulton International Airport; Airports; Akron Municipal Stadium; Rubber Bowl; Derby Downs; Goodyear Airdock; World War II;
Bain Ecarius "Shorty" Fulton was born in 1892 in Kenton, Ohio. He came to Akron in 1916 and was employed by Firestone, and then Goodyear. In 1924, he bought a farm on Massillon Road, and, after clearing...
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Shorty - Welcome Home with C.W. Seiberling
Military;
In 1942, Shorty Fulton was commissioned as major in the army air force where he served in South America, Africa, and India. Following his tour, Shorty Fulton returned to the United States. On March 22,...
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Shorty - with beauty contestants
Beauty contestants; Akron Fulton International Airport; Airports; Akron Municipal Stadium; Rubber Bowl; Derby Downs; Goodyear Airdock; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.; Beauty contests
Shorty Fulton with an unidentified man and three unidentified women from the Seiberling Beauty Contest. C.W. Seiberling was the founder of Goodyear and the President. Bain Ecarius "Shorty" Fulton was born...
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Letter - To Leah from Shorty
Military; Prisons; World War II; Military Exhibit
A letter written by Shorty Fulton to his wife Leah Fulton after he was liberated from a German prison camp by the Russians in May of 1945. Leah had previously been notified by General Jimmy Doolittle that...
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Airport - "A Day At The Akron Municipal Airport"
Airport Exhibit; Akron Fulton International Airport; Airports; Weather;
This article, written by Shorty Fulton for the Department of Public Service (monograph no. 68), describes a typical day at the Akron Municipal Airport.
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Christmas Card - Poster
Airports; Akron Fulton International Airport; Aerial Photography; Inventions;
A Christmas Poster featuring an aerial photograph of the Akron Municipal Airport complex in Akron, Ohio. Images of travel inventions, such as ships and cars surround the photograph. Each invention has...
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Letter - E.J. Thomas
Akron Fulton International Airport; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.;
A humorous letter from E.J. Thomas, President of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, to Shorty Fulton, manager of the Akron Municipal Airport, regarding Shorty's use of dogs at the Akron Municipal Airport....
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Shorty - Welcome Home #2
Military;
In 1942, Shorty Fulton was commissioned as major in the army air force where he served in South America, Africa, and India. Following his tour, Shorty Fulton returned to the United States. On March 22,...
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