Box: 3, Folder: 4 - Barnstorming, circa 1920s

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Box: 3, Folder: 4 - Barnstorming, circa 1920s

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Barnstorming, circa 1920s

Identifier

2005-12-27, Box: Three, Folder: 4

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Collection Items

[Wing-walking stunt on Standard J-1]
Photograph of an unidentified man performing a wing-walking stunt on a Standard (NJ) J-1 aircraft (tail number 14), circa 1920s. The Gates Flying Circus logo is painted on the tail.Stamped on verso: "Francis E. Price, Journalistic and Commercial…

[Clyde Pangborn wing-walking on Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn performing a wing-walking stunt on a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1920. The inscription notes that the plane is piloted by Ralph Reed.Inscription on verso: "OX-5 Curtiss Jenney [Jenny]. Clyde Pangborn on wing. Ralph…

[Clyde Pangborn wing-walking on Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn performing a wing-walking stunt on a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1920. The inscription notes that the plane is piloted by Ralph Reed.Inscription on verso: "Clyde E. Pangborn, Wing Walker. Ralph A. Reed – pilot.…

[Clyde Pangborn hanging from Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn hanging from the underside of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft during a barnstorming performance in San Diego, California, circa 1920. The inscription notes that the plane is piloted by Ralph Reed.Inscription on verso:…

[Clyde Pangborn wing-walking on Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn performing a wing-walking stunt on a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1920s. "Air Taxi" is painted on the plane's wings.

[Clyde Pangborn falling at Coronado Tent City]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn falling from a rope ladder attached to a low-flying Curtiss JN-4 Jenny during a performance in Coronado, California, May 16, 1920. Pangborn was attempting an auto-to-airplane transfer stunt when he lost his grip and fell.

[Clyde Pangborn performing auto-to-airplane transfer stunt]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn climbing a rope ladder attached to a low-flying Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft during an auto-to-airplane transfer stunt, California, circa 1921. "Savage Tires" is painted on the plane's wings.

[Pangborn, Reed, and Lambla with tow car]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left), Alfred E. Lambla (center), and Ralph Reed (right) posing with a tow car on beach in Los Angeles, California, circa 1921. A Curtiss JN-4 Jenny is visible in the background.Inscription on verso: "Pang."

[Al Lambla driving tow car]
Photograph of Alfred E. Lambla driving his Union Garage tow car on a beach in Los Angeles, California, circa 1921. Note that the inscription misidentifies Lambla as Barney Oldfield.Inscription on verso: "Barney Oldfield. 1920. Los Angeles."

[Pangborn, Reed, and Lambla with Curtiss JN-4 Jenny and tow car]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left), Alfred E. Lambla (center), and Ralph Reed (right) on a beach in Los Angeles, California, circa 1921. The men are gathered around a Union Garage tow car parked near a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft. Note that the…
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