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Newspaper clipping, "Brooks Field flyers give Waco some real thrills," from the San Antonio Express, circa 1919-1920s. Reports on an airshow in Waco, Texas put on by six pilots from Brooks Field, including Jules Verne Hyde. Includes a photograph of…

Outline of instruction, "Air Forces Pre-flight School (Bombardier-Navigator), Ellington Field, Texas," produced by the U.S. Army Air Corps, circa 1942. Includes Lewis Paul Bowers' name signed on the front cover and various handwritten notes on the…

Photograph of (from left to right) Freddy Lund, Rosalie Gordon, Milton Girten, Tommy Thompson, and Clyde Pangborn standing next to a Standard J-1 aircraft, Houston, Texas, 1924. Image was taken after Gordon's rescue; during a parachute jump, her…

Photograph of a wrecked Consolidated PT-1 aircraft (fuselage number 433), Texas, May 1927. The inscriptions on the album page note that Julius A. Barr was piloting the aircraft when it crashed.Inscription on album page: "Right wing of #433.…

Photograph of wreckage from a crashed airplane, San Antonio, Texas, circa 1918.Inscription on album page: "Fall Styles. San Antonio - Texas. 1918. Two men tried to drive at once. As usual, the ground settled the argument."Part of a photograph album…

Photograph of wreckage from an airplane crash, Brownsville, Texas, circa 1918. The inscription notes that Major Kirby and Lieutenant Quirk were killed in the crash.Inscription on album page: "Fall Styles. San Antonio - Texas. 1918. Maj. Kirby was…

Photograph of wreckage from an airplane crash, San Antonio, Texas, circa 1918.Inscription on album page: "Fall Styles. San Antonio - Texas. 1918. The wreck of Rex. He took Pvt. Heinson for a joy ride."Part of a photograph album from the J. V. and…

Photograph of wreckage from an airplane crash, San Antonio, Texas, December 11, 1918. The inscription notes that Lieutenant Bird was killed in the crash.Inscription on album page: "Fall Styles. San Antonio - Texas. 1918. Lts. Bird and Howe fell…

Photograph of a woman in civilian clothes standing outside a barracks building, Avenger Field, Texas, circa 1943-1944.Inscription on verso: "Nedra -- taken the day before she left."Stamped on verso: "Willis Studio giant prints are better. If it's…

Photograph of a water tower at Brooks Field, Texas, July 1927. Inscription on album page: "Water tower, Brooks."Inscription on verso: "July 1927. Sky filter."Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S. Army…