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Photograph of Soviet Air Force servicemen and representatives with their American hosts at a banquet in San Diego, California, circa 1930s. From left to right: Acting Consul General Grigori Gokhman, S. A. Shumovsky, Colonel Mikhail Gromoff, J. L.…

Photograph of Soviet Air Force servicemen Colonel Mikhail Gromoff and Captain Sergei Danilin signing autographs at a banquet in San Diego, California, circa 1930s Typed caption on album: "Soviet Aces honored at San Diego Calif. Colonel Mikhail…

Photographic postcard to C. N. Butler from Herman Butler, postmarked February 9, 1917. Acknowledges receipt of letters and describes the postcard image. Postcard image features the waterfront at a base in San Diego, California, with ships and…

Photographic postcard to C. N. Butler from Herman Butler, postmarked February 26, 1917. Acknowledges receipt of a cake and promises to send photos. Postcard image features several servicemen in a small boat.

Postcard to C. N. Butler from Herman Butler, postmarked April 2, 1917. Acknowledges receipt of letters and gives instructions for future mail. Postcard image features a wharf scene in San Diego, California.Typed caption: "1184 - Wharf Scene, San…

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:…

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.…

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…

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb, Cal Al Hall, Warren Eaton, and James Floyd Smith outside a hangar, San Diego, California, circa 1900s-1910s.Inscription on verso: "Newcomb / Cal Al Hall / Warren Eaton / Floyd Smith / San Diego, Calif / 1915."

Photograph of a Curtiss JN Jenny aircraft in front of a hangar, San Diego, California, circa 1910s. Inscription on verso: "One of the first Curtiss JNs -- San Diego, Calif."