Photograph of Robert L. Hall in the cockpit of his Granville Gee Bee D Sportster aircraft at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.
Caption on adjacent album page: "R. L. Hall and his Gee Bee. Hall is the designer of this ship, also the one…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester holding a bouquet and addressing the crowd via microphone at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Another bouquet of roses, and a few more words over air. This is just one of the…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester seated in the official messenger car at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Dorothy doesn't believe in flying close to the ground, but here is one case where it is forgivable…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester (left) and Ruth Elder (right) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. Hester holds "Jumbo," her doll mascot.Caption on adjacent album page: "Miss Dorothy Hester and Miss Ruth Elder, two famous flyers. Ah! but…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester and Tex Rankin at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. Hester holds a large bouquet of roses sent to her from the Portland Chamber of Commerce.
Caption on adjacent album page: "Roses -- yes, and from the Rose…
Photograph of (from left to right) Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester, and Ken Maynard at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Ken Maynard, the flying cowboy, didn't get very far until the boys from the press…
Photograph of (from left to right) Colonel Ernest Hofer, Dorothy Hester, Robert Hofer, and Tex Rankin at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "And out of the west came little Robert Hofer, and with him as a…
Photograph of Ernst Udet (right) presenting Judge W. B. Wanamaker (left) with a framed aircraft insignia at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. The caption notes that Udet cut the insignia from Wanamaker's aircraft after shooting him down…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester and Mario de Bernardi at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Mario de Bernardi and Dorothy talking over the aviation situation in Italy, but with much difficulty. An interpreter…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester and Ernst Udet inspecting the cockpit of Udet's U 12 Flamingo aircraft (tail number D822) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "[continued from previous caption] because he had…