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[Caricature of two men in aircraft]
Pencil-drawn caricature (photographic reproduction) of two men in an aircraft, November 8, 1928. The speech bubble from the smaller pilot reads, "Mr. Jones -- Will I get my blind flyin' ratin' to, if I pass this 'privates' test??"Inscription:…

[Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft]
Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Service Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft (fuselage designation A.S. 34220), circa 1910s-1920s.

[Men with Douglas World Cruiser "Seattle" aircraft]
Photograph of two men with the Douglas World Cruiser "Seattle" aircraft, Kanatak, Alaska, April 1924. One of the men is carrying the other on his back through the shallow water.

[Douglas World Cruiser "Seattle" aircraft in harbor]
Photograph of the Douglas World Cruiser "Seattle" aircraft in a harbor, Kanatak, Alaska, April 1924. Inscription on verso: "First round the world flight plane, forced down at Kanatak, Alaska on peninsula west of Kodiak. Later crashed on flight to…

[Major Frederick L. Martin on wing of Douglas World Cruiser "Seattle" aircraft]
Photograph of Major Frederick L. Martin on the wing of the Douglas World Cruiser "Seattle" aircraft, possibly in Seward, Alaska, circa April 1924. Inscription on verso: "This could be near Seward, Alaska / Major Martin / Round the world flight of…

World fliers, taken immediately after their arrival in Eugene
Photographic group portrait of Douglas World Cruiser flight crews with a car, the "Chicago" (left), and the "Boston" (right), Eugene, Oregon, circa March 1924. From left to right: Leigh Wade, Erik H. Nelson, Leslie P. Arnold, Lowell H. Smith, John…

[Members of Douglas World Cruisers flight crews and others posing with bald eagle]
Photographic group portrait of members of the Douglas World Cruisers flight crews and others posing with a bald eagle, Alaska, 1924.

[People with earthen huts]
Photograph of people with earthen huts, Alaska, 1924.

[Douglas World Cruiser aircraft in flight]
Photograph of a Douglas World Cruiser aircraft in flight, Alaska, 1924.

[Coastal town, Alaska]
Photograph of a coastal town, Alaska, 1924.
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