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Photograph of (from left to right) Clyde Pangborn, Della M. Wright, and Hugh Herndon standing in front of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, October 13, 1931.Inscription:…

Photograph of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), parked at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, October 13, 1931.Inscription: "Kirwin. Seattle. 1931."Inscription on verso: "Clyde E. Pangborn and Hugh Herndon's…

Photograph of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W) piloted by Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, taking off from Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, October 13, 1931.Inscription: "Kirwin. Seattle. 1931."Inscription…

Photograph of several people, including Hugh Herndon, Clyde Pangborn, and Opal Pangborn, at a formal dinner party, circa October 1931. The event celebrates Pangborn and Herndon's trans-Pacific flight from Japan to Washington State. Stamped on verso:…

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (right) and Hugh Herndon (left) standing next to "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), after the airplane's belly-landing in Wenatchee, Washington, October 5, 1931.Inscription: "Simmer…

Photograph of Opal Pangborn reading a news announcement on a teleprinter, July 28, 1931.Inscription on verso: "July 28, 1931, the morning the boys started around the world. First Press news."Stamped on verso: "Photo by Lester A. Smith, Wenatchee."

Photograph of a crowd gathered around "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), after the airplane's belly landing in Wenatchee, Washington, October 1931.

Photograph of a crowd looking at "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), after the airplane's belly-landing in Wenatchee, Washington, October 1931.

Photograph of a crowd gathered around "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), after the airplane's belly-landing in Wenatchee, Washington, October 1931.

Photograph of a crowd gathered around "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), after the airplane's belly-landing in Wenatchee, Washington, October 5, 1931.Inscription on verso: "Miss Veedol immediately after the…