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[Clyde Pangborn on fuselage]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn straddling the fuselage of an unidentified aircraft, circa 1920s.Inscription on verso: "Clyde Pangborn."

[Clyde Pangborn wing-walking on Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn performing a wing-walking stunt on a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1920s. "Air Taxi" is painted on the plane's wings.

[Clyde Pangborn hanging from Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]
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:…

[Clyde Pangborn wing-walking on Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]
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.…

[Clyde Pangborn wing-walking on Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]
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…

[Wing-walking stunt on Standard J-1]
Photograph of an unidentified man performing a wing-walking stunt on a Standard (NJ) J-1 aircraft (tail number 14), circa 1920s. The Gates Flying Circus logo is painted on the tail.Stamped on verso: "Francis E. Price, Journalistic and Commercial…

[Clyde Pangborn and Ivan R. Gates]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (right) and Ivan R. Gates (left), circa 1922. Embossed: "Kessler, Johnstown, Pa." Inscription on verso: "Ivan R. Gates & Clyde E. Pangborn. Circa 1922."

[Clyde Pangborn and Aron "Duke" Krantz with Standard J-1]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left) and another man, possibly Aron F. "Duke" Krantz, standing in front of Pangborn's Standard J-1 aircraft in Audubon Park, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1920s. The Gates Flying Circus logo is painted on the plane's…

[Clyde Pangborn, Wesley May, and Lowell Yerex inspecting parachute and ladder]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left), Wesley May (center), and Lowell Yerex (right) inspecting a parachute and rope ladder before a barnstorming performance in San Francisco, California, circa 1922. A Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft is in the…

After the rescue
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…
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