Photograph of a broadcast being made from the balcony of a military building during an air show, likely in California, November 14, 1937. A crowd of people watches the air show from the balconies, windows, and steps of the building. Lee Embree is…
Photograph of four U.S. Army Air Corps Martin B-10B (Model 139) aircraft in flight during an Amy Relief Show, March Field, California, circa 1937.
Caption: "Souvenir. Army Relief Show. March Field - 1937."
Inscription in margin: "Martin B-10s."
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Film footage of the 1932 and 1933 National Air Races. The first segment features clips from the 1932 National Air Races, showing aircraft, pilots, officials, and spectators. Scenes include air races, aerobatics, parachute jumps, and formation flying.…
Newspaper clipping, "She'll try any death-defying stunt in the air, but boys frighten new champ of girl pilots," from The NEA Service (Cleveland, Ohio), May 28, 1931. Article describes Dorothy Hester's flying career, including her upcoming…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester (in cockpit) and Robert D. Hofer (standing) with Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (tail number NC 315Y), Cleveland, Ohio, May 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Robert Hofer and Dorothy came to Cleveland (May…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester and Tex Rankin standing in front of a Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft, Cleveland, Ohio, April 1931.
Caption on adjacent album page: "Dorothy and Tex in Cleveland (April 1931) to demonstrate to the Air Race Officials what…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (tail number NC 315Y) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1931. The text "Goodrich Silvertowns" is painted on the fuselage.Caption on adjacent album page: "The Rose of…
Composite photograph made from two photos of Dorothy Hester in the cockpit of her Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A aircraft at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Two portrait studies of Dorothy Hester after…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester (right) and Dorothy Cady (left) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. The caption notes that the aircraft behind them belongs to Hoot Gibson.Caption on adjacent album page: "Mrs. Dorothy Cady and Miss Dorothy…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester (right) and Senator Hiram Bingham (left) looking up at a flight performance during the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "--and so it was, for Senator Bingham and Dorothy had to…