Photograph of William S. "Bill" Brock, a Gates Flying Circus pilot, in front of aircraft, circa early 1920s.Inscription on verso: "Billy Brock; William S. (Bill) Brock; Pilot - 'Gates Flying Circus.' (Joined in New Orleans). Joined [blank]. Left…
Photograph of Tommy Thompson, a Gates Flying Circus pilot, sitting in the cockpit of an airplane, circa 1923-1924.Inscription on verso: "Tommy Thompson. He is up around Salt Lake now I think. He left us a year ago. With Gates Flying Circus 1923-1924.…
Photograph of Olen Honberger, a Gates Flying Circus stuntman, leaning on the propeller of an airplane, circa 1920s.Inscription on verso: "Olen Honberger. He learned wing-walking with me. You saw him at Spokane when those two fellows were killed."
Photograph of Lloyd Geraldson, a Gates Flying Circus stuntman, standing in front of an aircraft, circa 1920s. Inscription on verso: "Lloyd Geraldson. Stuntman with Gates Flying Circus. Became airline pilot after leaving Circus in 1923; alive…
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…
Photograph of a Texaco Company representative standing next to a Standard J-1 aircraft of the Gates Flying Circus, Houston, Texas, circa 1920s. The Texaco logo is painted on the fuselage.Inscription on verso: "Texaco Co official. Houston."
Photograph of Hubert Kittle surrounded by a crowd of people as he climbs out of his crashed Standard J-1 aircraft, California, March 25, 1923.
Inscription: "From Venice, Calif. to this. 'Ain't' it 'Hell' Old Pal Thomas we'll do better next time. H.…
Photograph of elephants walking past a crowd of people, circa 1920s. Clyde Pangborn's Standard J-1 aircraft is parked on the right.Stamped on verso: "[illegible], Memphis, Ten."
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…