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Photographic portraits of aviator Beryl Markham, circa 1920s-1930s.

Photograph of pilot Betsy Ross using a Learadio portable receiver in the cockpit of her Taylorcraft aircraft, August 20, 1940. An accompanying press release describes Ross's recent flight from Harrisburg Pennsylvania State Airport, noted as the first…

Photograph of (from left to right) Betty Jo Streff, Alberta Paskvan, Bill Grout, and Carol Nicholson, circa 1943-1945. Inscription on verso: "Betty Jo Streff, Bert Paskvan - Bill Grout - the man who helped me thru that accident business in P.T.'s.…

Photograph of (from left to right) Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester, and Ernst Udet posing with Hester's Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A aircraft (tail number NC 315Y) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page:…

Photograph of (from left to right) Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester, and Ken Maynard at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Ken Maynard, the flying cowboy, didn't get very far until the boys from the press…

Items from Box One, Folder 1 of The Carol (Nicholson) Lewis Collection, circa 1944-1946. Folder contains 14 documents related to Lewis’s World War II service with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).

Items from Box One, Folder 3 of The Carol (Nicholson) Lewis Collection, circa 1943-1946. Folder contains 13 assorted flight-related items, including a Wallace Air Service decal, flight and military documents, and two memo books with handwritten…

Items from Box One, Folder 4 of The Carol (Nicholson) Lewis Collection, circa 1944-1945. Folder contains nine financial documents for Lewis, including payroll stubs from the War Department, documents related to war savings bonds, and Internal Revenue…

Photograph of Carol Nicholson (left) and Dink Williams (right), circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "This is Dink Williams - our dispatcher in primary. It's a bad picture of her - very!"

Photograph of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewomen Carol Nicholson (left) and Dottie Smith (right) leaning against the wing of an aircraft, circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "This is Dottie Smith + me. She's one of my favorite gals…