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Photograph of Clyde Pangborn and Judge the Dog in front of a Standard J-1 aircraft (tail number 12) of the Gates Flying Circus, circa 1920s. The Texaco logo is painted on the plane's fuselage.

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…

Photograph of Rosalie Gordon's rescue after her parachute became entangled in the landing gear of a Standard J-1 aircraft, Houston, Texas, March 1924. Gordon hangs beneath Clyde Pangborn and Milton Girten's plane while a second J-1, piloted by Freddy…

Photograph of a group of people watching as airplanes take off, circa 1920s.Stamped on verso: "Finished by Englerth Photo Supply Co. [address in Chattanooga, Tennessee]. Enlarging and Framing."

Photograph of an unidentified man, possibly Clyde Pangborn, leaning on Pangborn's Standard J-1 aircraft, circa 1920s.

Photograph of a fireworks display produced by Clyde Pangborn during a nighttime flight, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 4, 1924.Inscription on verso: "Night fireworks flight. New Orleans."

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 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 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 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."