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Photograph of Clyde Pangborn falling from a rope ladder attached to a low-flying Curtiss JN-4 Jenny during a performance in Coronado, California, May 16, 1920. Pangborn was attempting an auto-to-airplane transfer stunt when he lost his grip and…

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn standing on the back of a moving car during an attempted auto-to-airplane transfer stunt, Coronado, California, circa 1920s.

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

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn standing near biplane, circa 1920s.

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left), Alfred E. Lambla (center), and Ralph Reed (right) on a beach in Los Angeles, California, circa 1921. The men are gathered around a Union Garage tow car parked near a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft. Note that the…

Photograph of Alfred E. Lambla driving his Union Garage tow car on a beach in Los Angeles, California, circa 1921. Note that the inscription misidentifies Lambla as Barney Oldfield.Inscription on verso: "Barney Oldfield. 1920. Los Angeles."

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left), Alfred E. Lambla (center), and Ralph Reed (right) posing with a tow car on beach in Los Angeles, California, circa 1921. A Curtiss JN-4 Jenny is visible in the background.Inscription on verso: "Pang."

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn climbing a rope ladder attached to a low-flying Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft during an auto-to-airplane transfer stunt, California, circa 1921. "Savage Tires" is painted on the plane's wings.

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn falling from a rope ladder attached to a low-flying Curtiss JN-4 Jenny during a performance in Coronado, California, May 16, 1920. Pangborn was attempting an auto-to-airplane transfer stunt when he lost his grip and fell.

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.