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[Clyde Pangborn falling at Coronado Tent City]
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.

[Clyde Pangborn hanging from Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn hanging from the underside of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft during a barnstorming performance in Houston, Texas, circa 1920s. Inscription on verso: "Clyde wing walking over Hustion [Houston], Texas."

[Clyde Pangborn's crashed Curtiss JN-4]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn's Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft crashed nose-first into the ground, circa 1920s. "Pangborn" is written on the plane's wings.

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

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

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

[Clyde Pangborn wing-walking on Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]
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.

[Wing-walking stunt on Standard J-1]
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…

[Clyde Pangborn and Aron "Duke" Krantz with Standard J-1]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left) and another man, possibly Aron F. "Duke" Krantz, standing in front of Pangborn's Standard J-1 aircraft in Audubon Park, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1920s. The Gates Flying Circus logo is painted on the plane's…

[Clyde Pangborn with Standard J-1 aircraft]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn standing next to a Standard J-1 aircraft (tail number 10) of the Gates Flying Circus, circa 1920s. The Texaco logo is painted on the fuselage.
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