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Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left) and Hugh Herndon (right) relaxing on beds, likely in a hotel room in Washington State, circa 1931.Embossed: "Lester A. Smith, Wenatchee."

Photograph of Opal Pangborn reading a news announcement on a teleprinter, July 28, 1931.Inscription on verso: "July 28, 1931, the morning the boys started around the world. First Press news."Stamped on verso: "Photo by Lester A. Smith, Wenatchee."

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 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.

Business card for Clyde Pangborn, Operations Manager of The Flying Fleet, circa 1930s. Additional text on the card reads: "Exhibitions, air photography, passenger flights. Headquarters, Teterboro Airport, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey."

Business card for Harold Crary, Director of Advertising and News Service for United Air Lines, circa 1920s-1930s.

Photograph of a Northrop C-125 Raider of the United States Air Force performing a jet-assisted take-off (JATO), circa 1950s. Inscription on verso: "Northrop C125D." Stamped on verso: "Frank Ambrose Aviation Company, Inc. [address in Miami, Florida]."

Photographic group portrait of the "Fighting 51st" squadron, United States Army, circa 1918. Clyde Pangborn may be in the photo.

Photographic group portrait of the "Fighting 51st" squadron, United States Army, circa 1918. Clyde Pangborn may be in the photo.Inscription on verso: "Another view of 'The Fighting Fifty-First.' That's the name our squadron was known by at Berkeley."