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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."

Photograph of Tommy Thompson, a Gates Flying Circus pilot, sitting in the cockpit of an airplane, circa 1923-1924.Inscription on verso: "Tommy Thompson. He is up around Salt Lake now I think. He left us a year ago. With Gates Flying Circus 1923-1924.…

Photograph of Hubert Kittle surrounded by a crowd of people as he climbs out of his crashed Standard J-1 aircraft, California, March 25, 1923. Inscription: "From Venice, Calif. to this. 'Ain't' it 'Hell' Old Pal Thomas we'll do better next time. H.…

Photographic postcard of Clyde Pangborn standing in front of a New Standard D-25 aircraft, circa 1930.Stamped on verso: "Campbell Photos. Red Bluff, Calif."

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left) and Hugh Herndon (right) standing in front of a New Standard D-25 aircraft, circa 1930.Inscription on verso: "Clyde E. Pangborn. Hugh Herndon. 1930. Owners of the Flying Fleet, only circus using the New Standard…

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (second from right), Hugh Herndon (far left), and two unidentified men standing next to a New Standard D-25 aircraft (tail number NC-9194), circa 1930. Two other aircraft are parked nearby.

Photograph of (from left to right) Clyde Pangborn, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Lewis A. Yancey, and Hugh Herndon in the billiard room of the Governor's Mansion in San Juan, Puerto Rico, circa 1931. Typed caption on verso: "574605--Watch your credit.…

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left) and Hugh Herndon (right) standing next to a "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), 1931. Herndon holds a sextant.Typed caption on verso: "Herndon-Pangborn Round-the-World-Flight.…

Photographic full-length portrait of Clyde Pangborn (left) and Hugh Herndon (right), October 1931. Inscription on verso: "Clyde Pangborn. Hugh Herndon. Soon after this to Wenatchee. Trans Pacific Flight Oct 3-5th '31.