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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…

[Clyde Pangborn performing auto-to-airplane transfer stunt]
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.

[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.

[Pangborn, Reed, and Lambla with Curtiss JN-4 Jenny and tow car]
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…

[Al Lambla driving tow car]
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."
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