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Photograph of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), parked at an airfield, circa 1931.

Photograph of a Clyde Pangborn (on stage, third from left), Opal Pangborn (on stage, second from left), and Hugh Herndon (on stage, far left) addressing a crowd in Wenatchee, Washington, circa 1931. The event celebrates Pangborn and Herndon's…

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."

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.

Photograph of a crowd gathered around "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), after the airplane's belly landing in Wenatchee, Washington, October 1931.

Photograph of a crowd looking at "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), after the airplane's belly-landing in Wenatchee, Washington, October 1931.

Photograph of a crowd gathered around "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), after the airplane's belly-landing in Wenatchee, Washington, October 1931.

Photograph of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), after belly-landing in Wenatchee, Washington, October 1931.

Photograph of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), after belly-landing in Wenatchee, Washington, October 1931.

Photograph of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), after belly-landing in Wenatchee, Washington, October 1931.