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Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (right) and Hugh Herndon (left) standing next to "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), after the airplane's belly-landing in Wenatchee, Washington, October 5, 1931.Inscription: "Simmer…

Photograph of a Great Northern Railway window display featuring Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon's trans-Pacific flight, New York, New York, circa 1930s. The display includes photographs of Pangborn and Herndon and a poem about visiting 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 Clyde Pangborn (right), Bert Acosta (center), and Hugh Herndon (left) shaking hands in front of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), at Roosevelt Field, New York, circa 1931.Typed caption on verso:…

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 several people, including Hugh Herndon, Clyde Pangborn, and Opal Pangborn, at a formal dinner party, circa October 1931. The event celebrates Pangborn and Herndon's trans-Pacific flight from Japan to Washington State. Stamped on verso:…

Photograph of Hugh Herndon (right) and Clyde Pangborn (left, standing on airplane) working on "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), in a hangar in Japan, circa 1931. Inscription on verso: "No 1. Upper – Pangborn.…

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

Photographic postcard 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 8, 1931Inscription: "Trans Pacific Plane at the Bon…