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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 (from left to right) Clyde Pangborn, Della M. Wright, and Hugh Herndon standing in front of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, October 13, 1931.Inscription:…

Photograph of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), parked at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, October 13, 1931.Inscription: "Kirwin. Seattle. 1931."Inscription on verso: "Clyde E. Pangborn and Hugh Herndon's…

Photograph of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W) piloted by Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, taking off from Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, October 13, 1931.Inscription: "Kirwin. Seattle. 1931."Inscription…

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 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 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 (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.…