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Photograph of S. A. Shumovsky (left) and Claude Ryan (right) standing with a sealed barograph taken from a Soviet aircraft following its transpolar flight, California, circa 1930s. Typed caption on album: "End of dramatic flight over North Pole to…

Photograph album containing one hundred forty (140) photographs and one (1) clipping, circa 1920s-1970s. Many of the photographs were most likely taken by Lee Embree, an aerial photographer who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The…

Photograph of Lee Embree (seated in backseat) and others riding in a jeep during a parade in Anamosa, Iowa, September 24, 1942.Item from a small scrapbook containing photographs, documents, and clippings related to Lee Embree's military service,…

Photograph of Lee Embree (seated in backseat) and others riding in a jeep during a parade in Anamosa, Iowa, September 24, 1942.Item from a small scrapbook containing photographs, documents, and clippings related to Lee Embree's military service,…

Photograph of Lee Embree (far right) and others seated on a stage during an event in Anamosa, Iowa, September 24, 1942.Item from a small scrapbook containing photographs, documents, and clippings related to Lee Embree's military service, circa…

Photograph of an unidentified servicemen addressing a crowd at an event in Anamosa, Iowa, September 24, 1942. Lee Embree (second from right) and others are seated on the stage behind him.Item from a small scrapbook containing photographs, documents,…

Photograph of Lee Embree addressing a crowd during an event in Anamosa, Iowa, September 24, 1942.Inscription on verso: "Lee Embree. Sept. 1942. Parade in Anamosa, Iowa. Speech after parade in the park."Item from a small scrapbook containing…

Copy photograph of Lee Embree holding a camera and exiting a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, March 25, 1942. Inscription: "137204. W-HD-(3-25-41)-C."

Photograph of three U.S. Army Air Corps servicemen, including Lee Embree (right, on bike), watching a fourth soldier mow a lawn outside a base residence building, Hickam Field, Hawaii, circa 1942.

Photograph of Lee Embree outside a base residence building, Hickam Field, Hawaii, circa 1942. A bandage is on Embree's head.