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Photograph of Dorothy Hester (left) and Ruth Elder (right) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. Hester holds "Jumbo," her doll mascot.Caption on adjacent album page: "Miss Dorothy Hester and Miss Ruth Elder, two famous flyers. Ah! but…

Photograph of Dorothy Hester seated in the official messenger car at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Dorothy doesn't believe in flying close to the ground, but here is one case where it is forgivable…

Photograph of Dorothy Hester holding a bouquet and addressing the crowd via microphone at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Another bouquet of roses, and a few more words over air. This is just one of the…

Photograph of Robert L. Hall in the cockpit of his Granville Gee Bee D Sportster aircraft at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. Caption on adjacent album page: "R. L. Hall and his Gee Bee. Hall is the designer of this ship, also the one…

Photograph of (from left to right) Tex Rankin, Assistant Secretary of the Navy David S. Ingalls, and Dorothy Hester at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "David S. Ingalls, assistant secretary of the Navy,…

Photograph of Dorothy Hester (right) talking with Senator Hiram Bingham (left) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Senator Hiram Bingham and Dorothy deeply engaged in ground flying -- so let's not disturb…

Photograph of Lowell Bayles in the cockpit of an aircraft, circa 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "The late Lowell Bayles, winner of the 1931 Thompson Trophy Race, and a victim of his record-breaking endeavors Nov. 5, 1931." Part of a scrapbook…

Photograph of attendees looking up at a flight performance during the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Just a part of the crowd that craned their heads skywards to watch the tactics of the birdmen. Oh, it's…

Photograph of Dorothy Hester (right) and Senator Hiram Bingham (left) looking up at a flight performance during the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "--and so it was, for Senator Bingham and Dorothy had to…

Photograph of Dorothy Hester (right) and Dorothy Cady (left) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. The caption notes that the aircraft behind them belongs to Hoot Gibson.Caption on adjacent album page: "Mrs. Dorothy Cady and Miss Dorothy…