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Composite photograph made from two photos of Dorothy Hester in the cockpit of her Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A aircraft at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Two portrait studies of Dorothy Hester after…

Scrapbook containing 80 images related to the 1931 National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1931. The images feature aircraft and participants, including Dorothy Hester, Alford J. Williams, Mario de Bernardi, and Alois Kubita. Half of the images…

Photographic reproduction of a sketch of Dorothy Hester drawn by Edward D. Kuekes, circa 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Miss Dorothy Hester by Ed Kuekes."Part of a scrapbook related to Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel's participation in the 1931…

Photographic portrait of John Gilbert "Tex" Rankin, circa 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "J. G. 'Tex' Rankin."Part of a scrapbook related to Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel's participation in the 1931 National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1931.

Photograph of Dorothy Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (tail number NC 315Y) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1931. The text "Goodrich Silvertowns" is painted on the fuselage.Caption on adjacent album page: "The Rose of…

Oblique aerial photograph of the Black Pine Mountains, Utah, circa 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Black Pine Mountain, near Salt Lake, Utah, is only one of the many mountains that Dorothy has flown over to and from Cleveland."Part of a…

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…

Oblique aerial photograph of an unidentified mountain range, circa 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "The Races are ended, the work is done. / The birdmen take to the air, one by one. / Some to the North--the East and South they go, / But this one…

Letter to Helen Hester from Dorothy Hester, circa 1931. Discusses Dorothy's stunt flying and the death of a fellow barnstormer. Two handwritten pages.

Photograph of Dorothy Hester and Tex Rankin standing in front of a Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft, Cleveland, Ohio, April 1931. Caption on adjacent album page: "Dorothy and Tex in Cleveland (April 1931) to demonstrate to the Air Race Officials what…