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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…

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…

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…

Aircraft maintenance logbook for Dorothy Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (NC315Y), February 1932-December 1932. Includes a note from Tex Rankin on the inside cover that certifies that this book replaced one lost on or around February 20,…

Aircraft maintenance logbook for Dorothy Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A (NC315Y) aircraft, January 1933-June 1933.

Aircraft engine maintenance logbook for the American Cirrus engine (serial number 3002) used in Dorothy Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (NC315Y), May 1931-October 1932.