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Photograph of the International Team at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. From left to right: Mario de Bernardi of Italy, Boleslaw Orlinski of Poland, Alford J. Williams of the United States, Ernst Udet of Germany, and Alois Kubita of…

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 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 men working on Alford J. Williams's Curtiss P-6 Hawk aircraft (tail number NR 982V) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. A uniformed officer on a horse is visible in the background.Caption on adjacent album page: "Al…

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…

Photograph of Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley, a Royal Air Force flight commander, standing in front of a Curtiss Fledgling (Model 51) aircraft at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. Atcherly is dressed in formal wear, including a top…

Photograph of Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley (left, in top hat), Alford J. Williams, and Casey Jones at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. Caption on adjacent album page: "Professor R. L. R. Atcherley, 'dean of the funsters', after one…

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 Tex Rankin using a microphone to address the crowd at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "'Tex' Rankin put his show on with a microphone, informing the crowds in the most thrilling way about…

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,…