[Alex Pearson with Verville-Sperry R-3]

Photograph of Lieutenant Alex Pearson, United States Army Air Service, standing in front of a Verville-Sperry R-3 aircraft at the 1923 Pulitzer Air Race in St. Louis, Missouri, October 1923.

Inscription: "11199 A.S."

Inscription on verso: "Lt. Alex Pearson and his Verville-Sperry R-3 at Oct. 1923 St. Louis Air Meet (Pulitzer Air Race)."

Stamped on verso: "Official photograph. Property of U.S. Army Air Service. Reproduction of this photograph is prohibited except when and as authorized in writing by the Chief of Air Service, Washington, D.C."