[Servicemen starting Wright F2W]

Photograph of United States Navy servicemen hand-starting a Wright F2W aircraft at the 1923 Pulitzer Air Race in St. Louis, Missouri, October 1923. Other men in "Wright" jumpsuits lean against the plane's wings.

Inscription: "11191 A.S."

Inscription on verso: "Navy Wright F2W Racer. 1923."

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."