[Bellanca Skyrocket "Miss Veedol" taking off]

Photograph of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W) piloted by Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, taking off from Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, October 13, 1931.

Inscription: "Kirwin. Seattle. 1931."

Inscription on verso: "Clyde E. Pangborn at the controls, with Hugh Herndon, Jr. taking off from Boeing Airport, Seattle to complete their around their Around the World - Trans-Pacific flight. 41 hours crossing the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Wenatchee, WA., Oct. 3, 1931. Taken Oct. 13, 1931."