[Mr. Brooks and Walter E. Lees with load of straw hats in unidentified aircraft]

Photograph of Mr. Brooks (left) and Walter E. Lees (right) with a load of straw hats in an unidentified aircraft, circa 1924. The caption notes that Mr. Brooks, an employee of the Metropolitan Clothing Company, threw the hats out over several cities as a publicity stunt.

Caption on album page: "Summer 1924 / Mr. Brooks of Metropolitan Clothing Co. Dayton Ohio throw out 24 straw hats over 6 city [sic] / and he hears from 23."

Part of a photograph album related to the career of Walter E. Lees and other early aviators, circa 1923-1924.