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Short snorter banknote (Mexican one-peso note) signed by unidentified individuals, likely crew and/or passengers of Robert L. Simons, circa 1930s-1940s. Inscription: "Capt. R. L. Simons - Short snorter #2612."

Short snorter banknote (Chinese one-yuan note) signed by unidentified individuals, likely crew and/or passengers of Robert L. Simons, circa 1930s-1940s. Inscription: "Capt. R. L. Simons, Short snorter #2612."

Short snorter banknote (Algerian five-franc note) signed by unidentified individuals, likely crew and/or passengers of Robert L. Simons, circa 1930s-1940s. Inscription: "Capt. R. L. Simons, Short snorter #2612."

Spiral-bound, "steno"-style notebook of handwritten notes by astronaut Deke Slayton during the Mercury Program, circa 1958-1963. The contents of the notebook illustrate the organizational structure of the department, problems that needed to be…

Holiday greeting card to John and Elouise Fornasero from Adelaide Smith, circa 1930s. Features a silhouetted aircraft in flight.Part of a dissembled scrapbook of items from John Fornasero's career at the Ryan Company, 1928-1937.

Photograph of Amelia Earhart by a car, Detroit, Michigan, December 2, 1932. Inscription on verso: "Amelia Earhart at Detroit / 12-2-32 / Photo by D. Smith, Detroit."

Telegram to Boeing Airplane Company from Floyd Smith, August 30, 1917. Inquires about how soon delivery could be made of light training seaplanes and if a "single naval type pontoon and wing pontoon for Martin Model R" could be built. One typed page.

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left) and Hugh Herndon (right) relaxing on beds, likely in a hotel room in Washington State, circa 1931.Embossed: "Lester A. Smith, Wenatchee."

Photograph of Opal Pangborn reading a news announcement on a teleprinter, July 28, 1931.Inscription on verso: "July 28, 1931, the morning the boys started around the world. First Press news."Stamped on verso: "Photo by Lester A. Smith, Wenatchee."

First flight air mail cover addressed to the Mr. and Mrs. Bill Boeing, Seattle, Washington, from Bruce and Gina Snyder, December 5, 1935. Includes a single sheet of paper with printed poem by "R.P.S." about air mail from Hawaii.Stamped cachet: "First…