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[National Air Races scrapbook, 1931 (Stenzel scrapbook #7)] (Item)

Scrapbook containing 80 images related to the 1931 National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1931. The images feature aircraft and participants, including Dorothy Hester, Alford J. Williams, Mario de Bernardi, and Alois Kubita. Half of the images have captions printed across the center of the image that describe the photograph on the opposite page. Only the images without text printed on them…

Clyde Pangborn falling at Coronado Tent City (Item)

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn falling from a rope ladder attached to a low-flying Curtiss JN-4 Jenny during a performance in Coronado, California, May 16, 1920. Pangborn was attempting an auto-to-airplane transfer stunt when he lost his grip and fell.Inscription: "Clyde Pangborn falling at Coronado Tent City, May 16, 1920. © Harold A. Taylor Co. San Diego and Coronado."

[Clyde Pangborn hanging from Curtiss JN-4 Jenny] (Item)

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn hanging from the underside of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft during a barnstorming performance in Houston, Texas, circa 1920s. Inscription on verso: "Clyde wing walking over Hustion [Houston], Texas."

[Clyde Pangborn standing on vehicle] (Item)

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn standing on the back of a moving car during an attempted auto-to-airplane transfer stunt, Coronado, California, circa 1920s.

[Clyde Pangborn's crashed Curtiss JN-4] (Item)

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn's Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft crashed nose-first into the ground, circa 1920s. "Pangborn" is written on the plane's wings.

[Clyde Pangborn on fuselage] (Item)

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn straddling the fuselage of an unidentified aircraft, circa 1920s.Inscription on verso: "Clyde Pangborn."

[Clyde Pangborn, Wesley May, and Lowell Yerex inspecting parachute and ladder] (Item)

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left), Wesley May (center), and Lowell Yerex (right) inspecting a parachute and rope ladder before a barnstorming performance in San Francisco, California, circa 1922. A Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft is in the background. Inscription on verso: "Pang, May, Yerex. SF. 1922." Typed caption on verso: "Inspecting exhibition type of parachute and the plane-change ladder.…

[Hubert Kittle and crowd with crashed Standard J-1] (Item)

Photograph of Hubert Kittle surrounded by a crowd of people as he climbs out of his crashed Standard J-1 aircraft, California, March 25, 1923. Inscription: "From Venice, Calif. to this. 'Ain't' it 'Hell' Old Pal Thomas we'll do better next time. H. M. Kittle. 3-25-1923." Inscription on verso: "Hubert Kettle's [Kittle's] crash in LA." Stamped on verso: "Warning: This picture is supplied by…

William S. "Bill" Brock (Item)

Photograph of William S. "Bill" Brock, a Gates Flying Circus pilot, in front of aircraft, circa early 1920s.Inscription on verso: "Billy Brock; William S. (Bill) Brock; Pilot - 'Gates Flying Circus.' (Joined in New Orleans). Joined [blank]. Left 1924. Later - flew U.S. Mail. Later - flew 'Stinson Detroiters' with Wm. F. Schlee, from Newfoundland to Japan - 12,295 mi in Aug. 1927. Called 'The Pride…

Tommy Thompson (Item)

Photograph of Tommy Thompson, a Gates Flying Circus pilot, sitting in the cockpit of an airplane, circa 1923-1924.Inscription on verso: "Tommy Thompson. He is up around Salt Lake now I think. He left us a year ago. With Gates Flying Circus 1923-1924. Flew air mail between Salt lake & Cheyenne. UAL pilot 1933-37. Crashed DC3 at S.F. International Airport 2/10/37. All aboard killed."