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Photograph of a memorial near a crashed aircraft at Roosevelt Field, New York, circa 1919. The gravestone reads: "Here lies Old Man Flying of Roosevelt Field. Because he got eager and pulled the rough deal / Grass cutting advanced flying was his error, / And into this grave he was shoved in terror. May 16, 1919."Inscription: "L. I. New York."Part of a photograph album documenting the World War I…
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (right), Bert Acosta (center), and Hugh Herndon (left) shaking hands in front of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), at Roosevelt Field, New York, circa 1931.Typed caption on verso: "Herndon-Pangborn Round-The-World-Flight. 138 – Bert Acosta, noted flyer, wishes Hugh Herndon, Jr. (left) and Clyde E. Pangborn, 'Happy Landings',…