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[WASP servicewoman assisting Carol Nicholson into cockpit of Stearman PT-17 Kaydet] (Item)

Photograph of an unidentified WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman assisting Carol Nicholson into the cockpit of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft, circa 1943-1945Inscription on verso: "S'a tough squeeze. What I need is a shoe horn."

[WASP servicewoman watching Stearman PT-17 Kaydet] (Item)

Photograph of an unidentified WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman watching a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft taxi through a dust storm, circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "This is a dust storm at the main field. It gets so thick that you can't see 2 ft. in front of you. Actually!"

[Carol Nicholson with Stearman PT-17 Kaydet] (Item)

Photograph of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman Carol Nicholson standing next to a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft, circa 1943-1945.

[Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester, and Ernst Udet] (Item)

Photograph of (from left to right) Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester, and Ernst Udet posing with Hester's Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A aircraft (tail number NC 315Y) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Captain Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester and Major Ernst Udet representing three countries, executed three distinct types of flying and were…

[Two photos of Dorothy Hester] (Item)

Composite photograph made from two photos of Dorothy Hester in the cockpit of her Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A aircraft at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Two portrait studies of Dorothy Hester after landing from one of her stunting exhibitions. Top--'Oh, gee, look at all the photographers!' Bottom--complying with their demand." Part of a…

[Carol Nicholson and Nancy Nordhoff with Stearman PT-17 Kaydet] (Item)

Photograph of Carol Nicholson (right) and Nancy (Nordhoff) Dunnam of the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) in the cockpits of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft (nose designation U78), circa 1943-1945. Inscription on verso: "This is to be immediately destroyed - a couple of gremlins if I know my gremlins - and I do."

[WASP servicewomen Vivian Williams and Mary Kay Quist with Stearman PT-17 Kaydet] (Item)

Photograph of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewomen Vivian Williams and Mary Kay Quist standing next to a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft, circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "These are two girls that I like the best. Vivian Williams and Mary Kay Quist."

[Postcard to Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Nicholson from Carol Nicholson, postmarked March 15, 1944] (Item)

Photographic postcard to Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Nicholson from Carol Nicholson, postmarked March 15, 1944. Describes her flight training experiences with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Postcard image features a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft (tail number 01903).

[Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Captain Harry Manning, and Fred Noonan] (Item)

Photograph of (from left to right) Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Captain Harry Manning, and Fred Noonan with Earhart's Lockheed Model 10-E Electra aircraft, Oakland Airport, California, March 14, 1937. The photo was taken just before her around-the-world flight attempt. Caption on verso: "From: Wide World Photos / San Francisco Bureau / Amelia crew ready for Pacific hop / Oakland Airport .... A new…

[WASP servicewoman with Stearman PT-17 Kaydet] (Item)

Photograph of an unidentified WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman in the cockpit of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet aircraft, circa 1943-1945.