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[Crowd with Elinor Smith's Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft]
Photograph of a crowd with Elinor Smith's Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft, Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, March 27, 1931. The verso caption notes that the photo was taken after the aircraft was damaged during Smith's attempt at the women's altitude record.Typed caption on verso: "Bellanca monoplane after being cracked up by Miss Elinor Smith, while attempting to break womens altitude…
[McDonnell Model 1 Doodlebug aircraft]
Photograph of the McDonnell Model 1 Doodlebug aircraft (tail number 157N), Mitchel Field, New York, circa December 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Inscription on verso: "McDonnell + Associates monoplane. Entry in Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition, Mitchel Field, L.I., N.Y. Dec. 1929. Photo by -- Charles F. Wilson + Aarne J. Pisila. (This plane cracked…
[McDonnell Model 1 Doodlebug aircraft]
Photograph of the McDonnell Model 1 Doodlebug aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "McDonnell & Associates plane, entry in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. Mitchel Field, L.I., N.Y. 1929. Photographed by -- Charles F. Wilson and Aarne J. Pisila. (This plane crashed a few days…
[McDonnell Model 1 Doodlebug aircraft]
Photograph of the McDonnell Model 1 Doodlebug aircraft Mitchel Field, New York, circa December 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "McDonnell & Associates entry in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. 1929. (This plane cracked up a few days after this picture was taken)."
[Handley Page H.P.39 Guggenheim aircraft]
Photograph of the Handley Page H.P.39 Guggenheim aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "The Handley Paige [sic], British entry and winner of the Second Prize, $10,000.00 in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. 1929."
[Curtiss Tanager aircraft]
Photograph of the Curtiss Tanager aircraft (tail number X181M), Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "Curtiss Tanager, winner of the First Prize, $100,000.00 in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. 1929."
[Cunningham-Hall Model X aircraft]
Photograph of the Cunningham-Hall Model X aircraft (wing number X-90N), Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "Cunningham-Hall entry in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. 1929."
[Taylor C-2 Chummy aircraft]
Photograph of the Taylor C-2 Chummy aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "Taylor Brothers entry in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. 1929."
[Command-Aire Model 5-C-3 aircraft]
Photograph of the Command-Aire Model 5-C-3 aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "The Command-Aire, entry in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. 1929."Inscription on verso: "Mitchel Field, L. I., N. Y. / Aarne J. Pisila."
[Handley Page H.P.39 Guggenheim aircraft]
Photograph of the Handley Page H.P.39 Guggenheim aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "The Handley Paige [sic], British entry and winner of the second prize, $10,000.00 in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. 1929."