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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…

[Curtiss Fledgling (Model 51) flying low over field] (Item)

Photograph of a Curtiss Fledgling (Model 51) aircraft, piloted by Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley, flying low over the field at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Hopping, skipping and jumping around the field he went. But like all playful boys he found much delight in dipping his wings into the mud puddles and splashing about in a ripping old way." …

[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."

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."

Olen Honberger (Item)

Photograph of Olen Honberger, a Gates Flying Circus stuntman, leaning on the propeller of an airplane, circa 1920s.Inscription on verso: "Olen Honberger. He learned wing-walking with me. You saw him at Spokane when those two fellows were killed."

Rosalie Gordon caught on landing gear (Item)

Photograph of Rosalie Gordon's rescue after her parachute became entangled in the landing gear of a Standard J-1 aircraft, Houston, Texas, March 1924. Gordon hangs beneath Clyde Pangborn and Milton Girten's plane while a second J-1, piloted by Freddy Lund and Tommy Thompson, attempts to reach her.Inscription on verso: "Rosalie Gordon caught on landing gear. Picture taken during rescue."

After the rescue (Item)

Photograph of (from left to right) Freddy Lund, Rosalie Gordon, Milton Girten, Tommy Thompson, and Clyde Pangborn standing next to a Standard J-1 aircraft, Houston, Texas, 1924. Image was taken after Gordon's rescue; during a parachute jump, her parachute became entangled in Pangborn's landing gear.Inscription on verso: "After the rescue. Lund, Rosalie, Girten, Thompson, Pang."

[Clyde Pangborn's fireworks display] (Item)

Photograph of a fireworks display produced by Clyde Pangborn during a nighttime flight, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 4, 1924. Inscription on verso: "My 4th of July night flight. Spanish Fort Amusement Park. New Orleans. Photograph July 4, 1924 by Maurice B. O'Neil. New Orleans Police Dept."

[Clyde Pangborn's fireworks display] (Item)

Photograph of a fireworks display produced by Clyde Pangborn during a nighttime flight, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 4, 1924.Inscription on verso: "Night fireworks flight. New Orleans."

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