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[Aerial view of forests near Mount Rainier]
Oblique aerial photograph of forests near Mount Rainier, Washington, circa 1940s.Inscription on album page: "Mt. Rainier (taken without filter)."Item from page 29 of a photograph album titled "Record of L-5 Ferry Flight, Muskogee (AAF) Okla. to McChord Field, Tacoma, Wash," circa 1940s. Album contains sixty-seven (67) photographs, mostly aerial views, that were taken during a ferry flight in a…
[Mount Rainier]
Photograph of Mount Rainier taken through the wing struts of a Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft, circa 1940s.Inscription on album page: "Picturesque Mt. Rainier (Tacoma Wash.). (Note cloud formation near rim of Mt.)."Item from page 29 of a photograph album titled "Record of L-5 Ferry Flight, Muskogee (AAF) Okla. to McChord Field, Tacoma, Wash," circa 1940s. Album contains sixty-seven (67)…
[Tupolev ANT-25 parked at Pearson Field]
Photograph of the Soviet Tupolev ANT-25 aircraft (tail number NO25) parked at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, June 20, 1937. The aircraft landed at Pearson after its transpolar flight from Moscow to the United States.
[Tupolev ANT-25 parked at Pearson Field]
Photograph of the Soviet Tupolev ANT-25 aircraft (tail number NO25) parked at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, June 20, 1937. The aircraft landed at Pearson after its transpolar flight from Moscow to the United States.
[African-American Rosies with Boeing B-29 Superfortress]
Photographic group portrait of eight African-American female factory workers in front of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress at Boeing's Renton plant, Washington State, circa 1940s. Each woman is identified in the inscriptions. Inscriptions: "Louise Williams, [France?], Velma Glass Johnson, Florence Thomas, Katie Jeffries, Althea Skelton, Ellamae, Mary Johnson."
[Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon relaxing]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left) and Hugh Herndon (right) relaxing on beds, likely in a hotel room in Washington State, circa 1931.Embossed: "Lester A. Smith, Wenatchee."
[Window display featuring Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon's trans-Pacific flight]
Photograph of a Great Northern Railway window display featuring Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon's trans-Pacific flight, New York, New York, circa 1930s. The display includes photographs of Pangborn and Herndon and a poem about visiting Wenatchee, Washington, where the pair landed at the end of their flight. Poem: "An apple falling from a tree, / Made Newton think of gravity: / The apple then is…
[Bellanca Skyrocket "Miss Veedol" taking off]
Photograph of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W) piloted by Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, taking off from Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, October 13, 1931.Inscription: "Kirwin. Seattle. 1931."Inscription on verso: "Clyde E. Pangborn at the controls, with Hugh Herndon, Jr. taking off from Boeing Airport, Seattle to complete their around their Around…
[Roscoe Turner, Opal Pangborn, and Clyde Pangborn]
Photograph of (from left to right) Roscoe Turner, Opal Pangborn, and Clyde Pangborn standing in front of a Boeing 247 aircraft at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, September 1934.Inscription on verso: "Clyde E. Pangborn, Mrs. Opal Pangborn, Roscoe Turner. London, England race to Melbourne, Australia. 2nd winners. Boeing Transport Plane. Della M. Wright, Sept. 1934. Boeing Field."
[Clyde and Opal Pangborn at Boeing Field]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn and Opal Pangborn at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, September 9, 1934.Inscription on verso: "Clyde E. Pangborn and his mother taken at Boeing Field, Seattle, Wash. Sept. 9, 1934 on his arrival from New York, preparing for his flight with Col. Roscoe Turner from London, England, to Melbourne, Australia. Mrs. F. Opal Pangborn."