dole race

Reprint. Description: Aloha airplane. Reprints of original by Jackson Welsh. Preparations for the Dole flight to Hawaii.

[Diane Curry, 6-13-96] This is one of the competitors in the Dole...

Reprint. Description: two contesting airplanes. Reprints of original by Jackson Welsh. Preparations for the Dole flight to Hawaii.

May 31, 1996 (Marcia Eymann) This is the Aloha airplane a...

Promotional booklet for Oakland and Alameda County, in general. On the front cover is an aerial photograph of the are around Lake Merritt. In side, title page says "Oakland Alameda County...

Caption: "Miss Doran taxing (sic) into position." View of plane on runway, and man.

Clipping from Tribune on the back, Jul. 24, 1939-- "Though he never saw his father, William P. Erwin Jr., 12, today saw the bronze plaque at the Oakland Airport honoring the man who plunged into...

Handwritten on the back, "Frank L. Clarke." Photo shows Clark posing in front of the nose of his plane the "Miss Hollydale." Clark is wearing jodhpurs, tall leather boots laced at the side and...

Clipping on the back from the Tribune, Nov. 11, 1946--"Livingston Irving was a Dole entrant whose plane crashed at the end of the runway in the take-off. He is shown with the radio set to...

Photo was mounted on a piece of cardboard and "Norman Goddard" was written under the photo. Photo is a close-up head shot of Goddard, pilot of the "El Encanto."

See H96.1.1880 for...

Clipping on the back, Nov. 11, 1946- "Auggy Pedlar just before he stepped into the Miss Doran. About his neck, a flower wreath with the ironical words 'Good Luck!'" Photo shows Pedlar wearing a...

Handwritten in pencil on the back, "don't know [this is crossed out and below written] Kenneth Hawkins navigator for 'El Encanto' Dole flight entry." Photo shows Hawkins wearing mechanics...

Handwritten in pencil on the back, "Kenneth Hawkins navigator for 'El Encanto.'" Photo shows Hawkins wearing mechanics coveralls, sitting down next to one of the wood buildings at the airport. He...

Handwritten in black pen on the back, "1927 Dole Race Goddard monoplane 'El Encanto' crashed on takeoff." Photo shows the "El Encanto" either coming in for a landing or taking off. The plane is...

Handwritten on the back of the photo in black ink "1927 Dole Race. Swallow monoplane 'Dallas Spirit' lost at sea." Photo shows the "Dallas Spirit," which can be identified not by the name...

Handwritten in pencil on the back, "Mr. & Mrs. Norman Goddard and plane 'El Encanto.' Pilot of plane that cracked up on takeoff." Clipping from Tribune, August 11, 1957-"Mr. and Mrs. Norman...

Stamped on the back of the photo, "Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc. Santa Monica, California. G-13 Public Relations Library. C 85542." Photo shows Martin Jensen climbing into the cockpit of his...

Clipping on the back from the Tribune, July 16, 1937- "The broad, rolling Pacific hides the fate of these two women fliers, Amelia Earhart (left) and Mildred Doran. Miss Earhart was lost...

Clipping on the back from the Tribune, November 11, 1945-"This is the plane Miss Doran surrounded by crowds a short time before the flight's start at Oakland Airport. The plane is believed to...

Handwritten on the back, "Tri-plane that cracked up in S.F. Bay in landing from L.A. to enter race- no one lost." In black pen, "International triplane 'Pride of Los Angeles.'" Photo shows the...

Handwritten on the back, "Augie Pedlar and 'Miss Doran.'" Photo shows Augy (or Augie or Auggie) Pedlar, the pilot of the biplane the "Miss Doran" standing under one of the planes wings. He is...

Handwritten on the back, "The wreckage-Pride of Los Angeles." Clipping from Tribune, November 11, 1945-"The wreckage of the plane 'Pride of Los Angeles,' photographed shortly after it had crashed...