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Gates Flying Circus (1 of 2), circa 1920s

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 5

Contents

One (1) photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left) and Ivan R. Gates, circa 1922. Embossed: Kessler, Johnstown, Pa. Inscription: Ivan R. Gates & Clyde E. Pangborn circa 1922.

One (1) photograph of Clyde Pangborn (right) and another man, possibly Aaron F. "Duke" Krantz, standing in front of Pangborn's Gates Flying circus plane in Audubon Park in New Orleans, circa 1920s. Inscription: Taken in New Orleans Audubon Park day before Krantz made night parachute jump in Lake Ponchartrain [sic] at Spanish Fort Amusement Park. Stamped: A&V Foto Service, Main 7407, 635 Canal St., New Orleans.

One (1) photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left) with Wesley May (center) and Lowell Yerex (right) with parachute equipment, possibly in San Francisco, California, 1922. Inscription: Pang, May, Yerex SF 1922. Accompanying materials: Inspecting exhibition type of parachute and the plane-change ladder. Pangborn (left) Wesley May (center) and Lowell Yerex, (right).

One (1) photograph of Clyde Pangborn with his dog Judge and a group of men in front of Gates Flying Circus airplanes in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1925. Inscription: Winston Salem North Carolina 1925. Stamped: Lollar's B'Ham, Ala.

One (1) photograph of Clyde Pangborn (standing) with a group of other men near Gates Flying Circus airplanes and automobiles in Birmingham, Alabama, circa 1925. Inscription: Birmingham Ala. Stamped: Lollar's B'Ham, Ala.

Two (2) photographs (duplicate) of Clyde Pangborn (standing far left) with a group of other men related to the Gates Flying Circus in front of a Gates Flying Circus airplane in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, circa 1925. Inscription: Winston Salem N.C.

One (1) photograph of Clyde Pangborn (fifth from left) standing with a group of other men related to the Gates Flying Circus in front of one of its airplanes in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, circa 1925. Inscription: Winston Salem N.C.

One (1) photograph of Clyde Pangborn standing next to Gates Flying Circus airplane number 10, circa 1920s.

One (1) photograph of Clyde Pangborn standing next to a Gates Flying Circus airplane as a man kneels in the cockpit, circa 1920s. Embossed: Kessler, Johnstown, Pa.

One (1) photograph of elephants walking next to a field with Clyde Pangborn's Gates Flying Circus plane and a group of watching people, circa 1920s. Stamped: Illegible, Memphis Ten.

One (1) photograph of Clyde Pangborn and his dog Judge with a young boy next to Gates Flying Circus plane number 12, circa 1920s.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1920s

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

All materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research and is accessible in the Dahlberg Research Center by appointment. For more information contact us.

Extent

From the Series: 0.5 Cubic Feet (- One full-width legal document box)

Repository Details

Part of the The Museum of Flight Archives Repository

Contact:
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle Washington 98108-4097
206-764-7874


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