Photograph of pilot Dorothy Hester wearing a parachute and crouching on the wing of a parked biplane as pilot Tex Rankin watches from the plane’s rear seat. Also see image Nos. 371N6058, 371N6059, and 377N0056.

Photograph of pilot Dorothy Hester wearing a parachute and crouching on the wing of a parked biplane as pilot Tex Rankin watches from the plane’s rear seat. Also see image Nos. 371N6057, 371N6059, and 377N0056. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph of pilots Dorothy Hester and Tex Rankin standing next to a biplane. Hester is pointing to the left, at something outside the frame, and they are looking that direction. Also see image Nos. 371N6057, 371N6058, and 377N0056.

Photograph showing pilot Tex Rankin leaning out of the cabin of a Stinson Detroiter monoplane, the On-to-Oregon, to shake hands with Maurice L. Smith, manager of Jantzen Beach. The photograph was taken on Sunday, August 17, 1930, at the Rankin airfield in Portland before Tex Rankin and his brothers, Dick Rankin and Dud Rankin, began their first attempt to set an endurance flying record. Jantzen Beach financed the effort. The attempt begun August 17 was one of four tries, all unsuccessful, that the Rankins made that month. Also see image Nos. 371N6017, 371N6022, 371N6023, 371N6024, 371N6025, 371N6051, 371N6063, 371N6064, 371N6103, 371N6120, 371N6121, 371N6128, 371N6129, 371N6130, 371N6132, 371N6133, 371N6134, 371N6138, 371N6199, 371N6206, 371N6207, 371N6221, 371N6227, 371N6228, 371N6233, and 371N6234.

Photograph showing three men standing next to an airplane. All three are wearing heavy flight clothing, aviator caps, and goggles. The man on the right is holding a piece of equipment. The man at center is pilot Tex Rankin; the other two men are unidentified.

Photograph showing six men standing next to an airplane. At center (third from left), pilot Tex Rankin is shaking hands with an unidentified man. The man at far right is probably Dick Rankin, Tex Rankin’s brother, also a pilot. The other men in the photograph are unidentified.

Photograph showing an unidentified photographer, possibly Webfoot Weekly photographer Jesse Sill, filming Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly (left) and Eddie Rickenbacker (right) as they stand next to an Army Air Service plane. See related image Nos. 371N2111, 371N2112, 371N2113, 371N2114, and 371N2115. Image note: Damaged negative.

Portrait of a smiling man wearing an aviator cap and goggles, a jumpsuit, a jacket, a vest and collared shirt, and a bow tie. The name “Bev Clark” and the number 2 are written on the negative and are visible on the right side of the image.

Photograph of a man standing near an airplane. He is wearing a collared shirt and an aviator’s cap and goggles. The text “Major G. Eckerson” and the number 5 are written on the negative and are visible in the image. See related image No. 371N6176.

Photograph showing pilot Tex Rankin and an unidentified woman, probably his wife, Shirley, standing cheek to cheek. The photograph may have been taken at Rankin field in Portland on Sunday, August 17, 1930, before Rankin and his brothers, Dick Rankin and Dud Rankin, began their first attempt to set a record for endurance flying. The attempt, along with three subsequent tries later that month, was unsuccessful. Also see image Nos. 371N6017, 371N6022, 371N6023, 371N6024, 371N6025, 371N6060, 371N6064, 371N6120, 371N6121, 371N6128, 371N6129, 371N6130, 371N6132, 371N6133, 371N6134, 371N6138, 371N6199, 371N6206, 371N6207, 371N6221, 371N6227, 371N6228, 371N6233, and 371N6234.

Portrait of a man looking toward the left. He is wearing a collared shirt and an aviator’s cap and goggles. The number 4 and the name “Sydnor Hall” are written on the negative and are visible on the right side of the image. See related image No. 371N5903.

Photograph of (from left) R. B. Knowles, Portland Mayor George L. Baker, and pilot Charles W. “Speed” Holman standing in front of a biplane on Tuesday, September 27, 1927, probably at Swan Island airport in Portland. Holman won the Class A race in a Spokane-to-Portland air derby that day; Knowles was his passenger. A cropped and reversed version of this photograph, showing only Holman, was one of four photographs, including image Nos. 371N6108 and 371N6126, published on Page 21 of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, September 28, 1927. The photographs were published under the headline “Adventurers of the Air Who Thrilled Portland Today.” This photograph had the following caption: “C. W. (Speed) Holman, who won the class A race yesterday from Spokane to Portland by a matter of seconds over E. E. Ballough.” The photographs accompanied a continuation of a front-page story about the air races. Also see related image Nos. 371N0595, 371N5913, 371N6106, 371N6107, and 371N6112. Image note: Handwritten on the negative is the text “Holman - Mayor - Knowles.” The writing is visible on the right side of the image.

Portrait of three men standing in a row next to an airplane, probably at Swan Island airport in Portland. The man at left is pilot Charles W. “Speed” Holman, and the man at right is probably pilot E. E. Ballough. The photograph was probably taken on September 27, 1927, after Holman won the Class A race in a Spokane-to-Portland air derby and Ballough took second place. The text “Ballough - Phil - Holman” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image. Also see related image Nos. 371N0595, 371N5913, 371N6105, 371N6107, 371N6108, 371N6112, and 371N6126.

Photograph of two men, pilot Lieutenant George H. Beverley (left) and J. W. Cathey, standing in an airplane. The photograph may have been taken on Monday, September 26, 1927, at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, or on Tuesday, September 27, 1927, during an air show at Swan Island airport in Portland. The text “Geo H Beverly [sic] — J W Cathey” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image. The text “4X” is also written on the negative and is faintly visible in the lower left corner. Also see image Nos. 371N0595, 371N5913, 371N6105, 371N6106, 371N6108, 371N6112, and 371N6126.

Photograph of (from left) Anthony Mackiewicz, Charles Dickinson, and pilot E. E. Ballough standing in a row in front of a biplane, probably at Swan Island airport in Portland. This photograph was taken on September 27, 1927, after Ballough took second place in the Class A race of a Spokane-to-Portland air derby. Dickinson was the passenger on the flight and Mackiewicz was the mechanic. A cropped and reversed version of this photograph, showing only Ballough and Dickinson, was one of four photographs, including image Nos. 371N6105 and 371N6126, published on Page 21 of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, September 28, 1927. The photographs were published under the headline “Adventurers of the Air Who Thrilled Portland Today.” This photograph identified the two men as E. E. Ballough and “Charles Dickinson of Chicago, ‘Santa Claus of the air mail.’ “ The photographs accompanied a continuation of a front-page story about the air races. Also see image Nos. 371N0595, 371N5913, 371N6106, 371N6107, and 371N6112. Image note: The text “Ballough - Dickinson” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image.

Photograph of pilot John H. Miller posing next to an airplane and holding a trophy that depicts a woman riding an eagle and holding a small plane in one upraised hand. The photograph was taken at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, on Monday, September 26, 1927, after Miller arrived in an all-metal Hamilton monoplane, probably the plane in the photograph. A cropped version of this photograph was one of seven images published on Page 1 of the Oregon Journal on Tuesday, September 27, 1927. The photographs, published under the headline “To Cut Air Capers at Portland’s Big Show,” were part of coverage of an air show in Portland. This photograph had the following caption: “Miller is holding Detroit News Air Transport trophy won at Spokane meet.” According to an accompanying article, the trophy had been awarded to the Hamilton airplane “for efficiency in the weight to horsepower tests” at an air show in Spokane the previous week. See related image Nos. 371N0595, 371N5913, 371N6105, 371N6106, 371N6107, 371N6108, and 371N6126. Image note: The name “John H Miller” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image.

Portrait of a man, pilot Dick Rankin, wearing a jumpsuit with his name on the front, an aviator’s cap, and goggles. The name “Dick Rankin” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image.

Photograph showing pilot Tex Rankin (right) in the cockpit of an airplane. An unidentified man is standing next to the plane. He and Rankin are looking at a map of northwestern Oregon and western Washington that they have spread out on the plane’s fuselage. Also see image Nos. 371N6020 and 371N6213. Image note: Black spot at center due to negative damage.

Photograph showing (from left) pilot Tex Rankin; United States naval officer, aviator, and explorer Commander Richard E. Byrd; and Portland Chief of Police Leon V. Jenkins standing in a row next to an airplane on February 12, 1927. The photograph was taken before Rankin took Byrd and Jenkins on a flight over Portland. Byrd was in Portland to deliver two lectures about his flight to the North Pole in May 1926.

Photograph of pilot Eddie Stinson (right) standing in a row with three men and two women next to his Stinson Detroiter monoplane at Swan Island airport in Portland. The photograph was taken on Tuesday, September 27, 1927, after the group’s arrival for an air show at Swan Island. A cropped version of this photograph was one of four, including image Nos. 371N6105 and 371N6108, that were published on Page 21 of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, September 28, 1927. The photographs were published under the headline “Adventurers of the Air Who Thrilled Portland Today.” This photograph had the following caption: “Members of the Eddie Stinson party as they arrived at the airport; from left, A. H. Harris, Fred Koehler, Mrs. Bert Acosta, wife of the famous flier; J. T. Whitaker, Mrs. Thomas Mulroy, wife of [Richard E.] Byrd’s chief engineer, and the famous Eddie himself.” The photographs accompanied a story about air races and other events related to the show. See related image Nos. 371N0595, 371N5913, 371N6106, 371N6107, and 371N6112. Image note: The text “Stinson 1” and “Acosta 4” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image.

Portrait of pilot Tex Rankin standing next to the rose painted on the nose of an airplane named the Rose O’ Portland. Rankin flew the plane in an air race from New York to Los Angeles in September 1928. This photo may have been taken on August 24, 1928, before his departure. See image Nos. 371N2073, 371N5919, 371N5920, 371N6220, and 371N6222. Image note: The number 3 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper left corner of the image.

Portrait of an unidentified boy standing in front of a biplane, the Rose O’Portland, as pilot Tex Rankin looks over his shoulder from the cockpit. The boy may be one of Rankin’s sons. Rankin flew the Rose O’Portland in an air race from New York to Los Angeles in September 1928. This photo may have been taken on August 24, 1928, before his departure. See image Nos. 371N2073, 371N5919, 371N5920, 371N6220, and 371N6222. Image note: The number 3 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper left corner of the image.

Photograph of pilot Tex Rankin (right) and an unidentified man, both wearing flight suits, aviator caps, and goggles.

Photograph showing pilot Tex Rankin holding up two checks, his winnings in an air race from New York to Los Angeles. Onlookers are visible in the background. The photograph was taken on September 22, 1928, after Rankin’s return to Portland. On September 23, 1928, the Oregon Journal published Page 3 story about Rankin’s return, headlined “Rankin and Jinx Cat Back Home; Everybody Glad.” In the story, the Journal reported that Rankin had placed fifth in the race. After arriving in Portland, the Journal reported, “he exhibited two checks--one for $500 as the fifth prize and the other for $25 as a prize given at the second control station of the flight.” See related image Nos. 371N5921, 371N5922, 371N5923, 371N6150, and 377N0032. Also see the following images related to Rankin's departure for the race: Nos. 371N2073, 371N5919, 371N5920, 371N6220, and 371N6222.

Photograph showing pilot Tex Rankin (right) and an unidentified man standing next to an airplane. Both men are looking toward the left and are wearing overcoats and hats.

Photograph of pilot Tex Rankin sitting in the rear seat of an airplane with his arm around an unidentified boy sitting on the plane next to him. A second boy is standing on the plane’s wing. The boys are unidentified but could be Rankin’s sons.

Photograph showing three men with an airplane. Two of the men are seated in the plane, and the third man is standing on the far side of the plane next to the cockpit. The man in the rear seat is pilot Tex Rankin. All three men are wearing aviator caps and goggles. See related image Nos. 371N6146 and 371N6147.

Photograph showing three men with an airplane. One man is standing on the plane’s wing and is shaking hands with a man standing on the ground next to the plane. They are unidentified. The third man, pilot Tex Rankin, is seated in the rear seat of the plane. All three men are wearing aviator caps and goggles. Also see image Nos. 371N6145 and 371N6147.