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.

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.

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 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.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

Portrait of two unidentified men, possibly pilots outside the Journal Building (now known as the Jackson Tower) in Portland. The man on the left is wearing an aviator cap and goggles. See related images 371N6054 and 371N6055.

Portrait of two unidentified men, possibly pilots outside the Journal Building (now known as the Jackson Tower) in Portland. The man on the left is wearing an aviator cap and goggles. See related images 371N6054 and 371N6056.

Portrait of pilot Dick Rankin with two unidentified men, possibly also pilots, outside the Journal Building (now known as the Jackson Tower). The man on the left is wearing an aviator cap and goggles. See related images 371N6055 and 371N6056.

Photograph, taken from the side, showing pilot Tex Rankin speaking into a dictation recording machine. He is probably seated inside a Stinson Detroiter monoplane, the On-To-Oregon, on Sunday, August 17, 1930, before he and brothers Dick Rankin and Dud Rankin made the first of four unsuccessful attempts that month to set an endurance flying record. A cropped version of this photo was one of four, including image No. 371N6206, that was published on Page 2 of the Oregon Journal on Monday, August 18, 1930. The photographs were published under the headline “When Rankins Took Off on Attempt at Record.” The photographs accompanied the continuation of a front-page story about the attempt. This photograph had the following caption: “Tex at the dictaphone, by means of which he hoped to carry on his business and give orders to his ground crew.” Also see image Nos. 371N6017, 371N6022, 371N6023, 371N6024, 371N6025, 371N6060, 371N6063, 371N6064, 371N6103, 371N6120, 371N6121, 371N6128, 371N6129, 371N6130, 371N6132, 371N6133, 371N6134, 371N6138, 371N6199, 371N6206, 371N6207, 371N6221, 371N6227, 371N6228, 371N6233, and 371N6234.

Photograph of pilot Dorothy Hester wearing a silver bracelet she received in November 1930 for her accomplishments in stunt flying. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 3 of the motoring and aviation section of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, November 30, 1930. The photograph and a brief article were published under the headline “ ‘Worthy.’ “ The photograph had the following caption: “That was the term used in describing Miss Dorothy Hester as a pilot when Lady Drummond-Hay, president of the Women’s International Association of Aeronautics, sent her the bracelet which Dorothy is proudly displaying in the picture. She also was given a life membership in the organization.”

Photograph showing a man, probably Dudley “Dud” Rankin, sitting on a box next to a Stinson Detroiter monoplane named On-To-Oregon. He is wearing a suit, tie, and parachute. An unidentified man is standing behind him and adjusting the straps on the parachute harness, and several other people are watching. The photograph was probably taken in mid-August of 1930, before Dud Rankin and his brothers, Tex Rankin and Dick Rankin, attempted to set an endurance flying record in the On-To-Oregon. Also see image Nos. 371N6017, 371N6022, 371N6024, 371N6025, 371N6051, 371N6060, 371N6063, 371N6064, 371N6103, 371N6120, 371N6121, 371N6128, 371N6129, 371N6130, 371N6132, 371N6133, 371N6134, 371N6138, 371N6199, 371N6206, 371N6207, 371N6221, 371N6227, 371N6228, 371N6233, and 371N6234.

Photograph showing pilot Dick Rankin crouched on the catwalk affixed next to the engine of a Stinson Detroiter monoplane, the On-To-Oregon, at the Rankin School of Flying in Portland. The photograph was taken on Friday, August 15, 1930, during preparations for an attempt by brothers Tex Rankin, Dick Rankin, and Dud Rankin to set an endurance flying record. The first attempt on August 17 was one of four unsuccessful tries the Rankins made that month. A cropped version of this photograph was one of four, including image Nos. 371N6128 and 371N6024, that was published on Page 3 of the August 15, 1930, edition of the Oregon Journal. The photographs were published under the headline “Almost Ready to Go Up and Stay Up.” They accompanied an article titled “Rankins Plan to Take Off Sunday.” This photograph had the following caption information: “Dick Rankin tries out the catwalk on which he and his brother will reach the motor while the flight is on.” Also see image Nos. 371N6017, 371N6023, 371N6024, 371N6025, 371N6051, 371N6060, 371N6063, 371N6064, 371N6103, 371N6120, 371N6121, 371N6128, 371N6129, 371N6130, 371N6132, 371N6133, 371N6134, 371N6138, 371N6199, 371N6206, 371N6207, 371N6221, 371N6227, 371N6228, 371N6233, and 371N6234.

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. 371N6118 and 371N6213.

Photograph of brothers and pilots Dick Rankin (left) and Tex Rankin shaking hands. Pinned to the chest of Tex Rankin’s jumpsuit is a Portland police captain’s badge. Image note: Black mark at left due to negative damage.

Photograph of a man, woman, and two children outdoors next to an airplane. The people in the photograph are probably (from left) pilot Dudley “Dud” Rankin; his son, Dudley; his daughter, Iva; and his wife, Sylvia. The photograph was probably taken on August 17, 1930, at the Rankin airport on Union Avenue in Portland, before Dudley Rankin and his brothers, Tex Rankin and Dick Rankin, began their first attempt to set an endurance flying record. The attempt, along with three subsequent flights in August 1930, was unsuccessful. In all four flights, brothers flew a Stinson Detroiter monoplane named On-To-Oregon, which is the plane partially visible in the background of this photograph. Also see image Nos. 371N6022, 371N6023, 371N6024, 371N6025, 371N6051, 371N6060, 371N6063, 371N6064, 371N6103, 371N6120, 371N6121, 371N6128, 371N6129, 371N6130, 371N6132, 371N6133, 371N6134, 371N6138, 371N6199, 371N6206, 371N6207, 371N6221, 371N6227, 371N6228, 371N6233, and 371N6234. Image note: Negative damage at top center.

Photograph of Ann Bohrer, a student at the Rankin School of Flying in Portland, in the cockpit of an airplane. She is wearing a jumpsuit and an aviator’s cap and goggles.

Photograph of two men next to an airplane that has the logo of the National Exchange Club on the side. The men are unidentified, but the man on the left may be aviator Walter Hinton. The photograph may have been taken in early May 1931, when Hinton visited Portland to promote aviation. That visit was arranged by the Portland Exchange Club. Also see image No. 371N6004.

Photograph of two men next to an airplane. The man on the right is wearing a ribbon with the text “RECEPTION COMMITTEE” on it. The men are unidentified, but the man on the left may be aviator Walter Hinton. The photograph may have been taken in early May 1931, when Hinton visited Portland to promote aviation. That visit was arranged by the Portland Exchange Club. Also see image No. 371N6005.

Photograph showing an unidentified man standing on an airplane strut and holding a square canister. He is pouring the contents of the canister into a round canister sitting on the plane’s wing. The man is wearing a jumpsuit and an aviator’s cap and goggles. He may be pilot James Rinehart.

Photograph of an unidentified man in a jumpsuit standing next to an airplane. The plane has a General Gasoline logo on the side. The man may be pilot James Rinehart; the name “Jimmie Rinehart” is faintly visible on the side of the plane. Image note: Light leaks on negative.

Photograph showing an unidentified man standing on an airplane strut and holding a square canister. He is pouring the contents of the canister into a round canister sitting on the plane’s wing. The man is wearing a jumpsuit and an aviator’s cap and goggles. He may be pilot James Rinehart.

Photograph of an unidentified man in a jumpsuit standing next to an airplane and resting one arm on the fuselage. The plane has a General Gasoline logo on the side. The man may be pilot James Rinehart; the name “Jimmie Rinehart” is faintly visible on the side of the plane. Image note: Light leaks on negative.

Photograph showing Portland Mayor George L. Baker handing documents to a man in a flight suit, possibly United States Army Air Service pilot Major Frederick Martin. The photograph was probably taken at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, on March 19, 1924. That day, a group of Army Air Service aviators stopped at Pearson on their way to Seattle, where they began the first flight around the world. In a March 19 story about the aviators’ stop in the area, the Oregon Journal reported that Baker had given Martin, the commander of the expedition, letters from the city of Portland to deliver to the leaders of China and Japan. See related image No. 371N5990. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.