Photograph showing two unidentified United States Army Air Service aviators in flight suits next to a Douglas World Cruiser. Behind them, third from right, is Portland Mayor George L. Baker. 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. Several other photos and a story about the aviators’ stop in the area were published on the March 19 front page of the Oregon Journal. See related image No. 371N5991. Image note: Photograph quality is poor due to extensive deterioration of the negative.

Portrait of a man and woman leaning against an airplane. Both are wearing aviator caps and goggles. The text “Warren + McPheltridge [sic]” is written on the negative and is partially visible on the right side of the image. The woman may be pilot Louise McPhetridge (later Louise McPhetridge Thaden).

Photograph of Portland City Commissioner Bigelow presenting pilot Tex Rankin with a bronze clock on September 22, 1928, after Rankin’s return from a national air race from New York to Los Angeles. On September 23, 1928, the Oregon Journal published a Page 3 story about Rankin’s return, headlined “Rankin and Jinx Cat Back Home; Everybody Glad.” The Journal reported that Rankin placed fifth in the race. The story was accompanied by a different photo of Rankin with the clock, image No. 371N5922. See additional related image Nos. 371N5921, 371N6141, 371N6150, and 377N0032. Also see the following images related to Rankin's departure for the race: Nos. 371N2073, 371N5919, 371N5920, 371N6220, and 371N6222.

Photograph of pilot Tex Rankin on September 22, 1928, after he returned to Portland from an air race from New York to Los Angeles. A cropped version of this photograph and image No. 371N6150 were published on Page 3 of the Oregon Journal on September 23, 1928. This photograph had the following caption: “Rankin with a bronze clock and wrist watch presented him at his homecoming.” The photographs accompanied a story, headlined “Rankin and Jinx Cat Back Home; Everybody Glad.” The Journal reported that Rankin had placed fifth in the race. See related image Nos. 371N5921, 371N5923, 371N6141, 371N6150, and 377N0032. Also see the following images related to Rankin's departure for the race: Nos. 371N2073, 371N5919, 371N5920, 371N6220, and 371N6222. Image note: Photograph quality is poor due to extensive deterioration of the negative.

Photograph, taken on September 22, 1928, of pilot Tex Rankin standing in the back seat of his plane, holding a black cat named Alba Barba. Next to the plane, reaching up to pet the cat, is Carol Mangold of Portland, the cat’s owner. The photograph was taken upon Rankin’s return to Portland after a national air race from New York to Los Angeles. Mangold had loaned Alba Barba to Rankin to take with him. The black cat was one of two “jinxes” Rankin deliberately adopted for the race; the other was to enter his plane under the number 13. On September 23, 1928, the Oregon Journal published a Page 3 story about the return of Rankin and the cat. The story was headlined “Rankin and Jinx Cat Back Home; Everybody Glad.” The story reported that Rankin had placed fifth. See related image Nos. 371N5922, 371N5923, 371N6141, 371N6150, and 377N0032. Also see the following images related to Rankin's departure for the race: Nos. 371N2073, 371N5919, 371N5920, 371N6220, and 371N6222. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph, taken August 24, 1928, of pilot Tex Rankin holding a black cat he borrowed from a Portland girl, Carol Mangold, to take with him on a national air race from New York to Los Angeles. The cat was one of two “jinxes” that Rankin deliberately adopted for the race; the other was to enter his plane under the number 13. On August 24, the day Rankin departed, the Oregon Journal published a story on Page 2 about the pilot and the cat; the headline was “Rankin and His Jinxes Go East to Start Derby.” See related image Nos. 371N2073, 371N5919, 371N6220, and 371N6222. Also see the following images related to Rankin's return from the race: 371N5921, 371N5922, 371N5923, 371N6141, 371N6150, and 377N0032. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph, taken August 24, 1928, of a Portland girl, Carol Mangold, handing pilot Tex Rankin her pet cat to take with him on a national air race from New York to Los Angeles. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 2 of the Oregon Journal on August 24, 1928, under the headline “Tex is a Modern Ajax.” The photograph had the following caption: “Tex Rankin, about to set sail for the East to enter the national air races, decides to put an end for all time to hoodoos. Not content with entering his bus under the number 13, he takes along a black cat, borrowed for the occasion from little Carol Mangold, No. 1429 Mississippi avenue. The cat’s name is Alba Barba, which is Latin for something-er-another. But anyway, ‘Alba’ doesn’t mean black, even if the cat is. Ajax, of Greek mythology, who defied the lightning, has nothing on the Portland flier.” The photograph accompanied a story headlined “Rankin and His Jinxes Go East to Start Derby.” See related image Nos. 371N2073, 371N5920, 371N6220, and 371N6222. Also see the following images related to Rankin's return from the race: 371N5921, 371N5922, 371N5923, 371N6141, 371N6150, and 377N0032. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Portrait of a man looking to the right. He is wearing an aviator’s cap and goggles. The name “Pat Patterson” is written on the negative and is faintly visible on the right side of the image.

Photograph of a man wearing an aviator’s cap and goggles, a jacket, a collared shirt, and a tie. The name “Gordon Mounce” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image.

Photograph of Multnomah County Sheriff Thomas M. Hurlburt (left) presenting a deputy sheriff’s badge to pilot Gordon Mounce on April 25, 1928, when Mounce was sworn in as an aerial patrolman. They are standing next to a Continental Airways plane. The name “Mounce” and the number 18 are written on the negative and are visible in the image.

Photograph of Multnomah County Sheriff Thomas M. Hurlburt (left) presenting a deputy sheriff’s badge to pilot Gordon Mounce on April 25, 1928. They are standing next to a Continental Airways plane. Mounce was sworn in that day as an aerial patrolman. The name “Mounce” and the number 9 are written on the negative and are visible in the image.

Portrait of a man seated in the cockpit of an airplane. He is wearing an aviator’s cap and goggles. A name that appears to be “Les Medowes” is written on the negative and is partially visible on the left side of the image, but is likely a misspelling. The man is probably pilot Les Meadows.

Portrait of a man seated in the cockpit of an airplane at either Swan Island airport in Portland or Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington. He is wearing an aviator’s cap and goggles. A cropped and reversed version of this photograph was one of five, including image No. 371N0595, published on the front page of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, September 28, 1927, as part of coverage of an air show. The photographs were published under the headline “Z-O-O-M! These Are Lads Who Skim Towers!” With the photographs was the caption: “Some of the famous fliers whose stunts have thrilled thousands in Portland Tuesday and today.” The caption went on to identify the man in this photograph as L. C. Mallory. Image note: The text “Lut [sic] L. C. Mallory” and the number 6 are written on the negative and are visible on the left side of the image. Also see related image Nos. 371N6105, 371N6106, 371N6107, 371N6108, 371N6112, and 371N6126.

Photograph of two men, pilot Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly (left) and Portland Postmaster John M. Jones, standing next to Kelly’s airplane at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, on April 6, 1926. A similar photograph of the two men, image No. 371N5909, was published on Page 8 of the Oregon Journal that day; it was part of the Journal’s coverage of the inauguration of air-mail service from the Pacific Northwest on a new route between Pasco, Washington, and Elko, Nevada. According to a front-page story, headlined “Northwest’s First Mail Plane Is Off,” Jones and Kelly flew to Pasco on April 6, the morning of the first flight on the new route, to participate in festivities marking the event.

Photograph of two men, pilot Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly (left) and Portland Postmaster John M. Jones, seated in Kelly’s airplane at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, on April 6, 1926. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 8 of the Oregon Journal that day under the headline “Postmaster Also Goes by Air Mail.” The photograph had the following caption: “John M. Jones, head of Portland’s postoffice, as he appeared early today when he became a passenger with Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly, army flying ace at Vancouver barracks, to join air mail celebration at Pasco. Jones is in rear seat of plane piloted by Kelly.” The photograph accompanied the continuation of a front-page story about the inauguration of air-mail service from the Pacific Northwest on a new route between Pasco, Washington, and Elko, Nevada. According to that story, headlined “Northwest’s First Mail Plane Is Off,” Jones and Kelly flew to Pasco on the morning of the first flight on the new route to participate in festivities marking the event. Image note: The text “Okley [sic] G Kelly and Postmaster Jones” is written on the negative and is visible at the top of the image. See related image No. 371N5910.

Photograph of two aviators, Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly (front seat) and Captain John M. Stanley (rear seat) in an airplane after their return to Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, on Friday, January 7, 1927. Kelly is handing his parachute to a man on the ground. A similar photograph, image No. 371N1395, was published on Page 3 of the Oregon Journal on Saturday, January 8, 1927. According to a story that accompanied the photograph, Kelly and Stanley had left on Wednesday, January 5, to conduct an aerial search for a boy, Leslie Brownlee, who was missing on Mount Hood. However, they were caught in a storm and dense fog, the Journal reported, and were forced to fly east and land in a field about five miles from Long Creek, in Grant County. According to the article, they spent the night in the field with the plane and walked to get help and fuel the next morning. On their return flight, they were delayed by another storm and spent the night of Thursday, January 6, in Pendleton before continuing to Vancouver on January 7. Image note: The text “Kelly + Stanley” is written on the negative and is visible on the left side of the image.

Portrait of pilot Martin Jensen and his wife standing together in front of a plane. The text “Mr + Mrs Martin Jensen” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the photograph. See related image Nos. 371N1306 and 371N1307. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Portrait of a man wearing an aviator’s cap, goggles, and a collared shirt. The name “Sydnor Hall” and the number 3 are written on the negative and are visible on the right side of the image. See related image No. 371N6104.

Portrait of a man wearing an aviator’s cap and goggles, jacket, collared shirt, and tie. The name “Sydnor Hall” and the number 3 are written on the negative and are visible on the right side of the image.

Portrait of a smiling woman standing next to a biplane. The text “Edith Foltz” is written on the negative and is visible at the top of the image.

Photograph of a man, pilot W. H. Emery, wearing an aviator’s cap and goggles, a jacket, a collared shirt, and a bow tie. The text “Emery” and the number 1 are written on the negative and are visible in the lower right corner of the photograph. Also see image No. 371N6155. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph of a smiling man wearing an aviator’s cap and goggles, a jacket, collared shirt, bow tie, and sweater or vest. The text “Bev Clark” and the number 2 are written on the negative and are visible in the lower right corner of the photograph. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph of four people with an airplane. An unidentified man is leaning on the plane’s nose, looking down at the other three. The second man from left is pilot and flight instructor Tex Rankin; the man at center is Steve Carney; and the woman at right is pilot Dorothy Hester. Rankin is holding up a piece of paper.

Portrait of a woman sitting in the cockpit of an airplane. She is wearing an aviator cap and goggles. The name “Ruth Alexander” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image.

Portrait of a smiling woman sitting in the cockpit of an airplane. She is wearing an aviator cap and goggles. The name “Ruth Alexander” is painted on the side of the plane, just below the cockpit.

Photograph of pilot Tex Rankin and an unidentified man standing next to an airplane with the words “Rankin School of Flying / Portland, Ore.” on the side. On the nose of the plane are words that are probably “ ‘Queen of the Cascades.’ ” See related image No. 371N6226. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Portrait of a woman and man standing next to a biplane with the words “Rankin School of Flying” on the side. Both are wearing aviator caps and goggles. The two people are unidentified but may be Ann Bohrer, who took lessons at the Rankin school, and pilot Dick Rankin. See related image No. 371N6190.

Photograph showing two unidentified men standing in snow next to a Rasmussen Meadows company airplane. The man on the left, who may be pilot Les Meadows, is wearing an aviator’s cap and goggles, a jacket, breeches, and boots. The man on the right, possibly from the Cascade Ski Club, is on skis and is holding ski poles. See related image Nos. 371N5553 and 371N5554.