Photograph showing a monoplane in flight above a field in northwest Portland. The plane was the "Cloud Buster Jr." build by William Bidwell at Bidwell-Yale Air Service, Guild's Lake Airport. In the background is the Montgomery Ward building on Northwest Vaughn Street. A cropped version of this photograph was used in the May 24, 1931 issue of the Oregon Journal. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative. Light leak on negative at lower right. See related negatives 374N0272 and 374N0274.

Photograph showing William Bidwell and another man with a monoplane. The man at left is crouching in front of the plane and holding a sprayer. The man at right is bending over and using a rag on the plane’s nose. See related image No. 374N0272.

Full-length portrait of William Bidwell standing next to a monoplane he designed called the "Cloud Buster Jr.". He is facing front and looking to the right. He has one elbow on the plane’s nose and the other hand in his pocket. He is wearing a jacket, breeches, and boots. On the side of the plane are the words “Bidwell-Yale Air Service.” A cropped version of this photograph ran in the May 24, 1931 issue of the Oregon Journal. See also related image No. 374N0274.

Photograph of pilot James "Jimmy" Rinehart standing on the bank of a river next to a seaplane in the water. On the side of the plane are the words “Southern Alaska Airways” and “Kruzof.”

Full-length portrait of a group of people standing in front of a biplane in a field. Several are wearing American Legion garrison caps. The fourth person from left, wearing a dark jacket and holding a hat, is Charles H. Martin; the others are unidentified. Written on the negative is text that could be either “S. O. at The Dalles” or “S. A. at The Dalles.” See related image No. 372A1105.

Full-length portrait of six men standing in front of a biplane in a field. Several of the men are wearing American Legion garrison caps. The second man from left is Charles H. Martin; the other men are unidentified. Written on the negative is text that could be either “S. O. at the Dalles” or “S. A. at the Dalles.” See related image No. 372A1106.

Photograph showing E. E. Spafford sitting in an airplane at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, and shaking hands with Portland Mayor George L. Baker, who is standing next to the plane. The photograph was taken on Monday, April 9, 1928, after Spafford, national commander of the American Legion, arrived to speak in Portland. An article and other photographs about Spafford's visit, including image No. 371N2400, were published on Page 1 of the Oregon Journal on Monday, April 9, 1928. See related image Nos. 371N2398, 371N2399, and 371N2400. Image note: The name “Spafford” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image.

Photograph showing Portland Mayor George L. Baker (left) and Dr. Archie C. Van Cleve (right) standing next to an airplane and greeting E. E. Spafford, who is sitting in the plane’s rear seat. Spafford, national commander of the American Legion, and Van Cleve, commander of Portland Legion post No. 1, are shaking hands as Baker watches. The photograph was taken on Monday, April 9, 1928, at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, after Spafford arrived to speak in Portland. An article and other photographs about Spafford’s visit, including image No. 371N2400, were published on Page 1 of the Oregon Journal on Monday, April 9, 1928. See related image Nos. 371N2397, 371N2398, and 371N2400. Image note: The name “Spafford” is written on the negative and is visible on the left side of the image.

Full-length portrait of two men standing in front of a monoplane and facing front. On the side of the plane are a partially visible emblem and the words “Air Service Inc.” The text “Wedell - Rankin + Plane” is written on negative. The man at right is pilot Tex Rankin.

Photograph showing George L. Baker (right) with two unidentified men and a two-seater biplane. Baker and one of the men are standing next to the plane, facing one another, and are holding a document. The third man is sitting on top of the plane and looking down at them. Both of the unidentified men are wearing aviator caps and goggles. Painted on the side of the plane, below the cockpit, are the words “Rolla L. Simmons / Portland’s Ambassador to His Honor the Mayor / We Invite You to the 1932 Rose Festival.”

Photograph of eight unidentified people, five men and three women, posing with a biplane and facing front. At left, two unidentified men are fueling the plane. A mark that may be the number 1 is written on negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image.

Portrait of an unidentified man posing with a monoplane parked outside a hangar. He is on top of the plane with only head and shoulders visible. He is facing front and raising one arm. The plane’s propeller is in motion. See related image Nos. 374N0253 and 374N0254.

Photograph showing pilot Frank M. Hawks’ monoplane at Swan Island airport in Portland on November 28, 1931. On the nose of the plane are the words “TEXACO NO. 13.” The photograph was taken as Hawks arrived for a brief visit to Portland. A cropped version of this photograph was one of three that were published on Page 3 of the Oregon Journal’s city edition on Sunday, November 29, 1931. The photographs were published under the headline “Three Hours From San Francisco.” They had the caption: “Captain Frank M. Hawks said his exact time from San Francisco to Portland Saturday was three hours and five minutes. But at that, he wasn’t trying for speed—just jogging along.” This photograph had the following additional caption information: “The noted flier’s noted plane, Texaco No. 13, as it rolled to a stop on Swan Island.” The photographs accompanied the continuation of a front-page story about Hawks. Also see image Nos. 374N0278 and 374N0299, which were published with this photograph, and image No. 374N0300.

Photograph showing a group of men with a biplane. Next to the plane is a cart with U. S. mail sacks on top. The man at left is standing with one foot in the cockpit and the other on a small platform on the side of the plane. He is lifting a bag of mail that is being handed up to him by the second man from left. The third man from left is looking at a sack of mail on the cart, and the other two men are standing nearby, facing toward the camera. The second man from left, who may be the pilot, is identified as “Householder” on the negative for related image No. 374N0304.

Full-length portrait of an unidentified man in coveralls standing next to a monoplane. He is facing front, has one hand on his hip, and is resting his other arm on the nose of the plane. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Full-length portrait of an unidentified man standing next to a single-engine monoplane parked near a hangar. The man is facing to the right and standing with his hands folded behind him. He is wearing a hat, jacket, and trousers.

Photograph showing a parked single-engine monoplane with one wing folded so the leading edge is pointing upward and the wing is parallel to the fuselage. Painted on the wing is the number “NC 12235.”

Photograph showing a monoplane in a field with its propellers in motion. The name of pilot Dick Rankin is painted on the nacelle of the left engine. An unidentified man in coveralls is crouching next to the plane’s left wheel and has one hand on the tire. The plane’s tail number is NC-7092. Also painted on the tail are the letters “BACH” and a number that may be “3675.”

Photograph showing a monoplane parked outside a hangar. The bottom portion of a logo and the words “AIR SERVICE INC.” are painted on the plane’s fuselage behind the wing. On the plane’s tail is a number that may be “NR278V.”

Photograph showing an unidentified man standing next to a parked monoplane. He is wearing coveralls and is bending over to look at the cockpit door. He is holding the door open with one hand.

Full-length portrait of a man standing next to a monoplane parked outside a hangar. He is facing front and leaning against the plane’s wing. On the opposite wing is the number 10678. The text “Geiser + Plane” written on negative and is visible on the right side of the image. See related image No. 374N0306.

Portrait of an unidentified man posing with a monoplane parked outside a hangar. He is on top of the plane with only head and shoulders visible. He is facing front and raising one arm. The plane’s propeller is in motion. See related image Nos. 374N0253 and 374N0277. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Full-length portrait of an unidentified man standing next to a monoplane parked outside a hangar. The man is facing front and is wearing a suit and tie. See related image Nos. 374N0254 and 374N0277.

Photograph showing several unidentified men looking at a parked tow truck outside A. L. Campbell Auto Towing in Portland. Hitched to the back of the truck is an airplane. The plane’s propeller is tied to the boom of the truck, and its back end of its fuselage is resting on two wheels. The plane’s wings are lashed to the top of the fuselage. The second man from left is wearing a coat with the text “G. G. Gerber” on the back.

Photograph showing a group of people with a Russian airplane, Land of the Soviets, at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, on October 18 or October 19, 1928. The plane developed mechanical trouble shortly after reaching Portland on Friday, October 18, 1928, during a trip from Moscow to New York. The crew landed it at Pearson Field for repairs and resumed the trip the next morning. In a story about the plane and crew published in the October 19 edition, the Oregon Journal listed the people aboard the plane as: pilot Commander S. A. Shestakov; pilot Philip E. Bolotov; navigator Boris E. Sterligov; mechanic Dmitry A. Fufaev; and Andrew W. Petroff, vice president of the Amtorg Trading corporation, which sponsored the flight. See related image Nos. 371N5537, 371N6030, 371N6031, and 371N6158.

Full-length portrait of five men standing in a row in front of an airplane in a field. The text “Judge Lusk + party” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image. The man at left is pilot Tex Rankin; Judge Hall S. Lusk is the second man from left. The other three men are unidentified. See related image No. 371N1585.

Half-length portrait of Judge Hall S. Lusk standing in front of an airplane in a field and facing front. He is wearing a suit and tie. The text “Judge Lusk” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image. See related image No. 371N1587.

Photograph, taken from the side, showing a Curtiss Oriole biplane with the words “ ‘THE SKY PILOT’ “ painted on the side near the tail. An unidentified person is sitting in the plane’s rear seat. In the background is a crowd of onlookers. The text “Crawford, William C.” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 376G0236, 376G0237, 376G0238, and 376G0239.