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Man with two airplanes at Swan Island airport

Portrait of an unidentified man standing next to two planes, a Pacific Air Transport plane and a Buhl Bull-Pup, at Swan Island airport in Portland. He is wearing a hat and a jumpsuit and is in front of the Bull-Pup, resting one arm on the plane’s propeller. See related image No. 371N6153.

Group of men with Shell airplane

Photograph showing a group of people with a Shell airplane parked in a field near a building that may be a hangar. Three men are looking inside the plane, while others are gathered near the tail. On the tail is the number “NC128W.”

Two airplanes on the ground

Photograph showing two monoplanes parked on sandy ground. Words that are probably “Rankin School” are partially visible on the plane in the back. The plane in the front is a Monocoupe, possibly the same aircraft shown in image No. 371N6201.

Men with Aerial Express Corp. airplane

Photograph of several unidentified men outdoors, standing next to an Aerial Express Corp. airplane. The number “NR308K” is painted on the plane’s tail. The number 6 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image.

Lark airplane

Photograph of a Lark airplane near a building that may be a hangar. Onlookers are standing in the background. A number that may be “10597” is painted on the underside of the plane’s wing.

Three men, one in Santa suit, with airplane

Photograph of two unidentified men, one of them dressed as Santa Claus, standing on the wing of a plane at the Swan Island airport in Portland. A third unidentified man is standing on the ground next to the wing and is reaching up to shake hands with the man in the Santa suit.

Person in cockpit of airplane

Photograph of an unidentified person in the cockpit of an airplane. The number “5819” is painted on the underside of the plane’s wing. Image note: Photograph quality is poor due to extensive deterioration of the negative.

Biplane tail

Photograph of an airplane tail with the number “10677” on it. Also see image No. 371N5011. Image note: Negative damage on left side and upper right corner.

Crashed airplane upside down in marshy area

Photograph of an unidentified man peering at an airplane lying upside down on marshy ground. Damage to the plane’s wing is visible on the left side of the image. The number “NC 10672” is painted on the plane’s tail. Also see image Nos. 371N3111, 371N3112, 371N3113, and 371N6197.

Mrs. D. W. Barnes on the day of her first airplane flight

Portrait of a woman, Mrs. D. W. Barnes of Portland, wearing an aviator cap and goggles on June 27, 1928, her 90th birthday. She celebrated by taking her first airplane ride. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 12 of the Oregon Journal on June 27, 1928, under the headline “Flies at 90.” The photograph had the following caption: “Mrs. D. W. Barnes, No. 698 East 42d street north, observes her birthday in air trip. The Ryan monoplane in which Mrs. Barnes made her flight is a sister ship of Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis. Aviation officials say they have no record of any woman as old as Mrs. Barnes flying before.” The photograph accompanied a story about her flight, headlined “Mrs. D. W. Barnes Goes Skylarking.” Image note: The text “Mrs. D. W. Barnes” is written on the negative and is visible on the left side of the image.

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