IWASM Photo Archives

Title

Subject

Women Airforce Service Pilots
Woman in Space Program
Powder Puff Derby

Description

The IWASM Photo Archives include photographs from multiple special collections, donors, and contributors. It encompasses nearly 100 years of aviation and space history, including photographs of early aviators

Due to the volume of requests, please contact IWASM at least two to three weeks prior to your deadline.

Date

1880-2023

Contributor

Photograph Collection of The International Women's Air & Space Museum.

Rights

The IWASM does not hold copyright over many of the images and illustrations in its collections. Responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright must be assumed by those wishing to reproduce the images. Refer to Title 17 of the U.S. Code for more information on United States copyright law.

If you are a copyright holder and believe that your rights are being unfairly infringed, please contact us at info@iwasm.org to help us rectify the situation or email our Collections Manager at collections@iwasm.org for more information.

Language

English

Collection Items

Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb Tests the Gimbal Rig

Black and white photograph of Jerrie Cobb in flight suit and helmet controlling the gimbal rig (Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility, MASTIF) at NASA Lewis Research Center, now the John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb in U.S. Airforce F898 Airplane

Black and white photograph of Jerrie Cobb seated on the cockpit opening of a fighter jet, U.S. Air Force FC-898, tail numbner 70898. Tail of the plane is painted with a tiger and reads "Cave Tigrim." Jerrie is wearing a flight suit

Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb in Cockpit

Black and white photograph of jerrie Cobb in flight suit, strapped in the cockpit of a plane. She is holding a helmet that reads "U.S. Air Force" and has a badge pinned to her chest that reads "Official Visitor"

Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb Sits on a Plane Wing

Black and white photograph of Jerrie Cobb wearing a skirt and sweater set, sitting on the wing of the plane. One hand is touching the wing and the other is waving.

Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb Exiting a Plane

Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb standing at the door of an airplane.

Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb at the Controls

Black and white photograph of Jerrie Cobb holding a map, seated in the cockpit of a plane.

Jerrie Cobb Applies Her Makeup

Black and white photograph of Jerrie Cobb, wearing a paisley-style patterned shirt and pearl necklace, applying lipstick in the reflection from the nose of her plane.

Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb and Trophy

Black and white photograph of Jerrie Cobb wearing earrings, white necklace, and checked shirtwaist dress. She is seated in front of a world map. Her right hand is on a large trophy with a plane on top and two figures, the bottom of which reads…

Katharine Wright at the White House with President William Howard Taft

Black and white photograph of 11 people standing outside at the White House in 1909. In center is, left to right: Wilbur Wright, President William Howard Taft, Orville Wright, Katharine Wright. Photo is a reproduction of the original photo, which is…

B Steadman With Trophies

'Black and white photograph of Bernice "B" Steadman standing in front of a brick mantel with trophies on display. She is wearing a suit jacket, turtleneck, and glasses and has one hand on the mantel.

Caption on the back of the photo reads…

Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes

Black and white photograph of Pancho Barnes wearing leather jacket, trousers, flight helmet, and flight goggles. She stands in front of a single-engine Travelair plane, tail number R613K.

Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes

Black and white photograph of Pancho Barnes wearing leather jacket, tie, and beret. She is standing in front of a plane propeller and is grinning widely.

Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes

Black and white portrait of Pancho Barnes wearing a white blouse and watch with dark band. She rests her head on her hands and is leaning over the back of a chair.

Caption on the back of the image reads "Pancho as a young woman"

Pancho Around the Piano at Her Ranch

Black and white photograph of a man seated at a piano with his back to the camera. There are 5 men and 1 woman crowded around the piano facing the player. The woman is Pancho Barnes, and the man directly to her left with his arm draped over the piano…