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Pictured here is a black and white copy of the cover of the March 1932 edition of contemporary popular magazine The American Magazine. The front features famed female pilot Ruth Nichols. Ruth Nichols' story appears inside: "Behind the Ballyhoo" by…

'Black and white photograph of Virginia Thomas wearing a dark skirt, checkered top, and with a fur wrap around her upper arms. She has one hand on the propeller of a plane and one hand behind her back. She is wearing an Amelia Earhart medallion…

'Black and white photograph of Virginia Thomas wearing a collared blazer and holding a wooden trophy with a winged victory figure at the top.

The caption on the back of the photograph reads,
"Ohio Achievement Award - 1956
Joined 99s - 1947"

Black and white photograph of Lauretta Schimmoler wearing flight helmet and goggles, leather jacket, and trousers. She stands with her right arm propped on the side of her plane.

Caption on the back of the photo reads "Lauretta Schimmoler, circa…

Black and white photograph of Louise Thaden wearing jodhpurs, striped buttoned blouse, and standing in front of her plane nose. Her plane has flowers around the propeller. She has her left hand in her pants pocket and her right hand on her plane. The…

Sepia-toned photograph of Frankie Renner wearing winter flight suit next to her WACO P-40 single-engine aircraft. In upper left corner of photograph is inscription confirming this to be an authentic photograph of Frankie Renner. Reads, "Certified to…

Sepia-toned photograph of Frankie Renner wearing full winter flight suit and oxygen mask, standing next to her WACO P-40 single-engine aircraft.

Nancy Hopkins Tier sitting next to a cake celebrating the International Women's Air and Space Museum (IWASM)’s first anniversary at the Asahel Wright house in Centerville, Ohio.

The International Women's Air and Space Museum (IWASM) opened in its first physical location in 1986 in the century home of Asahel Wright, the great-uncle of the Wright brothers. It stayed at its Centerville, Ohio location until 1998 when it moved…

This home is located in Centerville, Ohio, and it belonged to the great-uncle of the famous Wright brothers, Asahel Wright. In 1986, this historic home became the first physical location of the International Women's Air and Space Museum (IWASM).…

The International Women's Air and Space Museum (IWASM) first opened 1986 in the century home of Asahel Wright, the great-uncle of the Wright brothers. It stayed at its Centerville, Ohio location until 1998 when it moved into its current location at…

The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Centerville and the International Women's Air and Space Museum on February 12, 1986.
Left to right: City of Centerville Mayor Shirley Heintz and IWASM President Nancy Hopkins Tier.