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Jerrie Mock Statue First Day Cover
In 1964, Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world in a single-engine plane. In honor of her achievement, The Works, a museum of industry in Newark, Ohio, unveiled a sculpture of Mock outside their building. The…
Jerrie Mock First Day Cover
Columbus, OH native Jerrie Mock carried signed envelopes known as First Day Covers with her during her historic 1964 world flight. She left Columbus on March 19, 1964 in a used Cessna plane that she named Charlie and returned on April 17, 1964 to…
Ann Pellegreno First Day Cover
Pilot Ann H. Pellegreno carried this First Day Cover during her 1967 Round-the-World flight. She and her three-person crew followed Amelia Earhart's planned path around the equator in honor of the 30th anniversary of the disappearance of Earhart and…
Joan Merriam Smith First Day Cover
Joan Merriam Smith carried this First Day Cover on her historic 1964 Round-the-World flight. She took off from Long Beach, CA on March 17, 1964 and followed Amelia Earhart's intended path around the equator. When Smith returned to California on May…
Museum Committee at 1976 Ninety-Nines Convention
A group of Ninety-Nines gathers in a hotel room during the 1976 Ninety-Nines Convention to discuss the proposed Ninety-Nines Museum, which would later become IWASM.
IWASM's first president Doris Scott sits reclined on the bed in the center,…
IWASM's first president Doris Scott sits reclined on the bed in the center,…
Memories of Ruby by Kristen Walters
A letter written on flowered stationery and placed in a memorial book at Ruby Wine Sheldon's funeral. The letter is signed Kristen Walters.
Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) at Fairchild Plant
Black and white photograph of seven Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) pilots, all in uniform, walking across an airfield with multiple planes in the background. in the foreground of the image is the nose and propeller of a single-engine…
Jerri Truhill and Martha Ann Reading Prepare For The Powder Puff Derby
Black and white photograph of Martha Ann Reading (laying under wing) and Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill (squatting next to plane) working on their plane before the 1958 All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race, also known as the Powder Puff…
Jackie Cochran and her Staggerwing Beech
Black and white photograph of Jackie Cochran, wearing trousers and suit blazer with a lapel pin visible, standing in front of the propeller of her Staggerwing Beech plane. The engine has flowers draped over it. Jackie is holding something in her left…
Jackie Cochran in T-38
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran standing in the cockpit of a T-38 plane.
Elisabeth Borelli
Black and white photograph of Elisabeth Borelli wearing a dark flight suit and holding a helmet underneath her right arm. Behind her is a plane. The photo is inscribed in ink, "My best wishes to American pilots Elisabeth Borelli 1978"
Anna-Marie Peltier
'Black and white photograph of Anna-Marie Peltier wearing dark trousers and three-quarter jacket. She stands with her arms crossed and wears sunglasses. Behind her is a plane and snowy mountains.
Peltier was an F-27 captain for the Air Intern in…
Peltier was an F-27 captain for the Air Intern in…
Ruth Nichols Before Her World Altitude Flight
'Sepia-toned photograph of Ruth Nichols wearing full winter flight suit, standing in front of her single-engine plane named Akita with her hand outstretched in a wave. Taken before her world altitude record flight.
Ruth Law and Her Curtiss Model E Aircraft
Black and white photograph of Ruth Law, wearing lace-up boots, trousers, and a single-breasted jacket with a medal pinned above the left pocket. She also wears a plaid cap. She is seated in the center section of a Curtiss Model E Pusher biplane The…
Baroness Raymonde de Laroche
'Black and white photograph of Baroness Raymonde de la Roche (Elise de la Roche) seated at the wheel of an early biplane. She wears a dark knit cap and a dark knit sweater.
Baroness de la Roche is the first woman in the world to have earned a…
Baroness de la Roche is the first woman in the world to have earned a…
Virginia Thomas
'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…
Jackie Cochran and Chuck Yeager
Black and white photograph of Jackie Cochran wearing flight suit and hat, seated in the cockpit of a T-38A supersonic jet. Standing on the ladder of the jet is Chuck Yeager, wearing flight suit and garrison cap.
Presentation of Earhart First Day Cover
'Black and white photograph of President John F. Kennedy, wearing a suit and tie, standing outside a door at the White House and holding an envelope in his right hand. Also with him are, left to right, Blanche Noyes, Louise Smith, and Virginia…
Ruth Elder at the 1929 Women's Air Derby
Black and white photograph of Ruth Elder at Paul Cox Airfield in Terre Haute, IN during the 1929 National Women's Air Derby. Wearing light-colored overalls and flight helmet, she stands in a field with a biplane to the left of the frame. Also near…
Amelia Earhart at the 1929 Women's Air Derby
Black and white photograph of a group of people standing around a biplane, with one wing of a second plane visible on the right side of the frame. Standing in the center is a man in a suit and a woman wearing a skirt and hat, huddled together looking…
Ruth Elder and Thea Rasche at the 1929 Women's Air Derby
Thea Rasche (left) and Ruth Elder (right) standing at the Paul Cox Airfield in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 25, 1929. They are standing in front of Rasche’s Gypsy Moth #61. The first Women's Air Derby, also called the Powder Puff Derby, took place…
Ruth Elder During the 1929 Women's Air Derby
Black and white photograph of Ruth Elder, wearing white short-sleeve coveralls, smiling at the camera with her hand on her hip. In the background are several biplanes and people in coveralls. Caption on the back of the photograph reads "Three cheers…
Ruth Elder and Vera Dawn Walker’s Planes at the 1929 Women’s Air Derby
Ruth Elder and Vera Dawn Walker’s planes at Paul Cox Airfield in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 25th during the 1929 Women's Air Derby. The foreground plane, No. 66, Swallow J-5, was flown by Ruth Elder. The other, No. 113, Curtiss Robin Challenger,…
Katherine Stinson in Flight Suit
Black and white photograph of Katherine Stinson wearing double-breasted blazer and flight helmet. She stands next to a plane and has one hand on the propeller. Caption on the back reads "Katherine Stinson 4th license women pilot 9 July…
Katherine Stinson
Black and white photograph of Katherine Stinson wearing full-length leather coat, lace-up boots, flight helmet and goggles. She is sitting on the side of her plane.