Pancho Around the Piano at Her Ranch

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Title

Pancho Around the Piano at Her Ranch

Subject

Women air pilots -- United States

Description

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 and wearing a plaid-patterned suit jacket is Chuck Yeager.

In 1935, Barnes bought land near Edwards Air Force Base in southern California where she owned and operated a dude ranch, hotel, and restaurant called the Happy Bottom Riding Club. The ranch burned down in 1953

Caption on the back of the photo reads : Pancho around the piano at her ranch (Chuck Yeager to her left)"

Source

IWASM Photo Archives

Date

ca. 1935-1953

Rights

Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests contact the International Women's Air & Space Museum at collections@iwasm.org.

Identifier

Photo No. 33

Coverage

Happy Bottom Riding Club, Edwards, CA

Original Format

Photograph

Citation

“Pancho Around the Piano at Her Ranch,” International Women's Air & Space Museum, accessed September 18, 2024, https://iwasm.omeka.net/items/show/1333.