ORIG 1936 NEWS PHOTO LOUISE THADEN BENDIX AIR RACE
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A NEAR MINT HIGH QUALITY 100% ORIGINAL ( THIS IS A PERIOD DEVELOPED FIRST GENERATION PHOTOGRAPH AND NOT A COPY OR SCAN OR ANY OTHER REPRODUCTION ) 1936 ACME NEWSPICTURES NEWS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING FAMED AVIATRIX LOUISE THADEN AND HER CO-PILOT BLANCHE NOYES AT FLOYD BENNETT AIRFIELD IN THE COCKPIT OF THEIR BEECH STAGGERWING AT THE START OF THE 1936 BENDIX TROPHY AIR RACE, THE FIRST YEAR THAT WOMEN WERE ALLOWED TO COMPETE AGAINST MEN AND THE YEAR THAT THADEN AND NOYES BECAME THE FIRST WOMEN TO WIN THE COVETED AIR RACE FLYING A STOCK BEECH C17R STAGGERWING (note gas tank immediately behind the cockpit). THADEN WORKED FOR BEECH FOR YEARS AND ATTAINED THE RANK OF LT. COLONEL WITH THE CIVIL AIR PATROL DURING WWII . PHOTO MEASURES 8" x 6" AND IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. HAS ACME NEWS STAMP ON BACK WITH ATTACHED FLIMSY READING (PLEASE SEE ENLARGED PHOTO FOR FLIMSY TEXT) . A FANTASTIC ORIGINAL GOLDEN AGE OF AVIATION NEWS PHOTO SHOWING LOUISE THADEN & HER CO-PILOT BLANCHE NOYES, TWO OF THE MOST SKILLED AVIATORS OF THEIR ERA AND THE FIRST WOMEN TO WIN THE FAMED BENDIX TROPHY!! F rom the collection of noted aviation collector and historian Bob Steele, who was a WWII USMC combat photographer and after the war became a free lance news photographer in the LA area working primarily for the LA Herald Examiner and the Daily News. Please read item description
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