1917 B&W aircraft images
 

A friends relative was one of the early stunt pilot Sophie (have forgotten last name)..back then, it was a group of women as the men were at war. There was a box of images so I have been scanning them.
Aletta Hegeman, Clara Livingston, and others that I dont recognize. There are landings on the beach in Carmel, and group trips to Hong Kong and China...
Group Picture in Peking, 1917 Sophie is the light haired woman on the back right....

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ce473bd043.jpg

Clara Livingston
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....de4e5cd44d.jpg

Trip across country Lake Tahoe, 1917
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At Carmel...she had flown from NY to SF!

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....831589ce0b.jpg

landing at Carmel with Aletta Hegeman

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Departing Carmel
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Image labelled "out the window"

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Imaged labelled "ultra modern Boeing twin motor"! with Clara Livingston...

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....9a44119445.jpg
with Clara Livingston (aviator pants for sure!)

Building the Carquinez bridge in SF....no bridges yet!
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....05a38f5ad5.jpg
taken from a steamer

on the way to SF!

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....87e01a0282.jpg

Great Wall of China 1917! Notice parts not rebuilt yet!

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Shanghai 1917

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....b8f4d672bd.jpg

SF Bay Bridge under construction

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the famous tree BEFORE being tunneled!

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Very interesting photos - thanks for posting. That 'out of the window' shot appears to be upside-down and I wish I could recall the type. Hopefully someone will come along...

The out of the window shot - something that Greg Herrick has in his amazing collection perhaps?

Fabulous pics... :)

The aircraft in Carmel is a ???

Curtiss Jenny I think...

I think its a Ford Tri Motor?

The upside down pic is the Tri Motor cockyjester? I wondered about that but I didn't think they had that lovely pattern on the metal - engine turning is it called?

swirl pattern?

Thanks OUAQUKGF Ops. That is a remarkable stroy and made me realise that my Grandfather in the UK (closely involved with civil aviation there between the wars) would have known all about her.

Thanks for all of the information! These are all from original photographs, scanning them...

Ahhh...you guys are correct, the tri-motor image is upside down...sorry about that!

OUAQ..thanks for that link...I am going to contract them and see if they want all of this....

Obviously a fake ... because you can clearly see the cell phone in her pocket! :p

Nah, that's a packet of fags!

Just playing with the upside-down photo.


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Could well be. I used to buy cigarettes in boxes of 50 which were about the same size.

A classy lady like that would have a silver 'ciggy' case which is what it looks like to me !