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The Legendary Pancho Barnes
Photograph of Pancho Barnes taken sometime during the 1929 National Air Race in Cleveland.
Pancho Barnes at the 1929 Cleveland Air Races
Pancho Barnes (far right) posing with other participants, including Amelia Earhart (middle with roses) in the first all Women's Air Derby held during the 1929 National Air Races at Cleveland.
Pancho Barnes
Publicity photograph of Florence Leontine Lowe Barnes, a.k.a. "Pancho" Barnes. Barnes was the grand daughter of Civil War Balloonist Thaddeus Lowe.
Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's "Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill, Va., May 1862: Lowe prepares to ascend; soldiers crowded around car of balloon
Thaddeus Lowe prepares one of his war balloons for ascension while members of his "balloon camp" gather around.
Fair Oaks, Virginia. Prof. Thaddeus S. Lowe replenishing balloon INTREPID from balloon CONSTITUTION
Thaddeus Lowe utilizes his balloon "Constitution" to inflate his other war balloon, "Intrepid."
Professor Lowe inflating Balloon Intrepid to reconnoiter Battle of Fair Oaks
Hot-air balloon being inflated, crowd watches.
Fair Oaks, Va. Prof. Thaddeus S. Lowe observing the battle from his balloon "Intrepid"
Thaddeus Lowe observes a battle from his balloon "Intrepid" while tethered by Union troops.
Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's "Balloon Camp"
Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's "Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill, Va., May 1862: balloon in backgrd. across field; horsemen in foreground.