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Flygirl: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 2:39pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "Marjorie Stinson, aviatrix. Packard LePere plane." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
Women Who Fly
Submitted by Craig on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 5:46pm.
I just finished "Women Who Fly" and now I find one of these forgotten pilots here. Thanks for the photo, as there were none in the book.
Fetching Ensemble
Submitted by willc on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 5:37am.
Miss Stinson's careful fashion magazine pose and her knowing grin suggest that she had fun mocking the supposed strangeness of being a pretty young woman who was teaching combat flying to the Royal Canadian Flying Corps. The gear she's wearing would have helped her survive the often sub-zero conditions of open-cockpit night flying, but as a friend of mine immediately said when he saw this photo, "Where'd she get her outfit - Frederick's of Duluth?"
Nice touch
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 1:46am.
I'm betting pinkie rings were not all that commonly worn by women at that time. It gives her a kind of rakish air.
LOL
Submitted by Angel on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 9:39pm.
And here I was just thinking that I wanted her shoes.
Sister Marjorie
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 6:13pm.
I think this is Katherine Stinson's younger sister Marjorie.
[I think you're right! Caption changed. Marjorie, not Katherine. - Dave]
DC aviatrix, into leather.
Submitted by Baldy Cotton on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 3:30pm.
Those shoes look like they belong on someone flying a broomstick.
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