Parks College of Saint Louis University (Cahokia, Ill.); Miller, Jesse Maude; Women air pilots; Airplanes; Powder Puff Derby
An image of Jessie Maude "Chubbie" Miller, participant in the first Women's Transcontinental Air Race in August 1929. Jessie, an Australian journalist, turned aviatrix, became the first woman to fly from England to Australia, with her...
Parks College of Saint Louis University (Cahokia, Ill.); Women air pilots; Powder Puff Derby; Airplanes
A poor photocopy of an image of ten of the women who participated in the 1929 Women's Transcontinental Air Derby. This image was copied from a published source and the author has identified all ten women in this photo taken at Parks College when...
Parks College of Saint Louis University (Cahokia, Ill.); Powder Puff Derby; Spectators
An enthusiastic crowd gathers at Parks College to greet participants in the First Women's Transcontinental Air Race. The racers arrived on Saturday, 24 August 1929, the 7th day of the race and took off the next day for Terre Haute, IN and on to...
Parks College of Saint Louis University (Cahokia, Ill.); Women air pilots; Powder Puff Derby; Airplanes
Planes lined up for take-off on Parks Airfield for the eighth day of the First Women's Transcontinental Air Race, from Santa Monica, CA to Cleveland, OH. (25 August 1929) [This image from the Henry Schnittger Photo Collection, PHO 63.0.3-8]
Parks College of Saint Louis University (Cahokia, Ill.); Crosson, Marvel, d. 1929; Women air pilots; Powder Puff Derby
This woman appears to be Marvel Crosson, one of the aviators in the 1929 Women's Transcontinental Air Race. She was the only fatality of the Air Derby. The aircraft behind her appears to be a Ryan Brougham. This picture was very possibly taken as a...
Parks College of Saint Louis University (Cahokia, Ill.); Women air pilots; Powder Puff Derby
Women pilots of the first Women's Transcontinental Air Race gather for photos at Parks Airport while waiting for the fog to lift during a stop-over. Identities are (left to right): #1 Mary Elizabeth von Mach, #2 Jessie "chubbie" Miller,#3...
Parks College of Saint Louis University (Cahokia, Ill.); Thaden, Louise, 1906-; O'Donnell, Gladys; Nichols, Ruth, 1901-1960; Women air pilots; Powder Puff Derby
Louise Thaden (left), Gladys O'Donnell and Ruth Nichols (right) were three participants in the first Women's Transcontinental Air Race, that stopped off at Parks Air College on the seventh day of the 9-day derby. Thaden would take 1st place,...
Parks College of Saint Louis University (Cahokia, Ill.); Omlie, Phoebe Fairgrave, 1902-1975; Women air pilots; Airplanes; Powder Puff Derby
Phoebe Omlie visits Parks in her "Monocoupe", which was built by Mono Aircraft Co. in 1927. (26 September, 1929) Phoebe flew in the Women's Transcontinental Air Race which landed at Parks Field for refueling.
Parks College of Saint Louis University (Cahokia, Ill.); Women air pilots; Powder Puff Derby; Airplanes
A photocopy of an image in a published source of ten of the pilots in the 1929 Women's Air Derby. This was apparently taken near the beginning of the contest before the women had changed into their flying gear. [The published source is unknown; the...
Parks College of Saint Louis University (Cahokia, Ill.); Mach, Mary Elizabeth von; Women air pilots
Pilot Mary Elizabeth von Mach (right), the daughter of a Detroit interior designer, is the first woman to study at Parks. She had passed her pilot's examination in 1927 and came to Parks for training in instrument flying and night flying. (c. 1929)...
Parks, Oliver Lafayette, 1899-1985;
Parks College of Saint Louis University (Cahokia, Ill.) -- History;
Aeronautics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Illinois -- History.
Parks College : legacy of an aviation pioneer / William Barnaby Faherty.
