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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9125]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Trails - This map shows the routes followed by Wiley Post in his twp record flights around the world and the trail he blazed with Will Rogers to a spot near Point Barrow, Alaska, "the top of the world," where they crashed late Thursday to their deaths."
Date: 1935
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1028.0545]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "TRIBUTE-J.J. Muller,the Hungarian arist who painted the only oil poutrait of Wiley Post,arrived tuesday from New York to place a wreath on the grave of the famous flier."
Date: November 12, 1935
Creator: Hart, Alphia O.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1028.0546]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A painting of Wiley Post done from a photograph by John Shelby Metcalf,city arist,is one of the exhibits of the National Picture Week club that are hanging in the lobby of the Biltmore hotel."
Date: 1935
Creator: Hart, Alphia O.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9129]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Upper picture gives an excellent idea of the desolate Arctic tundra over which Wiley Post and Will Rogers were flying when they crashed to death. Below, a nearer view of the plane. The smashed front and wing of the craft are clearly visible. The pictures give a general view of the scene where the two men stopped to ask the way to Point Barrow and where they were killed attempting to take off again. In the background… more
Date: 1935
Creator: Griest, Henry
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9126]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Map shows the Post-Gatty flight up to date (broken line), the raminder of their route, (solid line) and how the flight stands with relation to its ten-day time schedule. With the north pole as a center, the route is divided into ten sections, with the day on which the fliers must be in each section to maintain their schedule shown in the map margin."
Date: 1931
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1028.0499]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Wiley Post, right, world flight record holder, shown on his arrival at Floyd Bennett Field, Long Island, N.Y., on May 19, with Samuel G. Gribi of Chickasha, Okla. Post is making preparations for his projected solo flight around the world."
Date: May 19, 1933
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1028.0494]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Wiley Post in special high-altitude flying suit, preparing to enter the plane "Winnie Mae" for stratosphere flight. Also pictured are R. C. Vopling and Billy Parker, plus aircraft mechanic Melencraft behind Post. (Date is NOT original date)"
Date: November 1, 1961
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1028.0449]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oklahoma City reception and parade for aviators Wiley Post (second from right) and Harold Gatty (second from left) following flight around the world."
Date: July 9, 1931
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1028.0500]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Aviation navigator Harold Gatty, at left with hands on hips, humorist Will Rogers, in hat, and pilot Wiley Post, with a crowd next to Post's plane, Winnie Mae, in an airfield at Claremore, Okla."
Date: June 15, 1931
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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