The telegram, which mentions Glendale and Kansas City, may be related to Rickenbacker's transcontinental TWA flight carrying air mail, the last one for commercial airlines before the army took over transportation of air mail.
This photograph, cropped, appears with Los Angeles Times article, August 18, 1929, "Girl Air Derby to Start Today, Twenty-One Women Flyers to Hop Off for Cleveland, Pistol Shot by Radio Will Open Event at 2:15 p.m., Santa Monica Crowds to See 2800-Mile Race Begin, Queens of Sky Race Today for Gold and Glory"
Photograph of Air Force Capt. Albert F. Hegenberger. Hegenberger was a relatively famous American pilot primarily based out of Hawaii. In 1935, he was awarded the Collier Trophy for outstanding contribution to aviation by President Roosevelt.
Roscoe Turner squats by a car tire to change it. He holds a crank handle tool in his right hand. He is jacketless and his shirt sleeves are rolled up. He wears two-color brogues.
Blanche Noyes was one of the twenty pilots who participated in the inaugural Women's Air Derby in August, 1929. This photograph was likely taken at the Santa Monica airport at the start of the Derby.
Photograph of Lieutenant Commander Frank Hawks holding a poster that features a woman surrounded by an American flag and a cowboy. The poster reads in English, “WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL FUND”. Frank is sitting in an airplane labeled “Acostia”, which he flew to the memorial of his friend, Will Rogers.
Virginia Tomlinson, left, and her husband D. W. Tomlinson, center, pose for a photograph with an unidentified man. Tomlinson is wearing his aviator goggles.
Frank Allen Kurtz was an Olympic athlete and aviator in the United States Army Air Forces. He won the Bronze medal in 10 meter platform diving at the 1932 Olympics. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre, 3 Silver Stars, 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 3 Air Medals and 5 Presidential Citations.