GEE BEE #7 & CECIL ALLEN - FROM VINTAGE NEGATIVE 5 x 7 B & W PHOTOGRAPH

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5" X 7"
GEE BEE #7 & CECIL ALLEN AIRPLANE PHOTOGRAPH: FROM VINTAGE NEGATIVE Black & White PHOTOGRAPH
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MEASUREMENTS ARE: 5" X 7".
PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE LATE 30'S TO THE 60'S.
GRANDFATHER WAS A POLICE OFFICER & A FIREMAN FOR CLEVELAND & WOULD TAKE MY FATHER TO THE AIR SHOWS & RACES ALL OVER THE U.S.
READY TO BE FRAMED & ADMIRED OR PLACED IN A SCRAPBOOK.
FROM MY FATHER'S FILES -  NEGATIVES REPRINTED TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE - NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOU!
CLEAN PRINTS - THESE WERE NEGATIVES & I HAVE HAD THEM REPRINTED BY A PROFESSIONAL PHOTO CENTER - PLEASE SEE PICTURES!
MY FATHER, CHARLES G. MANDRAKE WROTE THE GEE BEE STORY ORIGINALLY & HAD THESE IN A FILE.
WHEN MY FATHER WAS WRITING ABOUT THE GEE BEE HE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK.
HE WOULD SAVE FILES OF INFORMATION, JUST IN CASE HE DECIDED TO START WRITING AGAIN.
HE ALWAYS HAD A THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE.
HE LOVED THE ERA OF AVIATION & THEIR INFLUENCES WITH ALL THE WAYS IT CHANGED OUR LIVES.
**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS SHARED FROM A FELLOW EBAYER FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY:
Dear vashracer68,
This is certainly a photo of Cecil Allen's "Spirit of Right" name for his sponsors, a religious group. In 1933 he bought the damaged Granville Brothers Longtail Hybrid R1/R2 Hybrid. His entirely new wing had no red scallops painted on the leading edge and his modified canopy slid back instead of being removable. There is also no "I.F." (Intestinal Fortitude) lettered on the engine cowling. Mr. Allen also chose to add a large rear fuel tank behind the cockpit. Former Granville Chief Engineer Howell Miller wrote to Allen 4 or 5 times, attempting to give him advice on the center of gravity problems he might expect with a full rear tank. The Granvilles fought to get their name removed from the much modified ship. Apparently the first takeoff with a full rear tank was at the start of the 1935 Bendix cross-country race at Burbank. The ship wallowed into the air and disappeared into the fog. 33-year-old former trans- Pacific flier, was killed in the crash a mile away from the terminal.
PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES TO CONFIRM THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT PRIOR TO BIDDING.
THESE ARE A LITTLE DUSTY FROM BEING STORED - NEEDS TO BE ENJOYED.
I AM NO EXPERT - YOU THE EXPERTS KNOW - SO PLEASE LOOK AT THE PICTURES!
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