Faces from 1938, pt. 2

We’re continuing our search for names of the mysterious modelers who attended the Annual Miniature Airplane Contest of October 2, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri, as described in the “History Preserved “column of the April 2014 issue of Model Aviation.

A panoramic photograph showing the participants of the Annual Miniature Airplane Contest, held October 2, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri. A plastic layer over the photograph details some of the names of the participants.
Annual Miniature Airplane Contest, Kansas City, MO, Oct 2, 1938. [#0215 J. D. Foster Collection, National Model Aviation Museum]
Here’s a close-up of the mid-left section of the photograph. Can you identify these flyers? If so, please write to the Museum’s Archivist, Jackie, at jackies@modelaircraft.org.

A close up of the middle left of the panaromic photo.
Mid-left section, Panoramic Photograph, Annual Miniature Airplane Contest, Kansas City, MO, October 2, 1938. [#0215 J. D. Foster Collection, National Model Aviation Museum Archives]
Last week’s blog post featured the far left side of the image. Check back next week to see the last two sections of this great piece of American modeling history.   Here’s the next section of the image.  And the last section.

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