Negative shows a triplane coming in for a landing. The plane is too far away in the photo to make out the name on the side but the envelope says "Dole Flight." This is one of the competitors in the Dole Race or Dole Derby which was an air race from Oakland to Hawaii from August 16-18, 1927. There were fifteen original entries but due to various accidents and mechanical problems only eight planes actually took off and only two ever reached Hawaii. The race was sponsored by James Dole of Dole Hawaiian Pineapple. There was only one entry in the Dole Race of a triplane. The pilot was James L. Giffin and the navigator Theodore S. Lundgre. Their plane was the "Pride of Los Angeles." The plane was a Catron Fisk International CF-10. It was a very large plane painted orange, with two motors, a fuel capacity (with the added extra tanks for the flight) of over 600 gallons. The pilot and the navigator sat side-by-side in a space just in front of the tail in an open cockpit. One of the many sponsors of the plane was actor Hoot Gibson, whose name was written on the nose of the plane. The plane arrived in Oakland on August 11 with its pilot, navigator, and a passenger who was an old friend of both men. The plane bounced around and swerved on the runway. Giffin opened the throttles to go around the field and try again to land the plane. He circled out over the Bay, apparently low and too slow, with one engine sputtering. The plane hit the water and broke up. Fortunately all three men on board survived. The "Pride" was one of three planes wrecked before the race even began.