Negative shows a woman and a man in an Army uniform posing in front of a building with a sign that says "The Hangar" with an airplane propeller above it. The man is Albert Hegenberger. The man's uniform has wings pinned to his coat so he is obviously a pilot. They are probably at the Oakland Airport for the Dole Race. In June 1927 Army officers Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger flew a Fokker T-2 monoplane were the first to fly from California to Hawaii. They took off from Bay Farm Island and landed in Oahu. Two weeks later the first civilians to make the crossing did. They were Ernie Smith and Emory Bronte who flew in a plane called the "City of Oakland." Their plane crashed in Molokai but they had made the trip and they survived. The Dole Race was only a few months later. 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. First prize was $25,000 and second $10,000.