Photos and illustrations for Introduction

1. Parr’s great-grandfather, William Hooper (ca. 1792–1863). Artist/photographer unknown.

2. Margaret, Parr, and Mary Bowen Hooper in about 1900.

3. Parr’s maternal grandparents, Israel Miltiades and Mary Bowen Parr (née Pope). This was taken at Fernwood, their home in Green Spring, north of Baltimore, around 1900.

4. Parr’s father, Herbert Hooper, in the spring of 1882.

5. Parr’s mother, Margaret Parr Hooper, 1890.

6. Model of clipper ship built by Parr. It stands next to a bell probably brought back from China on the Kate Hooper.

7a. Cornell graduation. Parr is at the right in the back row.

7b. Parr, Cornell graduation.

8a. Family and friends at Cornell graduation. Parr is on the left, next to his father. His mother is second from the right.

8b. Parr and his father.

9. The U.S.S. Jacob Jones, launched May 29, 1915. (Source: Wikipedia).

10. Parr’s sister, Margaret Hooper, about 1915.

11. Parr’s brother-in-law, James Russell McQueen, about 1915.

12. “Sargent Harwell and the Squadron.” Taken at Ohio State University, School of Military Aeronautics.

13. “The Squadron at Columbus Engine Lab.” Parr stands seventh from the left, between Lynn Lemuel Stratton and Reuben Paskill (arms crossed).

14. “Rox, Hoops, Red.” Charles Carvel “Rox” Fleet, Parr “Hoops” Hooper, and Guy Samuel King “Red” Wheeler at ground school at Ohio State University in the summer of 1917. A similar photo has been handed down in Fleet’s family.

15. Squadron 7 at the Ohio State University School of Military Aeronautics, August 15, 1917. Frank Hager Haskett, photographer.

16. Squadron 8 at the Ohio State University School of Military Aeronautics, August 13, 1917. Frank Hager Haskett, photographer. Reproduced with permission of the Ohio State University Archives.

17. Parr’s Uncle Fred (Frederick Reese) in a photo probably taken around 1917.

18. The Herbert Hooper family in front of the house on Bolton Street about 1915. Standing: Parr’s mother, Margaret Parr Hooper, his sister Margaret, and his father, Herbert Hooper. Parr and Mary Bowen Hooper kneeling.