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Flying Tea Party
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A tea party on an airplane, a publicity stunt conceived by Harry Bruno to promote his Cleveland-area airline, Aeromarine Airlines. By taking local reporters and photographers along on an aerial tea party he hoped to demonstrate that flying was safe and comfortable. Eventually Bruno left the airline business and turned to public relations where he made a specialty from his aviation background. Bruno's papers are among the many public relations collections available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.
circa 1920-1929
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W012P3A
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Glenn Martin Portrait
circa 1920-1929
A portrait of aviation manufacturer Glenn L. Martin, inscribed to aviation publicist, Harry Bruno. Bruno's papers are available for research at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.
Red Devil Builder
circa 1920-1929
An autographed portrait of Thomas S. Baldwin, builder of the early "Red Devil" airplanes and the first dirigible purchased by the U.S. Army.
First to Fly — Wright Brothers' Factory
1910
Workers in the General Assembly Department of the Wright Brothers' airplane factory.
Orville Wright in Old Age
circa 1920-1929
Portrait of Orville Wright inscribed to aviation publicist and historian Harry Bruno, whose collection of papers and photographs is housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.
Markham Portrait
September 23, 1936
A glamour portrait of aviator Beryl Markham inscribed to her publicist Harry Bruno. Markham, a former Kenyan bush pilot, had recently completed (but just barely) the first solo east-to-west Atlanti...
Salmon's Airplane
1947
Herman "Fish" Salmon and his airplane, the "Cosmic Wind," at the 1947 National Air Races. This image is from the collection of Harry Bruno, the publicist for the Goodyear Trophy competition.
