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Chicago Aviation Meet
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Souvenir postcard sent to Harriet O'Shea of Madison from an unidentified friend who attended the Chicago International Aviation Meet. The Chicago meet, which was held on the lake front at Grant Park, is considered the greatest American air meet prior to World War I.
August 11, 1911
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