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McCutcheon and Airplane
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Chicago Tribune cartoonist John T. McCutcheon with his Wright Model B airplane, probably photographed at Cicero Field. McCutcheon is sometimes referred to as the "Dean of American Cartoonists." Jesse Brabazon, owner of the album from which this photograph comes, recalled McCutcheon as a "proficient pilot" and an active member of the Chicago Aero Club.
1911
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