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Lawson Plant Exterior

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field across pond towards Alfred Lawson's aircraft plant, with buildings and smokestacks. Men are working with a pile of lumber on the l...
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Lawson Drafting Tables

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of drafting tables for aircraft design, presumably inside the Lawson plant. There are several stools, desks and tables set up in the corner o...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the machine shop at the Lawson plant. There are drill presses and a belt-driven machinery system attached to the open rafters of the ceiling. S...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of the Lawson plant. At least 18 people are working in the large, open room. Belt-driven machinery is attached to the rafters of the open cei...
Poster

Practical Aeronautics

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for Alfred Lawson, declaring that he is "Designer and Navigator of the First Airliner." Background image shows the Lawson Air Liner flying. I...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the interior of the Lawson plant, a large open room with exposed ceiling and windows lining both walls. Part of the fuselage for a Lawson ...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the Lawson machine shop, with two Lawson engines, one housed in part of a fuselage, the other set on a wooden support. A long wooden frame is i...
Poster

Lawson Plant Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Lawson plant in Green Bay. Includes a drawing from an aerial perspective of the plant and some of the surrounding area, under the wor...
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Lawson Airplane Company Plant

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field of a long brick Lawson plant building with a smokestack. Several automobiles are parked near the plant on the left, and on the rig...
Postcard

Lawson M.T.2 in Flight

Date: 1919
Description: Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) in flight, probably near Green Bay. View across field towards the airplane flying in the distance.
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Alfred Lawson

Date: 1919
Description: Waist-up portrait of Alfred Lawson standing, wearing a suit. An unidentified building is behind him. Caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Return t...
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Alfred Lawson

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Alfred Lawson standing indoors. He is wearing a long leather coat and cap.
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Alfred Lawson and Group

Date: 1919
Description: Group portrait of Alfred Lawson, two unidentified women, and three unidentified men. They are standing outdoors in front of a Lawson Air Liner. A leather s...
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Group Portrait with Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of a group of five men and one woman standing in front of a Lawson Air Liner parked in a field.
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Lawson Air Liner at 51st Aero Squadron Hangar

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of several men, most in military uniforms, inspecting a Lawson Air Liner outside a hangar at an airfield. The hangar door says 51st AERO SQDN...
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Passengers in Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Five men sitting inside a Lawson Air Liner.
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Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: View across field towards a Lawson Air Liner sitting in a field. Five men are crouched or seated underneath its tail assembly. A ladder is propped against ...
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Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Lawson Air Liner. A woman is standing on the ground near the cockpit. A man is standing on wooden steps that lead ...
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Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter view across field towards the left rear side of an Lawson Air Liner.
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Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a Lawson Air Liner in a field with its propellers engaged. Several people are standing or walking near the airplane on...

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