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Orville Wright in Old Age

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Description: Portrait of Orville Wright inscribed to aviation publicist and historian Harry Bruno, whose collection of papers and photographs is housed at the Wisconsin...
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Hughes' Air Victory

Date: 07 14 1938
Description: Minutes after finishing their record-breaking flight around the world (in 7 hours and 28 minutes), Howard Hughes and the four aviators who flew with him we...
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Curtiss Portrait

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Description: Glenn Hammond Curtiss, whose reputation in American aviation is second only to the Wright Brothers. Some Curtiss defenders point out that he actually flew ...
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Vandenberg, Bruno, and Twining

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Description: Aviation publicist Harry Bruno flanked by two Air Force generals with Wisconsin ties who played a prominent role in shaping post-World War II air defense p...
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Fokker Portrait

Date: 1938
Description: Portrait of Anthony Fokker, inscribed to aviation publicist, Harry Bruno. Bruno represented the airplane manufacturer on several occasions, including the 1...
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Glenn Martin Portrait

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Description: A portrait of aviation manufacturer Glenn L. Martin, inscribed to aviation publicist, Harry Bruno. Bruno's papers are available for research at the Wiscons...
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Markham Waves to the Crowd

Date: 09 1936
Description: Beryl Markham, a former Kenyan bush pilot, waves to the crowd as she arrives at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. She had just completed the first solo east...
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Wright Flyer in England

Date: 1938
Description: After his "mistaken" trans-Atlantic flight to Great Britain, Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan visited the original 1903 Wright Flyer then on display at the Sci...
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Fortieth Anniversary of the First Flights of the Wright Brothers Menu

Date: 12 17 1943
Description: Front cover and menu from a dinner honoring Orville Wright, on the fortieth anniversary of the first flights of Wilbur and Orville Wright from Kitty Hawk, ...

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