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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A Loening Amphibian, one of three such airplanes in which the Kohler Aviation Company provided passenger service from Milwaukee across Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The groundbreaking ceremony for the new airport hangar at Wausau. Governor Fred R. Zimmerman, who can be seen on the right, (elevated above the crowd and w... |
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| Description: | Pilot Louis Kakuk, manager of the Manitowoc Airport, with his Waco airplane. Kakuk's career followed a typical pattern for aviators, moving from the freewh... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | An unidentified photograph thought to be of a National Aeronautics Association cross-country flight. The identified individuals are Steve Wittman of Oshkos... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Race winners John P. Wood and Archie Towell, both of Wausau, during the National Air Reliability Tour's stop in Wausau. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Jesse C. Brabazon, a pioneer aviator from Delavan, Wisconsin, in his uniform as a member of the Milwaukee Wing of the Civil Air Patrol during World War II. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Sylvester J. Wittman of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, one of the all time great racing pilots and race plane builders, with Bonzo II. During his career Steve Wittman... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Belle Case La Follette by Harris & Ewing used in printed piece. The quote by Robert M. La Follette, Sr., beneath the photogr... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Snapshot of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., and Belle Case La Follette taken shortly before his death. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | East Washington Avenue from the Capitol Park with a view of the water tower, which stood from 1890 to 1920. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Union army officers. From left are: General U.S. Grant, General Rawlins, General Webster, Colonel Lagow, and Colonel Killyer take a break. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A composite of Civil War Confederate Commanders, this is one of the first known examples of a composite photograph and of the use of photography in adverti... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Horace Greeley, wearing top hat, with soldiers at the Union Army Winter Quarters. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Two men cook at griddles while another leans on an open door to one of many tents at a Civil War army camp. |
| Date: | 08 1864 |
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| Description: | Soldiers relax around the Army Post Office at the quarters of the Chief Ambulance Officer, Ninth Army Corps. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. when he became governor of Wisconsin. This original of this item is a postcard that was probably used for campaign p... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Formal portrait of Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., about the time he founded "La Follette's Magazine." |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | The Fokker airplane in which Lt. Lester Maitland of Milwaukee and Lt. Albert Hegenberger made the first California to Hawaii trans-Pacific crossing. |
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