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| Date: | 10 08 1912 |
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| Description: | Jesse Brabazon of Delavan, Wisconsin, in a Wright Model B following an emergency landing at Cicero Field in Chicago. Inspecting the faulty propeller that c... |
| Date: | 07 01 1913 |
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| Description: | The Curtiss flying boat in which Jack Vilas made the first flight across Lake Michigan. Vilas, a Chicago businessman, was greeted by a crowd of aerial enth... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | This photograph from the album of aviation pioneer Jesse Brabazon is described by him as the "first simulated bombing in history, using an aeroplane versus... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Harriet Rhoads at the time of her marriage to Lieutenant D.G. Hudson of Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois (1862). |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Large group of Union soldiers in formation by a barracks at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois. |
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| Description: | Poster with long list of parade ground maneuvers for silent drill at the Armory on the corner of State and Adams Streets. Arranged for the use of the Ellsw... |
| Date: | 04 11 1865 |
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| Description: | Front of a fund-raising certificate of the U.S. Sanitary Commission appointing Emily Grouch a sergeant in the Army of the American Eagle. The Commission f... |
| Date: | 04 11 1865 |
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| Description: | Backside of a fund-raising certificate of the U.S. Sanitary Commission appointing Emily Grouch a sergeant in the Army of the American Eagle. The Commissio... |
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| Description: | Composite paste-up intended to represent "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment in the Civil War with his bearer. At the Northwest Sanita... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd at flag raising ceremony at Western Avenue. A group of people are standing on a stage or platform decorated with flags, and a large ... |
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