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McCutcheon and Airplane

Date: 1911
Description: Chicago Tribune cartoonist John T. McCutcheon with his Wright Model B airplane, probably photographed at Cicero Field. McCutcheon is sometimes referred to ...
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Jesse Brabazon Over the Mississippi

Date: 11 1912
Description: Jesse Brabazon, pioneer aviator from Delavan, flying over the Mississippi River in a Wright Model B airplane. "It was quite a sight to fly over the Mississ...
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Kearney and Hillery Beachey

Date: 1914
Description: Horace Kearney (left), a member of the Curtiss exhibition team, and Hillery Beachey, brother of the famous aviator, Lincoln Beachey. Kearney was familiar ...
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Cicero Airmail

Date: 09 1912
Description: The first airmail shipment from Cicero Field to Wheaton and Elmhurst, Illinois. Postmaster MacDonald of Cicero is swearing-in pilots Max Lillie, Paul Stude...
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First to Fly — Wilbur Wright

Date: 1912
Description: Wilbur Wright, in profile, with a Wright Flyer. The original photographic postcard from which this image was copied was presented by Wright to pioneer avia...
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Lincoln Beachey

Date: 1915
Description: Lincoln Beachey, shortly before his fatal crash at Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. During his brief career Beachey was the best known, ...
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Gary Wilhelm Boxing Match

Date: 03 21 1960
Description: Gary Wilhelm, University of Wisconsin boxer.
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UW Boxing Match

Date: 02 19 1960
Description: Unidentified (Charlie Mohr?) University of Wisconsin boxer, in the midst of a match. A referee is partially visible off to one side.
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Siblings at the Green County Fair

Date: 07 31 1959
Description: A brother and sister pose with their calves at the Green County Fair.
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Edna Kern Hauling Water

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern, wife of Ernest G. Kern, hauling water in buckets to the hen house.
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Watering the Laying Hens

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern in the hen house watering the laying hens.
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At the Mailbox

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern picking up the mail at the roadside mailbox.
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Washing Windows

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern washing the windows outside her house. A cat is lying on the lawn in the foreground.
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Kern Family at the Supper Table

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: The Kern family, Edna, Nancy, Ernest, and Maribeth, at the supper table.
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Front Door at Taliesin

Date: 08 1957
Description: Looking south at the open front door at Taliesin with birch trees on left and Buddha on right of center. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Gree...
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Taliesin Entry

Date: 08 1957
Description: Southwest view of entry of Taliesin with Budda on right side. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin.
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Logan Throws to First

Date: 06 23 1957
Description: Milwaukee Braves shortstop Johnny Logan jumps over a sliding baserunner and throws to Braves' first baseman Frank Torre in a game at County Stadium. Second...
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Henry Aaron

Date: 04 22 1963
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Henry Aaron in a Milwaukee Braves uniform.
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Aaron with Bat

Date: 04 22 1963
Description: Head and shoulders profile view of Henry Aaron holding a baseball bat.
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Aaron holding Bat

Date: 04 22 1963
Description: Head shot of Henry Aaron holding a bat.

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