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Curtiss Aviation School Students

Date: 03 07 1912
Description: Students of the Curtiss School of Aviation on North Island moving a plane into position for a lesson.
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Curtiss Aviation School Visitor and Staff

Date: 03 1912
Description: Pilot Glenn Martin (left), visiting the Curtiss aviation school, with Curtiss aviators (left to right) John McClaskey and Lincoln Beachey, and with mechani...
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Curtiss Aviation School Students

Date: 05 1912
Description: The 1912 class at the Glenn Curtiss Aviation School on North Island, near San Diego. Milwaukee's John Kaminski (in white shirt and tie) is second from the ...
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Milwaukee's Flying Machine

Date: 1912
Description: Dr. A. Rudolph Silverston's vacu-aerial flying machine, as seen from the rear. Handwritten at top: "Rear View." Caption at bottom reads: "Silverston's Milw...
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Milwaukee Flying School

Date: 1912
Description: An unidentified student among a group of men getting a lesson in a Curtiss plane at Rudolph Silverston's Milwaukee School and College of Aviation. Caption ...
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Kaminski at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 1912
Description: John Kaminski and his Curtiss pusher were scheduled to fly at the 1912 Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Milwaukee, along with several other Curtiss aviators ...
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Kaminski at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 1912
Description: John Kaminski (who can barely be seen here in his Lincoln Beachey checkered cap), his mechanic, and onlookers attempting to ready his Curtiss pusher for fl...
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Kaminski Wreck

Date: 07 04 1914
Description: The wreck of John Kaminski's plane, where he had been scheduled to fly at the Fourth of July festivities.
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Kaminski as Romantic Hero

Date: 05 1913
Description: John Kaminski, his Curtiss pusher, and a young admirer.
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Kaminski on the Exhibition Circuit

Date: 08 30 1913
Description: Exhibition pilot John Kaminski preparing to take off at High Point. Here Kaminski is waiting for the engine to warm up; once it is ready he will signal to ...
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Curtiss Hydroplane in San Diego Bay

Date: 1912
Description: An unsuccessful test of Glenn Curtiss' hydroplane in San Diego Bay. The pilot about to be rescued is thought to be Milwaukee's John Kaminski.
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Theodore Roosevelt with Art Smith

Date: 1915
Description: Former President Theodore Roosevelt with pilot Art Smith and his Curtiss Pusher at the Panama Pacific International Exposition.
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Katherine Stinson

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Description: Katherine Stinson ready for flight.

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