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| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Group of farmers observe and participate in a farm auction. |
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| Description: | Immigrants buying tickets at Ellis Island. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh's airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," while visiting Madison. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Madison admirers gather around Charles Lindbergh upon his arrival in the city. This photograph is believed to have been taken in 1928 when Lindbergh return... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The landing of the "Spirit of St. Louis," carrying Charles Lindbergh. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The "Spirit of St. Louis," flown by Charles Lindbergh, was the first airplane to fly non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927. Lindbergh returned to Madison... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View from stands of crowd gathered for the arrival of Charles Lindbergh and his famed airplane the "Spirit of St. Louis". |
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| Description: | Elevated view from railing of immigrants boarding a ferry to depart Ellis Island. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a locomotive collision at the Wisconsin State Fair. This was a much advertised spectacle. |
| Date: | 09 11 1955 |
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| Description: | The crowd at "Air Progress Day," an air show sponsored by the Waukesha Aviation Club. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A balloon about to ascend in Minneapolis. John Schwister, who later built the Minnesota-Badger airplane, is in the front of the gondola, with his back to t... |
| 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: | 1911 |
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| Description: | John Schwister and his home-built airplane, "the Minnesota Badger," at the Langlade County Fairgrounds. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 05 16 1959 |
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| Description: | A crowd waiting to get a glimpse inside a military jet on display at an air show at Truax Field. The air show was part of the Armed Forces Day celebration ... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | A Hamilton Metalplane, which was manufactured by the Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Co. of Milwaukee, at the Milwaukee County Airport. |
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