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Aerial View of Cicero Field

Date: 1912
Description: Cicero Field, the airfield operated by the Aero Club of Illinois, as photographed by DeLloyd Thompson from a Wright plane that was piloted by Jesse Brabazo...
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McCormick Works

Date: 1911
Description: International Harvester's McCormick Works on the river with railroad tracks and a cargo dock. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Com...
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Aerial View of River in Town

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view of town, with a river and the horizon in the distance.
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Aerial View of Isthmus

Date: 1919
Description: Aerial view from King Street looking southwest to the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Aerial View of Downtown and Monona Bay

Date: 1919
Description: Aerial view with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the foreground, and the tip of Monona Bay and Lake Wingra to the left, with horizon stretching into the dis...
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Aerial View of Capitol Square

Date: 1919
Description: Aerial view of the Capitol Square and surrounding area. Lake Monona and Lake Wingra are in the background.
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Aerial View of Green Bay

Date: 1912
Description: Aerial View of Green Bay shoreline.
Postcard

Wisconsin State Prison

Date: 1915
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Prison. Caption reads: "Aerial View, Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wis."
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Elevated View of City — Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company" and "Feb. 1915". Text on right reads: "The Heart of Oshkosh. This birds-eye view represents about one...
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U.S. Government and War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition grounds at Grant Park.
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Lake Wingra

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view looking toward Lake Wingra. In the foreground is the Yawkey-Crowley Lumber Yard. The company built it's warehouse at 1542 Monroe Street between...
Postcard

Allis-Chalmer's Company

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view of the factory surrounded by fields, roads, and several houses, as well as the railroad tracks that go around the building. Caption reads: "Wes...
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Aerial View of Agricultural Buildings

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial View of University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture. Lake Mendota with Picnic Point is in the background.
Postcard

Elevated View of Crivitz

Date: 1911
Description: Reprint of a postcard of an aerial view from 1911, done for the Crivitz Centennial. Caption reads: "Crivitz, WI — 1911."
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view along river toward Darlington. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View, Darlington, Wis."
Postcard

Lawson M.T.2 — Taken in Flight by Jno Carisi

Date: 1917
Description: View over the wing of a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) in flight. Below are houses and what may be a river or lake. Location is unknown, but is probably n...
Postcard

Lawson M.T.2 — Taken in Flight by Jno Carisi

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard of a view under the wing of a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) in flight. Below is a field and beyond are buildings and a body of wate...
Postcard

Lawson M.T.2 — Green Bay. Taken in Flight by Jno Carisi

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing of a view behind the wing of a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2). Below are fields and in the distance are houses. The photogra...
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The Isthmus

Date: 1919
Description: Aerial view looking north over Lake Monona towards the Wisconsin State Capitol on the isthmus. Lake Mendota is in the background.
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Aerial View of International Harvester Plant

Date: 1918
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester plant.

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