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Scene Still from A Girl of Yesterday

Date: 1915
Description: Donald Crisp, aviator Glenn Martin, and Mary Pickford in the 1915 silent comedy A Girl of Yesterday (Famous Players-Lasky, 1915). Martin is wearing ...
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Polio Victims

Date: 08 02 1951
Description: Bonnie Wainscott (left), age 16, and her mother Mrs. Grace Wainscott are greeted by Francis M. Higgins, President of Wisconsin Central Airlines. The Wainsc...
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The United States Mail via the Modern Airliner

Date: 1919
Description: Slightly elevated view of men loading bags marked "U.S. Mail" from a truck into a Lawson Airliner No. 2. Alfred Lawson in his flight gear is standing on a ...
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Lawson Plant Exterior

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field across pond towards Alfred Lawson's aircraft plant, with buildings and smokestacks. Men are working with a pile of lumber on the l...
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Lawson Airplane Company Plant

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field of a long brick Lawson plant building with a smokestack. Several automobiles are parked near the plant on the left, and on the rig...
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Alfred Lawson in Flight Suit

Date: 1917
Description: Full-length portrait of Alfred Lawson standing in a field in leather flight gear. This is around the time the Lawson Aircraft Company built the Military Tr...
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Alfred Lawson and Group with Lawson M.T.2

Date: 1917
Description: Alfred Lawson and two men pose with a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2), which is parked outside a hangar. Lawson is wearing a leather flight suit and partia...
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Alfred Lawson and Group in Tractor Biplane

Date: 1917
Description: Alfred Lawson is seated in the rear compartment of a Lawson Tractor Biplane, which is parked in a field. A man in a suit is seated in the front compartment...
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Lawson Air Liner with Crew

Date: 1919
Description: Three men in work uniforms stand next to a Lawson Air Liner, which is parked in a field. A fourth man is seated in the cockpit.
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Lawson Air Liner with Passengers

Date: 1919
Description: A group of well-dressed men and women stand in front of a Lawson Air Liner, which is parked in a field. One man is wearing a military uniform. Another man ...
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Lawson Air Liner with Crew

Date: 1919
Description: Four men pose with a Lawson Air Liner, which is parked in a field. One is wearing what might be a flight jacket. Another is seated on the wooden steps lead...
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Lawson Tractor Biplane with Crew

Date: 1917
Description: Rear view of a Lawson Tractor Biplane, which is parked in a field. The flight crew stands and sits to the right of the plane. Alfred Lawson is in the cente...
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Lawson Tractor Biplane

Date: 1917
Description: A Lawson Tractor Biplane is parked in a field, in profile.
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Alfred Lawson in Tractor Biplane

Date: 1917
Description: Alfred Lawson is seated in the rear compartment of a Lawson Tractor Biplane. The front compartment passenger is barely visible. A farm is in the distance.
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Alfred Lawson and Group with Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Group portrait of Alfred Lawson, who is sitting in the cockpit of a Lawson Air Liner, with three men standing nearby. The propellers of the plane are in mo...
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Lawson Air Liner in Flight

Date: 1919
Description: A Lawson Air Liner is shown in flight above a field. In the foreground, several people stand along a fence, watching the plane.
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Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: A Lawson Air Liner in a field, with a cloud of dust under the fuselage, suggesting that the plane is in motion.
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Lawson Air Liner in Flight

Date: 1919
Description: A Lawson Air Liner is in flight over a field.
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Alfred Lawson With Mrs. John Pfingsten

Date: 08 22 1919
Description: Alfred Lawson shaking hands with a woman, identified elsewhere as "Mrs. John Pfingsten, wife of one of the Lawson company stockholders," who subsequently c...
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Lawson Air Liner With Crew

Date: 1919
Description: A Lawson Air Liner is parked outdoors, with three men posing next to the cockpit.

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