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| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a tail skid attached to the rear of a Lawson Air Liner. The fuselage structure is inverted and set on wooden supports. A cloth is in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Several men paint and prepare wing assembly sections for a Lawson Air Liner. In the background more men are working at a table. Alfred Lawson is standing t... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Exterior plates being attached to a Lawson Air Liner. Two men are crouching underneath the cockpit. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A Lawson Air Liner under construction at the Milwaukee plant. The cockpit and cabin have been enclosed with exterior plates, and the tail structure is visi... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Two images: at the top is a Lawson Air Liner parked outdoors near a hangar; and at the bottom are passengers and crew members standing in front of the airp... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of the structure of the Lawson Air Liner, possibly in the tail assembly. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Tail assembly (empennage) for the Lawson Air Liner, with tail fins attached. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of the tail assembly (empennage) of a Lawson Air Liner, with the fins and tail skid attached. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | The plating for the tail assembly of a Lawson Air Liner has been attached. The cabin is completed, and the wing structure is partially assembled. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view of the front a Lawson Air Liner after plating and glass have been attached to the cabin and the tail. Part of the wing structure is atta... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Close-up of the interior structure of a Lawson Air Liner tail assembly. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | The interior structure of a Lawson Air Liner sitting in a plant, probably in Milwaukee. The tail assembly (empennage) and cabin have been attached, and the... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of a seat for the Lawson Air Liner. The seat appears to be wicker, with a leather backrest and a cushion. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Close-up of the cockpit structure for a Lawson Air Liner, including the steering wheels and a chair set on boxes. The overall quality of the cockpit sugges... |
| Date: | 09 20 1920 |
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| Description: | Photograph of Alfred Lawson's telegram confirming that Otto Praeger, second assistant United States Postmaster General, had received Alfred Lawson's air ma... |
| Date: | 09 14 1920 |
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| Description: | Letter from Phil A. Grau, Business Manager for the Milwaukee Association of Commerce, to the Secretary of State for Illinois (Louis L. Emmerson), endorsing... |
| Date: | 09 13 1920 |
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| Description: | Letter to Alfred Lawson from Otto Praeger, the second assistant Postmaster General, accepting Lawson's proposals for carrying air mail along three routes: ... |
| Date: | 06 26 1919 |
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| Description: | Map outlining Alfred Lawson's plan for airmail delivery routes across the United States, including several stops in Wisconsin. The accompanying text reads:... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| 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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