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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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Brochure Image for Invincible Cabin Monoplane

Date: 1929
Description: An advertising brochure for the Invincible Cabin Monoplane, an airplane briefly manufactured by the Invincible Metal Furniture Company of Manitowoc. Text o...
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Morey Airplane Co. Personnel

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: Group portrait of Morey Airplane Co. personnel, with five people. Standing left to right: Winston Smith, mechanic, Frank McCormick, pilot and shop super, A...
Photograph

Consolidated Paper War Work

Date: 03 03 1944
Description: Consolidated Paper executive Jim Plzak (in the suit), watches as workers pull laminate from the Number #1 press at the Consolidated Paper Company. The lam...
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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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Solar Division Craftsmen at Work

Date: 1967
Description: Technicians are working in a clean-room in the Solar Division of International Harvester. Original caption reads: "Much of the precise beryllium machining ...
Photograph

Air Power Banquet

Date: 11 01 1960
Description: Maj. Alexander de Seversky (right), speaker at the Air Power banquet at the Wisconsin Memorial Union, speaks with Donald Alexander and Marian Alexander.
Postcard

Lawson MT2. Tail Skid

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard with a close-up shot of the tail skid Alfred Lawson designed for his Military Tractor 2 (MT2), one of his first airplane designs.
Postcard

Lawson MT2. General Layout-Controlls [sic]

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing the general layout of the controls for the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2).
Postcard

Lawson M.T.2 "Pyrene" Holder for Passenger Seat

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing a close-up of the holder Lawson designed for passenger seats on his Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
Postcard

Three Quarter Front Motor Mounting & Cabane

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing the motor mounting and cabane for Alfred Lawson's Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
Postcard

Rear View Motor Mounting

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing the motor mounting in Alfred Lawson's Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
Postcard

Three Quarter Top View — Front Half Fuselage

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing the front half of fuselage for the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
Postcard

Unidenitifed Lawson M.T.2 Detail

Date: 1917
Description: Photograph postcard showing detail of an unidentified part of the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2), possibly either the wing or the aileron.
Postcard

Fuselage Stern Post

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing the stern post for the fuselage of the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
Postcard

Lawson M.T.2 Engine Mounting

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing details of the engine mounting on the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
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Lawson M.T.2 Tachometer Half Time Gear

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing detail of the tachometer for the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
Postcard

Lawson M.T.2 Landing Chassis Tie-Tubes Streamlining Case

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing detail of the landing chassis for the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
Postcard

Lawson Assembly Hangar

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing the assembly hangar for the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
Postcard

3/4 Top View

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard three-quarter top view of the engine mounting and front cabin for the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).

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