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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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Corben Airplane and Circus Performers

Date: 07 29 1933
Description: A group of circus performers pose outdoors with a Corben airplane. The tall Man is Jack Earle, and one of the little people is probably Lia Graf.
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"Test Pilot"

Date: 1938
Description: A publicity still featuring the lead actors in "Test Pilot," an MGM 1938 motion picture release. "Test Pilot" was the story of a reckless commercial test p...
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"Air Circus" Product Placement

Date: 1928
Description: "Air Circus" (Fox 1928) is the story of two flight school cadets (only David Rollins is pictured) and an accomplished aviatrix, Sue Carol, who can fly ring...
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"Men with Wings"

Date: 1938
Description: Beaver Dam's favorite son Fred MacMurray (right) co-starred with Ray Milland and Louise Campbell in "Men with Wings," a 1938 Paramount release that traced ...
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Tall-Tale Postcard: Santa on a Bi-Plane

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of Santa Claus and his reindeer riding on the top wing of a bi-plane. More sacks of toys and wrapped gifts are on the lower wing. Buildings an...
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Santa Parade

Date: 11 27 1948
Description: In front of Manchester's Department Store, Santa Claus waves to the children from his yellow Ercoupe airplane as he rides in a parade sponsored by the Madi...
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Plane Crash Scene Still for "Foreign Correspondent"

Date: 1940
Description: Six people crawl out of an airplane that is in the water. The scene is part of the film "Foreign Correspondent."
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Plane Crash Scene Still for "Foreign Correspondent"

Date: 1940
Description: Scene still of a crashed airplane in the water from the film "Foreign Correspondent." Water is bursting through the screen.
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Plane Crash Scene Still from "Foreign Correspondent"

Date: 1940
Description: Scene still of people crawling out of and on an airplane in the water from the film "Foreign Correspondent." In the background is a rear projection screen ...
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Lyndon Johnson Greeted at Airport

Date: 10 30 1964
Description: President Lyndon Johnson accompanied by Governor John Reynolds and Senator Gaylord Nelson is greeted at Mitchell International Airport by girls dressed in ...

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