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Madison Royal Airport Repair Shop

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: The repair shop of the Morey Airplane Company at Royal Airport in Madison. Only months after this picture was taken, Howard Morey lost both his hangar and ...
Photograph

Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
Photograph

Phantom II BLC Component

Date: 1965
Description: A man works on a component of the boundary layer control system, used to reign in the Phantom II jet's horsepower for landing at slow speeds.
Photograph

Truck with Cargomatic

Date: 1970
Description: Color photo of an International truck carrying prepacked airline food to Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 airplane. A man in the foreground gestures t...
Photograph

International Harvester Scout with Lift Platform

Date: 1970
Description: Color photo of an International Scout with a man in a lift platform raised up to the tail of a Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 parked at an airport.
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

Lawson M.T.2 Wing Panels Assembly

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

Lawson M.T.2 — Fusilage

Date: 1917
Description: Left side of the fuselage of a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) in a hangar. In the background are tools, parts and work benches.
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the interior of the Lawson plant, a large open room with exposed ceiling and windows lining both walls. Part of the fuselage for a Lawson ...
Photograph

Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the Lawson machine shop, with two Lawson engines, one housed in part of a fuselage, the other set on a wooden support. A long wooden frame is i...

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