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Shawano Airport

Date: 1951
Description: Shawano Municipal Airport and airport managers Jack and Dorothy Wussow. In 1954 the Wussows gave up cold weather flying to become managers of an airport i...
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Airplane Crash

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: A Cessna 140 airplane, which crash landed on Lake Mendota. The pilot, Harold Guehrer, and passenger John Koeppel, both from Milwaukee, were injured.
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Merry Christmas

Date: 1935
Description: Holiday card of four children flying in an airplane with Christmas trees painted on the wings and bells on the tail. They are flying over a snow-covered la...
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Season's Greetings

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card showing Navy Pier in Chicago. There is snow on the ground, the lake is frozen and two lines of planes are flying overhead forming a "V" patter...
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"Prospy" Greeting Card from Russia

Date: 1913
Description: Russian greeting card, with a cut-out front, of the IHC logo and evergreen branches with pine cones. Inside the tri-folded card is an image of "Prospy" fly...
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Fokker Trimotor F-10 Deluxe

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Description: Left side aerial view of a Fokker Trimotor F-10 'Deluxe' in flight with mountains in the background. The airplane was owned by Richfield Oil. The tail iden...
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Lockheed Vega 1

Date: 1928
Description: Right side view of a Lockheed Vega 1 sitting in the snow. The tail identifier reads: "X3903." The airplane is equipped with a 220hp Wright J-5 engine. Capt...

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