Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | Alfred W. Lawson (second from right) and his employees in front of his South Milwaukee factory with the center section of his new airplane, the Lawson Midn... |
Date: | 1921 |
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Description: | The completed Lawson L-4, the second and larger airplane designed and built by Alfred Lawson in Milwaukee in 1920. Not only was Lawson's airliner intended ... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Wilbur Wright, in the bowler hat, preparing the Flyer for the conclusion of the test required to win a U.S. Army contract. The 1908 demonstration had been ... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Workers in the General Assembly Department of the Wright Brothers' airplane factory. |
Date: | 05 21 1927 |
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Description: | Charles Lindbergh in Paris, posed by the "Spirit of St. Louis," Ryan monoplane in which he flew solo across the Atlantic. Clearly visible is the plane's Cu... |
Date: | 05 20 1927 |
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Description: | Charles Lindbergh receiving encouragement from an unidentified spectator as the "Spirit of St. Louis" is prepared for take off. Described by some as a fly... |
Date: | |
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Description: | A tea party on an airplane, a publicity stunt conceived by Harry Bruno to promote his Cleveland-area airline, Aeromarine Airlines. By taking local reporter... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Lincoln Beachey's Curtiss Pusher and the crates in which the airplane was transported by rail to the Sheboygan fairgrounds. At the time, Lincoln Beachey wa... |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | Commercial pilot Dave Behnke, who later headed Airline Pilots Association, signing for a load of airmail. After service as a pilot during World War I, Behn... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | John Schwister and his home-built airplane, "the Minnesota Badger," at the Langlade County Fairgrounds. |
Date: | 1925 |
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Description: | The second Sheboygan airport was built by owner Anton Brotz, Sr. after a fire destroyed his first hangar. Brotz is photographed here with his son, Anton, J... |
Date: | 1929 |
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Description: | A Loening Amphibian, one of three such airplanes in which the Kohler Aviation Company provided passenger service from Milwaukee across Lake Michigan. |
Date: | 1928 |
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Description: | The groundbreaking ceremony for the new airport hangar at Wausau. Governor Fred R. Zimmerman, who can be seen on the right, (elevated above the crowd and w... |
Date: | |
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Description: | Pilot Louis Kakuk, manager of the Manitowoc Airport, with his Waco airplane. Kakuk's career followed a typical pattern for aviators, moving from the freewh... |
Date: | 1933 |
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Description: | An unidentified photograph thought to be of a National Aeronautics Association cross-country flight. The identified individuals are Steve Wittman of Oshkos... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | An exhibition airplane on display inside a tent at Dixon, Illinois, thought to be a "Red Devil," plane designed by Thomas A. Baldwin. |
Date: | 09 25 1912 |
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Description: | Lincoln Beachey, the best known aviator of the exhibition era, performed in Wisconsin with his Curtiss Pusher airplane on numerous occasions. This postcar... |
Date: | 1947 |
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Description: | William Brennand of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Brennand piloted Steve Wittman's "Buster" to victory in the 1947 National Air Races. This photograph is from the co... |
Date: | 1947 |
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Description: | The winner of the Goodyear Trophy, Steve Wittman of Oshkosh (on the right) with pilot William Brennand (holding the trophy). With them are Paul Litchfield ... |
Date: | 09 1925 |
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Description: | Harry Bruno (second from the left), publicist for airplane builder Anthony Fokker, during the first Ford Air Reliability tour with Paul Smith, Bryce Goldsb... |
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