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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...
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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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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.
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of the Lawson plant. At least 18 people are working in the large, open room. Belt-driven machinery is attached to the rafters of the open cei...
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Practical Aeronautics

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for Alfred Lawson, declaring that he is "Designer and Navigator of the First Airliner." Background image shows the Lawson Air Liner flying. I...
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Alfred Lawson and Group with Lawson M.T.2

Date: 1917
Description: Alfred Lawson and two men pose with a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2), which is parked outside a hangar. Lawson is wearing a leather flight suit and partia...
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Alfred Lawson and Group in Tractor Biplane

Date: 1917
Description: Alfred Lawson is seated in the rear compartment of a Lawson Tractor Biplane, which is parked in a field. A man in a suit is seated in the front compartment...
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Lawson Air Liner with Passengers

Date: 1919
Description: A group of well-dressed men and women stand in front of a Lawson Air Liner, which is parked in a field. One man is wearing a military uniform. Another man ...
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Alfred Lawson With Mrs. John Pfingsten

Date: 08 22 1919
Description: Alfred Lawson shaking hands with a woman, identified elsewhere as "Mrs. John Pfingsten, wife of one of the Lawson company stockholders," who subsequently c...
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Mrs. John Pfingsten Christens the Lawson Air Liner

Date: 08 22 1919
Description: A woman, identified elsewhere as "Mrs. John Pfingsten, wife of one of the Lawson company stockholders" is preparing to christen the Lawson Air Liner. A man...
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Group Portrait of Alfred Lawson and Men

Date: 1919
Description: Alfred Lawson standing in the center of a large group of men, many of whom are wearing work clothes. Behind them is a Lawson Air Liner.
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Lawson Air Liner and Bystanders

Date: 1919
Description: A Lawson Air Liner parked near a hangar. Men in uniforms are in the background, and suggest this could be a military base. Several people are standing near...
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Group of People with Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Several people are standing in the foreground, with a Lawson Air Liner behind them. Through the cockpit door, the pilot's seat and safety belt are visible.
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Group Portrait Near Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Several people, including Alfred Lawson, posing in front of a Lawson Air Liner. Some of the men are wearing suits, others are wearing work clothes.
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Alfred Lawson and Group with Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Alfred Lawson standing with his arms folded, between Giovanni "John" Carisi and another man. Behind them, other men are standing near a Lawson Air Liner.
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Alfred Lawson and Women Inside Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Alfred Lawson is sitting with three women inside the cabin of a Lawson Air Liner.
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Military Personnel and Civilians near Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Several people are standing near a Lawson Air Liner. A number of people are wearing military uniforms, and others are wearing civilian clothes. Buildings a...
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Unidentified Man and Woman Near Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: An unidentified man and woman posing in front of a Lawson Air Liner. Several men are pushing the plane backwards by the wings.
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Alfred Lawson Comparing Palmer and Goodyear Cord Aero Tyres

Date: 1920
Description: Alfred Lawson standing behind a Palmer cord aero tyre, which is sitting next to a smaller Goodyear cord tire. The smaller Goodyear tire was used for Lawson...
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Alfred Lawson with Newton Baker and Children

Date: 09 21 1919
Description: Alfred Lawson standing and talking to United States Secretary of War Newton Baker. Lawson is holding Baker's daughter Betty in his arms, and Baker's son is...

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