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Description: | John L. Lewis, in miner's hat, after West Frankfort, Illinois, mine disaster. |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Calbraith Perry Rodgers, with a cigar characteristically clenched in his jaw, was the first man to fly across the United States. He undertook this flight i... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister i... |
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Description: | Astronaut Donald K. Slayton of Sparta, Wisconsin. Slayton enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 at age 18 and flew 56 combat missions in B-25s during Worl... |
Date: | 09 23 1936 |
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Description: | A glamour portrait of aviator Beryl Markham inscribed to her publicist Harry Bruno. Markham, a former Kenyan bush pilot, had recently completed (but just b... |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | "She's Ready to Defend America," a portrait of Georgette Louise Meyer (aka Dickey Chapelle), as a member of the Women Flyers of America, an organization fo... |
Date: | 06 17 1932 |
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Description: | Portrait of Mary Wright (Mrs. H. Foster) Bain, who flew her own airplane from her home in Newark, N.J. to her University of Wisconsin reunion. She is posin... |
Date: | 09 06 1931 |
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Description: | John Siggelko, age 90, and pilot Louis Wuilleumier standing in front of the airplane that took Mr. Siggelko for a ride over Madison and his old farm home a... |
Date: | 1934 |
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Description: | The state bee inspector (probably the man on the left), and a Dane County farmer. |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | A man, possibly an International Harvester factory worker, poses for a photograph wearing eye protection goggles. |
Date: | 1958 |
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Description: | Construction worker Buddis Stone at the site of the Mammoth Pool Dam along the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Stone bored holes for expl... |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | Clarence Russell leaning next to a Jenny bi-plane, wearing aviator gear. This was the first airplane to land on Madeline Island. |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | The photographer J. Robert Taylor posing outdoors with his motorcycle in front of a large cannon. The cannon is mounted on a low pedestal and is enclosed b... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Front view of the photographer J. Robert Taylor on his motorcycle. |
Date: | 07 18 1937 |
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Description: | Roundy Coughlin handing Madison soap box derby champion Ken Johnson, age 15, the M.E. Coyle trophy while the crowd applauds in the background. The rac... |
Date: | 1939 |
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Description: | Dickey Chapelle, in a helmet and goggles, poses next to another pilot in front of an airplane. |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Farmer standing outdoors among corn shocks. He is holding a small dog in his arms, and is wearing work gloves and a hat. |
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Description: | Dickey Chapelle getting into a small airplane. She is wearing a pilot's helmet, goggles and a scarf, and is carrying a parachute. |
Date: | 09 27 1953 |
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Description: | Richard and Ruth Shackleford posing with a prize white mink outside of the small animal house at 2105 Herrick Drive. Richard, a member of the U.W. genetics... |
Date: | 10 1984 |
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Description: | Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries. |
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