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Rodgers' Vin Fiz

Date: 1912
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...
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Life Saving Crew Entering Boat

Date: 1908
Description: Group of men on a life saving crew launching a rowboat into Lake Michigan. A long pier with a lighthouse at the end bisects the horizon. Caption reads: "Li...
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Curtiss Flying Boat at Trout Lake

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline of Trout Lake of a group of six men posed with the pilot, possibly Jack Vilas, on an early seaplane or flying boat floating in the wate...
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Lawson M.T.2 in Field

Date: 1918
Description: REar view from left side of a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) in a field. Three men are standing near the airplane, with one of the men leaning against the...

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