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Schwister's Minnesota-Badger

Date: 1912
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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Manitowoc Airport Manager

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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...
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Curtiss Airplane and Glenn Martin

Date: 1909
Description: Glenn Martin, who would become one of the great names in the airplane construction industry, in a Curtiss Pusher during the early days of his career in Cal...
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Two men harvesting cranberries with cranberry rakes in Wisconsin marshes. There is a barge near them on the right.
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Prisoner of War Working in Cranberry Marsh

Date: 1945
Description: German Prisoner of War stationed in Wisconsin Rapids working on the A.E. Bennett and Sons Cranberry Marsh. He is spraying the cranberry crop with either an...
Postcard

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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90 H.P. WACO

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Description: Aerial view of a WACO 10 (sometimes referred to as WACO 90 because of its horsepower) in flight, with two other WACO planes trailing in the background. Fie...
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Sport WACO Transcontinental Race Team

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Description: Aerial view of three WACO ATO (10-T Taperwing) biplanes in flight. The wing identifiers of the two planes furthest to the right read: "7527" and "5673" (le...

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