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| 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... |
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| Description: | Commemorative Civil War roster of First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, Wisconsin Hussars Squadron "G." Depicts "Our Country as it was in 1860" with ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while using a tripod stand to write. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstacle ... |
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| Description: | A farming couple pose together on the steps of a building with a sod roof in Nordfjord country. In the background is a lake and a mountain on the far shore... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Jack Vilas & Weaver." View along front of seaplane, with two men sitting inside. Both men have goggles. Water is in the background. |
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| Description: | A man, perhaps the pilot, is standing in front of a seaplane. The plane is sitting in an open-sided building, with a view of water in the background. |
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| Description: | Four scenes of Trout Lake. The top left shows a man surveying on the shoreline of a lake. Handwritten text reads: "PA. MacDonald, Trout Lake 1910." The top... |
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| Description: | Jack Vilas standing on a pier partially submerged in the water. He is wearing a coat, pilot's cap, and goggles on his head. A seaplane is floating in the w... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Typewritten note on Royal Hawaiian stationery reads: "Royal Hawaiian, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, Washington D.C. war correspondent ... |
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