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Brookins and Wright Airplane

Date:	07 1910
Description:	Walter Brookins, a boyhood friend of the Wright Brothers, flying a Wright airplane over the ocean at Atlantic City. Brookins set numerous records for altit...

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Under Water Packing Crate Escape

Date:	1914
Description:	Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Hungary and raised as Erich Weiss in Appleton, Wisconsin, preparing to do one of his famous escapes, this time from a sub...

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