click zoom to display a high-res image
Robert Grilley Receiving Prize
Image
Robert Grilley, holding his model airplane, receiving first place mahogany plaque in Junior Division of "Jimmy Allen" model airplane races at Royal Airport. He is surrounded by a crowd and three adult officials.
July 14, 1935
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
Publication Information
Physical Description
Collection Information
Copyright Information
W0120SH
WHi 15800
Image
Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
Crowd at Royal Airport
July 14, 1935
View across field towards a crowd at Royal Airport for Jimmie Allen model airplane flight contest and Air Circus at Royal Airport.
Airplanes at Madison Airport
June 14, 1930
Two airplanes in the air over the Madison Airport, Coolidge Avenue, between North Street and Kedzie Street.
Airplanes at Madison Airport
June 14, 1930
View from inside a building, perhaps a hangar, towards five airplanes, standing at starting line, at Madison Airport, Coolidge Avenue between North Street and Kedzie Street.
Model Airplane Builders Club
June 1, 1934
Group portrait of members of a vocational school model airplane builders club, each holding a model airplane with a diagram of a cambered aerofoil from a cross-section of a U.S. Army airplane rib.
Midwest Air Transport Airplanes
June 14, 1930
View from inside building towards a row of Midwest Air Transport airplanes on the tarmac at Madison Airport.
