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Not Street Legal
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Milwaukee police Sergeant Edward Daily explains to Leland Bryan that his Roadable Aircraft, a combination airplane and automobile, may not be driven on Milwaukee's streets. A crowd watches from a nearby window and others gather on the sidewalk to see the unusual vehicle parked in front of the Milwaukee Journal building at 333 W. State Street.
August 31, 1957
Bauer, Richard Francis, 1930-2022
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Kolmar Laboratories
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Miller Block
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Butterfly Theater
circa 1930 -- 1939
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