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Reliability Tour
1928
Race winners John P. Wood and Archie Towell, both of Wausau, during the National Air Reliability Tour's stop in Wausau.
Wausau Airport Groundbreaking
1928
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new airport hangar at Wausau. Governor Fred R. Zimmerman, who can be seen on the right, (elevated above the crowd and wearing a dark coat and hat) had flown ther...
Manitowoc Airport Manager
circa 1930 -- 1939
Pilot Louis Kakuk, manager of the Manitowoc Airport, with his Waco airplane. Kakuk's career followed a typical pattern for aviators, moving from the freewheeling existence of a barnstormer to the m...
Schwister's Minnesota-Badger
1912
John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister is unidentified.
Edgewood High School Football Banquet
December 5, 1954
Receiving trophies at the Edgewood High School football banquet are: Dick Pope, left, winner of the Tom Hoffman Trophy, and at right, George Chryst, winner of the Tom McCormick Trophy. At center is...
Thomas McCormick Memorial Award Winner
December 9, 1951
Tom Haen, who excelled in football, basketball and high jumping, as well as being an excellent student, poses with the traveling trophy as the first winner of the Thomas McCormick Memorial Award at...
