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Lee with Passenger
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Clyde Allen Lee (left), who grew up in Larsen, Wisconsin, and John Bochkon, a last-minute passenger, before they took off to attempt a trans-Atlantic flight to Oslo, Norway. Their plane disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean.
1932
Lee, Clyde Allen
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Lee and Stinson Airplane
1932
A publicity photograph of Clyde Allen Lee of Larsen, Wisconsin, standing beside the Stinson airplane he rebuilt to attempt a trans-Atlantic crossing to Oslo, Norway. Lee's airplane disappeared over...
Lee's Oshkosh Airplane
1932
In order to undertake a trans-Atlantic flight to Norway, Clyde Allen Lee sought financial support from the local Oshkosh clothing company. The sign painted on the side reads: "Oshkosh B'Gosh Over A...
Earhart Endorsement
1928
A newspaper advertisement prepared by the Foote, Cone and Belding agency for the American Tobacco Co. The ad features a product endorsement for Lucky Strike cigarettes by Amelia Earhart, America's...
Lee Tracy
1932
Lee Tracy as gossip columnist Al Roberts in a publicity still for "Blessed Event" (WB, 1932).
Wisconsin River
1932
A view, looking west, from the bridge over the Wisconsin River at Lone Rock. A ledge has been cut into the bluff on the left to accommodate County Highway I, now State Highway 133.
Young Andreas Larsen Dahl
1860
Studio portrait of the young Andreas Larsen Dahl taken in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, before he immigrated to the United States in 1869. Dahl was born in Valdres, Norway, in 1844 and worked as ...
