Photograph
Pesticide Spraying
| Loading an airplane with calcium arsenate in order to spray for the hemlock looper pest in Peninsula State Park. This is believed to be the first such use of aviation. Little is known about pilot Les Smith whose name appears under the rear seat, but he seems to have lived the rootless life typical of many young pilots during the 1920s and 1930s. We do know that he flew charters for Midwest Air Transport out of Madison and that he became an airmail pilot with Northwest Airways. Other photographs of this plane suggest Smith was also associated with the Decatur Aircraft Company in Illinois. |
| Image ID: | 10989 |
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| Creation Date: | 1925 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Hemlock Looper Dusting, Door County, Wisconsin, 1926 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6159.31 |
| Original Dimensions: | 6 x 4.5 inches |
| Forests and forestry |
| Airplanes |
| Outdoor photography |
| Fields (Agriculture) |
| Signs and symbols |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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