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Photograph

Iowa's First Flyer

Date:	03 1909
Description:	Carl S. Bates, a young inventor from Clear Lake, Iowa, about to race the Buick owned by Louis Strang on the beach at Daytona Beach. Bates originally chall...

Photograph

Airplane Coverage of the Milwaukee Grand Prize Race

Date:	10 05 1912
Description:	Photojournalist Fred Wagner covered the 1912 Milwaukee Grand Prize automobile race (later called the American Grand Prix) from Farnum Fish's airplane. The ...

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