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The "Spirit of St. Louis"

Date: 1928
Description: Charles Lindbergh's airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," while visiting Madison.
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Arrival of the "Spirit of St. Louis"

Date: 1928
Description: The landing of the "Spirit of St. Louis," carrying Charles Lindbergh.
Postcard

Steamship "Christopher Columbus" (Whaleback)

Date: 1912
Description: The passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," entering harbor. Caption reads: "Steamship 'Christopher Columbus' (Whaleback), Entering Harbor at ...
Postcard

Mine Disaster

Date: 11 13 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of people gathering around an air shaft of a mine in after a mining disaster. Caption reads: "(?) at Mine Disaster showing wrecked ai...
Postcard

Scene at Mine Disaster

Date: 11 13 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of people walking to the mine (in the distance) after a disaster. Caption reads: "Scene at Mine Disaster, Cherry,...
Photograph

Ruins, Royal Airport Hangar

Date: 08 16 1932
Description: People looking at the ruins of the Royal Airport hangar and office after a fire. Viewed from the southwest.
Photograph

Crowd Watching Feed Grinder Demonstration

Date: 1923
Description: A man surrounded by onlookers is pouring a bag of feed into a grinder powered by an International Harvester stationary engine. A man in the background is w...
Photograph

4-H Club Parade Float

Date: 1930
Description: A group of young women at an International Harvester factory (most likely McCormick Works) ride on a parade float reading "Welcome 4-H Club Champions, Inte...
Photograph

Launching the Charles C. West

Date: 07 08 1925
Description: Elevated view of the ship the Charles C. West splashing into the Manitowoc River with a large crowd gathered to watch.
Photograph

Graf Zeppelin

Date: 
Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd surrounding the Graf Zeppelin inside a hangar. (It was named after the German pioneer of airships, Ferdinand von Zeppelin...
Photograph

Sulphur Well and Natural Gas

Date: 1909
Description: A crowd observes a sulphur well and natural gas at Toyah Basin, the location of the discovery of Permian gypsum deposits in 1854.
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Burning Oil Tank

Date: 
Description: An oil tank burns in an oil field, probably in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where the first oil well was constructed in 1859. In total, 35,000 barrels burned...
Photograph

Dancing Ojibwa

Date: 1938
Description: An Ojibwa man on a platform dancing for spectators. The dancer is wearing a feather war bonnet, leather vest, arm band, fringed buckskin leggings, moccasin...
Photograph

Ojibwa Dancer

Date: 1938
Description: An Ojibwa man in on a stage dancing for spectators. The man is wearing a feather war bonnet, a beaded apron, leather moccasins, and ankle bells. An Ojibwa ...
Photograph

Market View in Libya

Date: 01 1938
Description: View of the marketplace in Misurata, Libya.
Photograph

Farm Equipment Workers Union Mass Meeting

Date: 11 05 1945
Description: Elevated view of members of the Farm Equipment Workers Union meeting in a parking lot of the McCormick Works factory located at the corner of Oakley and Bl...
Photograph

Depot and Train

Date: 
Description: View down side of railroad tracks of locomotive pulling into the Belmont train station. A group of children stands at the platform.
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High Dive

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a crowd watching a diver who has launched himself from a high ladder supported by guy wires. The railing around a small pool is visible on...
Historical Object

Manchester Massacre Handkerchief

Date: 1819
Description: A commemorative handkerchief created by a wood engraving on white cotton fabric. The scene is the Manchester Reform Meeting, in England. A crowd of demonst...
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George Bush Campaign

Date: 10 31 1992
Description: "George Bush Campaign Train visits Lomira."

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