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Schwister's Minnesota-Badger

Date: 1912
Description: John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister i...
Photograph

Jesse Brabazon in a Wright Model B

Date: 10 08 1912
Description: Jesse Brabazon of Delavan, Wisconsin, in a Wright Model B following an emergency landing at Cicero Field in Chicago. Inspecting the faulty propeller that c...
Photograph

Biplane over Field

Date: 1938
Description: A biplane is flying low over a field with a barn in the background.
Photograph

Airplane Flying Low Over Airfield

Date: 1932
Description: View of a man flying an airplane low over the airfield. He is wearing goggles and waving at the photogarpher. In the background is a barn and trees.
Photograph

Engine Trouble

Date: 01 1980
Description: "When this airplane developed engine trouble, it was forced to land on the Myron Weninger farm, south of Theresa. Hillary Weninger explains what happened."
Postcard

Kissel Motor Car Company

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of the Kissel Motor Car Company. The elevated view shows the factory buildings, water towers, railroad cars and track. A dirigib...
Photograph

Group of People with Airplane

Date: 1918
Description: Group of men and women standing around an airplane parked near three buildings in a field.
Postcard

Lawson M.T.2 with Propeller Engaged

Date: 1918
Description: Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) with the propeller engaged. A man is walking near the airplane's left wing, and the propeller and man are blurred. Location...
Postcard

Lawson M.T.2 — Taken in Flight by Jno Carisi

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard of a view under the wing of a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) in flight. Below is a field and beyond are buildings and a body of wate...
Photograph

American Eagle Model A-129

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Description: Left side view of an American Eagle Model A-129, a three-seat open-cockpit sports/utility biplane, sitting on a runway. A man is sitting in the rear cockpi...
Photograph

OX-5 Swallow

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a OX-5 Swallow sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "4250." This airplane was powered by a Curtiss OX-5 eig...
Photograph

WACO

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Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a WACO sitting on a runway. Houses and the Miami County Courthouse are in the background.
Photograph

Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Lawson Air Liner. A woman is standing on the ground near the cockpit. A man is standing on wooden steps that lead ...
Photograph

Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Slightly elevated three-quarter view from front right of a Lawson Air Liner parked in a field. A small set of wooden steps are positioned in front of the l...
Photograph

Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of the Lawson Air Liner sitting in a field. A ladder is standing near the tail of the plane. Wooden steps and a chair are...

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