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Waukesha's Primitive Airfield

Date: 1924
Description: A barnstorming pilot and curious onlookers at a field on the outskirts of Waukesha that served as a primitive airport. Technically, the term barnstorming s...
Postcard

First Wisconsin Aviator-A.P. Warner

Date: 11 04 1909
Description: Color postcard depicting Arthur Pratt Warner of Beloit flying his Curtiss Pusher for the first time, November 4, 1909. Warner was the first person in Wisco...
Photograph

Biplane over Field

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

International SF-46 Truck Fueling Airplane

Date: 08 10 1929
Description: A group of fifteen men and boys are standing by while an International model SF-46 gasoline truck fuels a Western Canada Airways tri-motored airplane. One ...
Print

The Mail Plane

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Description: Engraved print depicting two people harvesting grain along a fence line in a field. One person holds a scythe while the other carries a bucket, possibly th...
Postcard

Fuselage on Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard of the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) fuselage in profile. The fuselage is carried by a truck, with a man sitting in the driver's se...
Photograph

American Eagle Model A-129

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of an American Eagle Model A-129. The tail identifier reads: "5691." The airplane body has a distinctive steel texture w...
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...

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