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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...
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First to Fly in Italy

Date: 1909
Description: Crowds of Italians rushing to see Wilbur Wright and his airplane near Rome. After his triumphant demonstration of the "Flyer" in France the previous fall, ...
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Accident Scene on Hwy 12-18

Date: 09 04 1938
Description: Accident scene on Highway 12-18 one-half mile east of the Dane County fairgrounds. Close-up of front of automobile, with bicycle under the car. Katherine B...
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Packers Players Riding Kids' Bikes

Date: 1973
Description: Green Bay Packers quarterbacks, Jerry Tagge (#17) and Scott Hunter (#16), ride bicycles loaned to them by young fans from Lambeau Field to their practice f...
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Field with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder near Farm Buildings

Date: 1900
Description: View from distance of a man standing in a field with fences and farm buildings behind him. A horse-drawn corn binder is standing in the field, and cows, pi...
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Larry McCarren Walking to Practice

Date: 1973
Description: Green Bay Packers Center, Larry McCarren (#54) walking across the Lambeau Field parking lot toward the practice field. Several young fans seeking autograph...
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Small Ranch

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Description: View down hill toward a small ranch with log buildings. Horse-drawn carriages are on the dirt road near cattle around the ranch.
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Kay and Brenda Widmer

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Description: "Kay & Brenda Widmer pause on a high hill on McArthur Road southwest of Theresa."
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Boys with Bicycles

Date: 08 1899
Description: Three men are standing in a field holding their bicycles. From left to right are: Herman Reich, August Kressin, and Eddie Wendorf.
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Boys with Bicycles

Date: 08 1899
Description: Three men are standing in a field, next to their bicycles. From left to right are: Herman Reich, August Kressin, and Eddie Wendorf.
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: 1941 Season Trip #3 Highlights

Date: 07 22 1941
Description: Scrapbook page of trip highlights from a bike hosteling trip to Pine Bluff (Dane County), Sauk City (Sauk County), and Okee (Columbia County), sponsored by...
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Biking on McArthur Road

Date: 08 1996
Description: "A lone biker glides off into the distance on a misty McArthur Road."
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Bike Riders

Date: 10 1996
Description: "Bike riders cross the Rock River near the intersection of AY & Gill Road."
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Contrails at Steeple Morden

Date: 06 25 1944
Description: Major Daniel M. Lewis looks up at aircraft contrails at Royal Air Force station Steeple Morden, located 3.5 miles west of Royston, Hertfordshire, England. ...
Magazine or Periodical

A Sorely Neglected Stretch

Date: 05 1892
Description: Frank Lenz posed with his bicycle on a badly neglected stretch of road. A split-rail fence encloses a field behind Lenz.
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Kissel Car

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Description: Two men, dressed in driving clothes, posed sitting in a Kissel car parked in a field. They are wearing caps, and their goggles are pulled up. In the backgr...
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Bike Race Competitors

Date: 1938
Description: Two bike race competitors pose with their bicycles in a field as an admiring crowd stands behind them. One man wears a "stars and stripes" shirt and a bere...
Postcard

Interested Spectators Watching a Flight at the Lawson Aviation Field

Date: 05 04 1918
Description: Fourteen children standing or lying down behind a barbed wire fence in a field, facing the camera. The postcard caption says they are watching an "MT2 for ...
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Out of Season

Date: 1976
Description: A boy is riding his bicycle on the ice. A field and a line of trees are along the shoreline in the background.

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