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| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh... |
| Date: | 11 13 1909 |
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| 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,... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 19 1931 |
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| Description: | The crowd at a free air show sponsored by the recently organized Waukesha Aviation Club in order to dedicate their new airport. In actuality, the club's ai... |
| Date: | 09 12 1908 |
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| Description: | Demonstration of the Wright Flyer. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| 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, ... |
| Date: | 09 05 1913 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's first air fatality was P.C. Davis, an exhibition pilot from Chicago, who died as a result of injuries sustained during an aerial performance in... |
| Date: | 01 1910 |
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| Description: | The grandstand at the Los Angeles Aviation Meet, the first international aviation event held in the United States. The plane on the ground near the center ... |
| Date: | 07 14 1935 |
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| Description: | View across field towards a crowd at Royal Airport for Jimmie Allen model airplane flight contest and Air Circus at Royal Airport. |
| Date: | 04 15 1934 |
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| Description: | Auto accident involving Leo Maly and August Sternhagen vehicles, looking north, County Trunk M, between Speedway Road and Middleton Jct. Road. Leo Maly was... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the wreck of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train at Corliss. A large crowd of men are watching as a Bucyrus crane is lifting a car b... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Crowd watching a demonstration of a radio-controlled McCormick-Deering Farmall F-30 tractor at an agricultural exhibition or fair. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of multiple buildings in Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill. Many roads and fences cross the fields. Wooded hills are in the background. ... |
| Date: | 09 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Exhibit of new machinery at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. Some of the 2,000 cars and b... |
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| Description: | A large group of men, women, and children gather in a field. |
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| Description: | A large crowd gathers under a pavilion in a field. |
| Date: | 04 28 1932 |
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| Description: | View across field on an International Harvester Company farm towards a group of men standing and watching a plowing demonstration. Several barns and other ... |
| Date: | 06 16 1949 |
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| Description: | "This crop dusting plane crashed and burned on the Lucy Firk's property on the north end of the village." |
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| Description: | View across fence towards a rabbit hunt. Caption on slide reads: "Sports: Jack rabbit hunt, California. Driving wild rabbits into enclosure where they will... |
| Date: | 11 07 1960 |
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| Description: | The traffic jam of automobiles and pedestrians trying to get to the presidential campaign rally for the-Vice President Nixon at the Madison Municipal airpo... |
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