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For Every Fighter a Woman Worker, Care For Her Through the YWCA

Date: 1918
Description: A female factory worker standing with her arms upraised, holding a miniature airplane in one hand and a bombshell in the other. In the background is the YW...
Photograph

Three University of Wisconsin Coeds Studying Aviation

Date: 05 17 1945
Description: Martha Akin from Phoenix, Arizona, Audrey Waldschmidt, Bismarck, North Dakota, and Helen Harger, Pontiac, Michigan, are shown plotting a course for a fligh...
Photograph

Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
Postcard

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year

Date: 1964
Description: Photographic holiday greeting card of three children, one boy and two girls, dressed in winter clothes, holding up an enlarged postcard. On the postcard is...
Photograph

Young Vendor at Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: A young vendor stands with a large plate of food on his head and a satchel around his neck at the runway of the Luang Prabang Airport, Laos. There is a sil...
Photograph

Onboard Air Force One

Date: 03 31 1979
Description: Onboard Air Force One with President Jimmy Carter are Wisconsin Congressman Henry Reuss (left), Joan Obey, and Congressman David R. Obey.
Photograph

Earl for Senate

Date: 1988
Description: Former Wisconsin Governor Anthony Earl stands outdoors near an airplane with a group of supporters. He made an unsuccessful run for the United States Senat...
Photograph

Flight Attendant in Boeing 747 Airplane

Date: 1970
Description: A female flight attendant in uniform is standing in a Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 airplane. She is standing in front of a set of cabinets, and is...
Photograph

Flight Attendant Dispensing Drink in Boeing 747 Airplane

Date: 1970
Description: A female flight attendant in uniform is standing in a Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 airplane. She is holding onto a faucet while she holds a metal ...
Photograph

Amphibious Motion Picture Service Delivery To Campo Fiesta

Date: 1950
Description: A man, possibly Benton C. Black, delivering films to Campo Fiesta at Trout Lake. The delivery is being made in a Seabee seaplane by the Amphibious Motion P...
Postcard

Curtiss Flying Boat at Trout Lake

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline of Trout Lake of a group of six men posed with the pilot, possibly Jack Vilas, on an early seaplane or flying boat floating in the wate...
Photograph

Obey on Diplomatic Plane

Date: 1994
Description: Congressman David Obey on a diplomatic airplane with a group of seated colleagues. He is standing on the right.
Photograph

Governor Walter J. Kohler Sr. with Airplane

Date: 07 02 1930
Description: Group portrait of four men standing outdoors under the wing of an airplane. From left to right: F.S. Brandenburg, Governor Kohler, George Charlesworth, and...
Photograph

Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland at Airport

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, standing on the runway immediately after her arrival. She is wearing a suit with a skirt, hat and gloves. In her arm ...
Photograph

Alfred Lawson and Group

Date: 1919
Description: Group portrait of Alfred Lawson, two unidentified women, and three unidentified men. They are standing outdoors in front of a Lawson Air Liner. A leather s...
Photograph

Group Portrait with Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of a group of five men and one woman standing in front of a Lawson Air Liner parked in a field.
Photograph

Alfred Lawson and Group

Date: 1919
Description: Group portrait of Alfred Lawson and the team that built the first Lawson Air Liner. From the left: Vincent J. Burnelli, chief engineer; Lawson; Charles L. ...
Photograph

Alfred Lawson Standing Next to Cockpit

Date: 1919
Description: Outdoor portrait of Alfred Lawson standing on steps next to the cockpit of a Lawson Air Liner.
Photograph

Cockpit of Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Close-up of the cockpit of a Lawson Air Liner. Two men are standing on the right in front of the airplane, and a woman is standing on the lowest step of a ...
Photograph

Chinese Girl in Milwaukee

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Description: A young Chinese girl is standing in front of the open door of an airplane and holding several bags. A woman is leaning down and appears to be talking to he...

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