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Theodore Roosevelt with Art Smith

Date: 1915
Description: Former President Theodore Roosevelt with pilot Art Smith and his Curtiss Pusher at the Panama Pacific International Exposition.
Photograph

Orville Wright in Old Age

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Description: Portrait of Orville Wright inscribed to aviation publicist and historian Harry Bruno, whose collection of papers and photographs is housed at the Wisconsin...
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Reliability Race Winner

Date: 08 1928
Description: John P. Wood of Wausau, winner of the 1928 National Air Reliability Tour, with his "Waco from Wausau." Also in the photograph are Wood's prizes: the Edsel ...
Postcard

Tall-Tale Postcard: Santa on a Bi-Plane

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of Santa Claus and his reindeer riding on the top wing of a bi-plane. More sacks of toys and wrapped gifts are on the lower wing. Buildings an...
Photograph

Santa Parade

Date: 11 27 1948
Description: In front of Manchester's Department Store, Santa Claus waves to the children from his yellow Ercoupe airplane as he rides in a parade sponsored by the Madi...
Photograph

Camaguey Airport Runway with Juan Almeida Bosque

Date: 1959
Description: Group of soldiers talking on a runway at the Camaguey Airport in Cuba one year after the Cuban Revolution. Juan Almeida Bosque, the operating chief of the ...
Postcard

Plane Sidewalk

Date: 1917
Description: Man standing next to a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2). The man is wearing a coverall worksuit and has a mustache and undercut haircut.
Photograph

Fokker Super Universal

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Description: Side view of front of a Fokker Super Universal with pilot sitting inside. The improved cockpit enclosure allows for better visibility for the pilot.
Photograph

Men Posing with Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Five men posing with a Lawson Air Liner, including one man in pilot's gear, who might be Charles Cox, the pilot Alfred Lawson hired for his air liner.

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