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Rodgers' Vin Fiz

Date: 1912
Description: Calbraith Perry Rodgers, with a cigar characteristically clenched in his jaw, was the first man to fly across the United States. He undertook this flight i...
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Lincoln Beachey

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Description: Lincoln Beachey is considered by many to be the greatest aviator of his era. He is pictured here about to take off in his Curtiss pusher, wearing his signa...
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Historical Essay

Sky High - Image Gallery Essay

A Century of Aviation
Browse by category through aviation images drawn from the image collections of various archives including the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Postcard

Curtiss with Langley's Aerodrome

Date: 06 1914
Description: The Aerodome, invented by Samuel Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as reconstructed by Glenn Curtiss at Hammondsport.
Book or Pamphlet

Hardcover: $95.00
680 pages, 6 x 9"
ISBN: 978-0-87020-359-6

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Orders for Trade, Library or Wholesale

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James Madison Lecture Series

James Madison Lecture Series, Library and Archives, Lecture series

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