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U.S. Government and War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition grounds at Grant Park.
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Aerial View of Quad City Tank Arsenal

Date: 1942
Description: Aerial view of the Quad City Tank Arsenal.
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Aerial View of Construction

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Description: Aerial view of the construction of a bridge over the Warte River near Sieradz in Russian Poland.
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Aerial View of Encampment

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view looking over railroad cars on railroad tracks towards an encampment. Sign on a building at the encampment reads: "War Exposition." A large crow...
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Aerial View of Encampment

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view looking over railroad cars on railroad tracks towards an encampment. Signs on a building at the encampment read: "War Exposition," and "Three M...
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Aerial View of Encampment

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view looking over railroad cars on railroad tracks towards an encampment. Signs on a building at the encampment read: "War Exposition," and "Three M...
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Aerial View of Encampment

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view looking over railroad cars on railroad tracks towards an encampment. Signs on a building at the encampment read: "War Exposition," and "Three M...
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Aerial View of Camp Randall

Date: 1947
Description: Aerial view of one hundred ninety government surplus trailers, parked near Camp Randall, provided temporary housing for World War II veterans and their fam...
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Helicopters over Rice Paddies

Date: 1962
Description: Aerial view of four U.S. Marine helicopters banking over an expanse of rice paddies in Vietnam. Fluffy white clouds fill the sky.
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Helicopters in the Delta Region

Date: 06 1962
Description: Distant view of U.S helicopters over the Delta Region of South Vietnam taken by Dickey Chapelle, a freelance photographer from Milwaukee.
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Bong Bridge, Duluth-Superior Bridge

Date: 1985
Description: Aerial view of the Duluth-Superior Bridge, officially named in honor of Richard I. Bong, World War II's Ace of Aces, who hailed from nearby Poplar, Wiscons...
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C-47 Formation Leaving Saidor

Date: 08 25 1944
Description: Aerial view over wing of formation of Douglas C-47 Skytrain cargo and troop transport planes leaves Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Robe...
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Site of the Confederate Surrender

Date: 1925
Description: Aerial view of the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865.
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Navy Fighters

Date: 10 10 1951
Description: Two Banshee jet fighters from the carrier Essex in search of targets in the North Korean sector.
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Palau Islands Air Strike

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Aerial view of three TBF's (all above the horizon) and eleven SBD's, which participated in Pacific Fleet's carrier-strike against Japan's bases in the Pala...
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Aerial View, Luang Prabang Vicinity Settlement

Date: 1961
Description: Aerial view of a small settlement in the mountains, Luang Prabang vicinity, Laos. A narrow dirt road winds across the terrain and some buildings and an air...
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Badger Ordnance

Date: 1945
Description: Aerial view of the "powder storage area" of the Badger Ordnance Plant.
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Sinking the Ostfriesland

Date: 07 21 1921
Description: One of the most important moments in the history of American aviation - the sinking of the captured German battleship "Ostfriesland" by American bombers of...
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North Central Airplane over Madison

Date: 1952
Description: Aerial view of a North Central Airlines DC-3 airplane flying over the Madison isthmus. Clearly visible are the Wisconsin State Capitol, the 1 West Wilson S...

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