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Lawson Air Liner with Military Personnel

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Lawson Air Liner parked near a hangar, with a group of men in military uniforms inspecting it. A woman in a white ...
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Gisholt Vertical Boring and Turning Mill

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Description: Standard type of Gisholt Vertical Boring and Turning Mills manufactured as 52, 60, 64, and 72 inches. Gisholt was the first company to specialize in heavy ...
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Male and female workers producing torpedo parts at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "A battery of acetylene torches is here show...
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American Eagle Model A-101

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Description: Aerial left side view of an American Eagle Model A-101 in flight at the same elevation of the airplane in the foreground. The pilot is in the front cockpit...
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Fokker Super Universal

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Fokker Super Universal sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "NC 4453." Printed on the side of the airpla...
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Ford 4-AT-B Trimotor

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Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Ford 4-AT-B Trimotor sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "NX 4542." This airplane was one of three use...
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Sikorsky S38-A

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Description: Right side view of a Sikorsky S-38A sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "NC8019." Five passengers and one crew member can be seen through the w...
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Sikorsky S-35

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Description: Front view of a Sikorsky S-35 sitting on a runway. The S-35 is powered by three 420 hp Gnôme-Rhône Jupiter engines. Two men are working on the plane: one i...
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Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe

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Description: Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe. The metal stamp states: "Gisholt Machine Co. Madison, Wis., U.S.A." Gisholt was the first company to specialize in heavy typ...
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Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe

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Description: Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe. The metal stamp states: "Gisholt Machine Co. Madison, Wis., U.S.A." Gisholt was the first company to specialize in heavy typ...
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Sikorsky S-31

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Description: Right side view of a Sikorsky S-31, equipped with a 200hp Wright J-4 engine, sitting on a runway. These models were bought by Fairchild Co. to be used for ...
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Keystone X.L.B-6 "Panther"

Date: 12 21 1927
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a Keystone X.L.B-6 "Panther" sitting on a runway. The LB-6 models (including X.L.B-6) were light bombers produced for ...
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Standard Model Whirlwind WACO

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Description: Aerial view of a WACO ASO (also known as J-5 Straightwing and Whirlwind Waco) in flight. Two men are sitting in the front open cockpit, and one man is sitt...
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Standard Turret Lathe

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Description: Standard Turret Lathe, "Conradson," by American Turret Lathe Company in Wilmington, Delaware, "Patented December 26, 1899." Gisholt was the first company t...
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Sopwith Camels

Date: 1918
Description: British-built Sopwith Camels at the American Expeditionary Force 2nd Aviation Instruction Center near Tours, France. The Sopwith Camel, manufactured by the...
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American Eagle Model A-101

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Description: Left side view of an American Eagle Model A-101, a light 2/3-seat biplane, sitting in a field. There is a man sitting in the rear cockpit wearing an aviato...
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Lockheed Vega 1

Date: 1928
Description: Right side view of a Lockheed Vega 1 sitting in the snow. The tail identifier reads: "X3903." The airplane is equipped with a 220hp Wright J-5 engine. Capt...
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Sport WACO Transcontinental Race Team

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Description: Aerial view of three WACO ATO (10-T Taperwing) biplanes in flight. The wing identifiers of the two planes furthest to the right read: "7527" and "5673" (le...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the interior of the Lawson plant, a large open room with exposed ceiling and windows lining both walls. Part of the fuselage for a Lawson ...
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Lawson Airplane Company Plant

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field of a long brick Lawson plant building with a smokestack. Several automobiles are parked near the plant on the left, and on the rig...

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