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Group of People in Field with Crashed Airplane

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view across stream in marshy area towards a group of people gathered around an aircraft wreck.
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Boy Playing with Toy Airplanes

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Description: Young boy with toy airplanes and an aircraft carrier.
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Experimental Aircraft

Date: 1976
Description: "Experimental Aircraft at the EAA in Oshkosh."
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Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines

Date: 11 07 1929
Description: Interior view of a factory floor. Machinery by Whitcomb Manufacturing Company is in the right foreground, and a Comet 7-cylinder aircraft engine is in the ...
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Lawson Plant Exterior

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field across pond towards Alfred Lawson's aircraft plant, with buildings and smokestacks. Men are working with a pile of lumber on the l...
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Alfred Lawson in Flight Suit

Date: 1917
Description: Full-length portrait of Alfred Lawson standing in a field in leather flight gear. This is around the time the Lawson Aircraft Company built the Military Tr...
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Fokker Amphibian, Model F-11

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Fokker Amphibian, Model F-11, sitting on a runway. Two men are sitting on the aircraft, and one man is standing on ...
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Air Show Crowd at Truax

Date: 05 16 1959
Description: A crowd watching a formation flight by military aircraft at a Truax Field air show.
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Worker at Airplane Assembly Plant

Date: 01 24 1930
Description: View towards a factory man working at a plant that assembled Comet engines for aircraft. The man is standing at a desk fitted with instruments in a narrow ...
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Man Using Microscope

Date: 1943
Description: A man using a microscope to match a ball bearing for an aircraft torpedo at an International Harvester factory. The original caption reads: "A powerful mic...
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Earl Cherry at EAA AirVenture

Date: 1985
Description: Stunt flyer Earl Cherry performing at the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture fly-in.
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Woman Inspecting Bearing in Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female worker inspecting a ball bearing for an aircraft torpedo at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "The precision instrument us...
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Workers at Airplane Assembly Plant

Date: 01 24 1930
Description: View of two factory men at work desks at a plant that assembled Comet aircraft engines. They are sitting on wooden stools between Korn scales in a narrow b...
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Concord Jet Pilot

Date: 08 1998
Description: The pilot of the British Concord at the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) Air Show waves to the crowd.
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Factory workers inspecting aircraft torpedo parts at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "Women are employed by the company to insp...
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Alfred Lawson with Palmer Cord Aero Tyre

Date: 1920
Description: Oval-framed portrait of Alfred Lawson standing behind a Palmer cord aero tyre, which he used for his 1920 Midnight Air Liner.
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Marine Aircraft Group Plane

Date: 03 1945
Description: Men working on a Marine Aircraft Group plane at Ulithi airport. One man is standing near the nose of the plan, looking inside. He is shirtless and wearing ...
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Flying Family

Date: 1928
Description: Family portrait, probably taken at Alexander Field in Wausau. Included are an unidentified aviator, his wife, his baby, and a Waco 10 aircraft. Goggles, wh...
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EAA Fly-In Planes

Date: 1981
Description: Visitors to the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture fly-in are looking at several airplanes lined up on the airfield.
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Women Factory Workers in Torpedo Plant

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female factory workers operating automatic screw machines at an International Harvester aircraft torpedo factory. Caption on photograph reads: "Two batteri...

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