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Wisconsin's First Aviation Fatality
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Wisconsin's first air fatality was P.C. Davis, an exhibition pilot from Chicago, who died as a result of injuries sustained during an aerial performance in Mauston. Caption reads: "Wreck of Aeroplane at Juneau County Fairgrounds, Sept. 5, 1913. Mauston, Wis."
September 5, 1913
Bauer, A. M.
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Roof of the Juneau County Bank after the Cyclone
October 10, 1913
View of the blown-off roof of a bank. Caption reads: "Roof of Juneau County Bank after the Cyclone, Oct. 10, 1913, Mauston, Wis."
Orland Loomis, High School Graduation and World War I
1913
Orland Loomis graduation photograph from Mauston High School from 1913. Below, Orland Loomis in his World War I American Expeditionary Forces uniform, during service in France in 1918-1919.Orland L...
Mrs. E.C. Barney Residence After the Cyclone, Oct 10, 1913
October 10, 1913
View towards a tornado-damaged home with most of the roof missing and a collapsed barn. A chicken is in the yard. Captions read: "Barn" and "Mrs. E.C. Barney Residence After the Cyclone, Oct 10, 19...
Barn and House after the Cyclone, Mrs. E.G. Barney Residence
October 10, 1913
View of a collapsed barn after a tornado. The house in the background on the right is missing its roof. Captions read: "Barn," "House," "After the Cyclone, Oct. 10, 1913, Mauston, Wis." and "Mrs. E...
Aviation-Minded Governor
1928
Walter J. Kohler, Sr., (partially hidden, wearing a straw hat and with a flower in his lapel) makes a stop to which he had flown in his airplane, the "Village of Kohler." Kohler's plane was a Maho...
The Roots of the Oak, Page Three
1917
Third page of a four-page pamphlet advertising the Lawson Aircraft Corporation. Includes images of the bound edition of "Fly," Alfred Lawson's aviation magazine, as well as "Some Interesting Telegr...
