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Aviation-Minded Governor
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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 Mahoney-Ryan-Brougham, a commercially available aircraft patterned after the "Spirit of St. Louis." Kohler was Wisconsin's first aviation-minded governor. He campaigned for office using the airplane in 1928 and during his single term in office he frequently flew between the capital and his home in Kohler. Although unidentified, this photograph is believed to have been taken during the 1928 campaign. The woman in the group is Charlotte Kohler.
1928
Conant's Photo Shop (Marinette, Wis.)
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WHi 11934
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Kohler Airport
The airport at Kohler. On the ground (right) is "The Village of Kohler," the Mahoney-Ryan-Brougham owned by Walter Kohler, Sr., and Carl Kohler's Aeronica sport plane.
Governor Kohler Waving
1930
Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., riding in an open car during a parade, probably in Marinette.
Kohler's Sons
circa 1920-1929
Informal portrait of two sons of Walter J. Kohler, Sr., taken during a gubernatorial campaign during the 1920s: John Michael Kohler (left) and Walter J. Kohler, Jr. Walter Jr. would serve three ter...
Kohler Amphibian
1929
A Loening Amphibian, one of three such airplanes in which the Kohler Aviation Company provided passenger service from Milwaukee across Lake Michigan.
Governor Walter J. Kohler Sr. with Airplane
July 2, 1930
Group portrait of four men standing outdoors under the wing of an airplane. From left to right: F.S. Brandenburg, Governor Kohler, George Charlesworth, and Reverend Adolph J. Soldan. They are all w...
Bates Airplane Factory
Workers in Carl Bates' airplane factory in Chicago. The history of Bates' various aviation enterprises is sketchy, but it is known that he built airplanes and motors in Chicago until about 1912 whe...
