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Racing Souvenir
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A souvenir postcard from the 1935 National Model Airplane Championship that featured illustrations of racing planes powered by Shell aviation gasoline such as the Gee Bee Sportster and the Laird 400 and portraits of two of the most famous racers: Jimmy Doolittle and Jimmy Haizlip.
1935
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NAA Championship
circa 1930 -- 1939
A souvenir from a national model airplane competition. A member of Hangar 13 of Beloit, Wisconsin was a contestant in this event and added this item to his/her scrapbook.
Model Builders' Reunion
1984
A reunion of former members of Hangar 13, an organization of Beloit boys that built and raced model airplanes during the 1930s.
Model Builders
1934
The members of Hangar 13, a group of Beloit youth organized to build and race model airplanes. Conrad Hansen, their organizer, is standing at left in the back row.
Robert Grilley Receiving Prize
July 14, 1935
Robert Grilley, holding his model airplane, receiving first place mahogany plaque in Junior Division of "Jimmy Allen" model airplane races at Royal Airport. He is surrounded by a crowd and three ad...
Motorcycle Racer
Jimmy Chan of Columbus, Ohio, expert motorcycle racer, sits astride his motorcycle, No. 16, wearing a Harley Davidson jersey and racing gear at Wisconsin State Fair Park.
