Skip to main content

click zoom to display a high-res image
Photographs

Reliability Tour

Image

Race winners John P. Wood and Archie Towell, both of Wausau, during the National Air Reliability Tour's stop in Wausau.

Date Created:
1928

Publication Information

Date Created 1928

Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 11 x 8 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s)
Call Number (X3)1253

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W013IJJ
Legacy ID
WHi 10693

Image

Digital Collections

Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
 
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.

View Our Curated Collections

Attribution

For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier. 

The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.

For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.

 

 

Accessing Collections

The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.

Plan Your Visit

Photographs
Reliability Race Winner

Reliability Race Winner

August 1928

John P. Wood of Wausau, winner of the 1928 National Air Reliability Tour, with his "Waco from Wausau." Also in the photograph are Wood's prizes: the Edsel B. Ford Trophy and a new Chrysler automobile.

View
Photographs
National Aeronautics Association

National Aeronautics Association

1933

An unidentified photograph thought to be of a National Aeronautics Association cross-country flight. The identified individuals are Steve Wittman of Oshkosh (second from left), Archie Towell of Wau...

View
Photographs
Wausau Airport Groundbreaking

Wausau Airport Groundbreaking

1928

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new airport hangar at Wausau. Governor Fred R. Zimmerman, who can be seen on the right, (elevated above the crowd and wearing a dark coat and hat) had flown ther...

View
Photographs
Lindbergh's Plane

Lindbergh's Plane

1928

The "Spirit of St. Louis," flown by Charles Lindbergh, was the first airplane to fly non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927. Lindbergh returned to Madison on August 22, 1927, on his national goodw...

View
Photographs
Schwister's Minnesota-Badger

Schwister's Minnesota-Badger

1912

John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister is unidentified.

View
Photographs
Home-Built Airplane by Mel Thompson

Home-Built Airplane by Mel Thompson

The bi-plane constructed by Melvin Thompson during the years 1918-1920 on his farm near the former quarry in Lamont Township.

View
Go to top
Wisconsin Historical Society
Search Dropdown