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Publication Information
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 21 x 18 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s) |
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| Call Number | Album 24.7 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES |
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| Rights Holder | Wisconsin Historical Society |
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Maitland's Fokker
June 1927
The Fokker airplane in which Lt. Lester Maitland of Milwaukee and Lt. Albert Hegenberger made the first California to Hawaii trans-Pacific crossing.
First to Fly-Army Demonstration
September 12, 1908
Demonstration of the Wright Flyer.
Manitowoc Airport Manager
circa 1930 -- 1939
Pilot Louis Kakuk, manager of the Manitowoc Airport, with his Waco airplane. Kakuk's career followed a typical pattern for aviators, moving from the freewheeling existence of a barnstormer to the m...
Vilas Flying Boat
1915
Jack Vilas (seated) in the Curtiss hydroplane he used to spot forest fires for the Wisconsin Conservation Department. (His companion is not identified.) This is believed to be the first use of an a...
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.
Pilot Behncke and ALPA
1920
Commercial pilot Dave Behnke, who later headed Airline Pilots Association, signing for a load of airmail. After service as a pilot during World War I, Behnke, a native of Cambria, worked for a numb...
