Postcard
Milwaukee's Flying Machine
Dr. A. Rudolph Silverston's vacu-aerial flying machine, as seen from the rear. Handwritten at top: "Rear View." Caption at bottom reads: "Silverston's Milwaukee No. 2 Pendulum System 120 H.P. Engine." |
Image ID: | 10085 |
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Creation Date: | circa 1912 |
Creator Name: | Unknown |
City: | Milwaukee |
County: | Milwaukee |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | John G. Kaminski papers, 1912-1960 |
Genre: | Postcard |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | Milw Mss 146 |
Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
In the years after the Wright Brothers' success, many others tried to emulate their achievement. A. Rudolph Silverston was one of those would-be inventors from Wisconsin. During 1907 and 1908 Dr. Rudolph Silverston persuaded several Milwaukee residents to invest in his machine, which consisted essentially of a propeller-created vacuum inside a large tube. The vacu-aerial was a failure at its public test at the 1908 Wisconsin State Fair. In 1912 Silverston built a second model that is seen here on the grounds of the Milwaukee College and School of Aviation which he also operated. That model was also a failure, a fact that probably prompted Silverston's prompted departure from Milwaukee and his investors. |
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