Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids

Container	Title
	Series: Aeronautical History
Box/Album 24 Item 1	Glenn Curtiss flying Langley's plane
Box/Album 24 Item 2	Milwaukee Journal Article on early aircrafts, 1953 May 17
Box/Album 24 Item 3	A. Curtiss JN Plane in the Milwaukee Journal, 1953 May 17
Box/Album 24 Item 4	Sargent Ellyson about to make a test flight from an elevated platform along awire cable
Box/Album 24 Item 5	U.S. Navy plane, Curtiss pusher amphibian A.H.-1
Box/Album 24 Item 6	Anthony H.T. Fokker in his first “spider”
Box/Album 24 Item 7	Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh about to take off in Fokker biplane
Box/Album 24 Item 8	Sister ship of the Spirit of St. Louis, owned by the Knaup Brothers of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Box/Album 24 Item 9	“The cities first aerial photographer, Albert F. Toepfler…”
Box/Album 24 Item 10	“Ruth Law wants to fly with U.W. Marines”
Box/Album 24 Item 11	Problematic aircraft and correspondence
Box/Album 24 Item 12	“The first flight by man with a motor driven, heavier than air machine, at Kitty Hawk, N.C., December 17, 1903”
Box/Album 24 Item 13	“Side view of the original Wright aeroplane near Kitty Hawk, N.C. 1903”
Box/Album 24 Item 14	Balloon about to ascend, about 1908 Note: Those identified are Captain Wellman (holding sandbag) and John Schwister (in front, back to camera).
Box/Album 24 Item 15	Flight trials at Fort Myer, Virginia, 1908 September 12 Note: Photographer: U.S. Army Air Corps
Box/Album 24 Item 16	International Aviation Meet held at Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1911 Note: This is a composite photo with added touches painted in.
Box/Album 24 Item 17	Jesse circa Brabazon of Delavan, Wisconsin in 1911 Model B. Wright Biplane, the first passenger carrying airplane in America
Box/Album 24 Item 18	John Schwister in his biplane the Minnesota Badger, Wausau, Wisconsin, 1909-1911
Box/Album 24 Item 19	First airmail from St. Paul, 1911 Note: Photographer: E.B. Howe, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Box/Album 24 Item 20	“Rogers in Wright Biplane,” 1911 September 14
Box/Album 24 Item 21	The Vin Fiz was a 1911 model B Wright two passenger, dual control biplane, Sheepshead Bay, New York, 1911 September 17
Box/Album 24 Item 22	John Schwister in his biplane the Minnesota Badger at the fair, Antigo, Wisconsin, about 1911
Box/Album 24 Item 23	Page 43 of the official program of the International Meet held in Chicago, 1912 September 12-21
Box/Album 24 Item 24	“Membership certificate, international Gordon Bennett Race, Chicago, 1912”
Box/Album 24 Item 25	Brabazon, Jesse Cyril, 1912 September 12
Box/Album 24 Item 26	Wright model B 1911 biplane, Chicago, Illinois, 1912
Box/Album 24 Item 27	Jesse circa Brabazon of Delavan, Wisconsin, in a Wright 1911 Model B biplane, Chicago, Illinois, 1912 October 8
Box/Album 24 Item 28	Day tractor with propeller in front, Bloomington, Illinois, 1912 October 23
Box/Album 24 Item 29	License issued to John Kaminski, the first licensed pilot in Wisconsin
Box/Album 24 Item 30	“Upward Flight”
Box/Album 24 Item 31	“Death ends career of airplane pioneer”
Box/Album 24 Item 32	John Kaminski, about 1912
Box/Album 24 Item 33	Crash of Cal P. Rodgers' plane Vin Fiz, Long Beach, California, 1912 April 3
Box/Album 24 Item 34	“Early planes,” 1953 May 17
Box/Album 34 Item 35	John Schwister at the controls of his biplane, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1912
Box/Album 24 Item 36	John Schwister and his biplane at St. Paul, Minnesota, 1912
Box/Album 24 Item 37	Airfield operated by AeroClub of Illinois, Cicero, Illinois, 1912 Note: Photographer: De Lloyd Thompson
Box/Album 24 Item 38	Jesse circa Brabazon of Delavan, Wisconsin, 1953
Box/Album 24 Item 39	Lower part of the center section fabric from the famous Vin Fitz
Box/Album 24 Item 40	First simulated bombing in history, Chicago, Illinois, 1913
Box/Album 24 Item 41-42	Wreck of the famous plane Vin Fiz, Lima, Ohio, 1913 June 12
Box/Album 24 Item 43-47	Model B two-passenger Wright biplane, Lima Ohio, 1913 May 11
Box/Album 24 Item 45	First airplane used for spotting forest fires, piloted by Jack Vilas, 1914
Box/Album 24 Item 46	Jack Vilas, an early Wisconsin Conservation Department pilot, about 1915
Box/Album 24 Item 47	Curtis Flying boat Note: Photographer: Wisconsin Conservation Department, Madison, Wisconsin
Box/Album 24 Item 48	Certificate issued to E.M. Griffith
Box/Album 24 Item 49	Alfred W. Lawson's plane, the first large cabin air liner
Box/Album 24 Item 50	Lawson C-2 airliner built in Milwaukee, Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York, 1919
Box/Album 24 Item 51	Mr. Lawson and factory personnel grouped in front of the Lawson L-4, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1920
Box/Album 24 Item 52	Lawson transport plane built in Milwaukee, 1920
Box/Album 24 Item 53	Lincoln Beachy, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1920-1925
Box/Album 24 Item 54	Homemade airplane built by Melvin Thompson
Box/Album 24 Item 55	Dave Behncke, who originated the Airline Pilots' Association, in the cockpit of the plane, about 1920
Box/Album 24 Item 56	Butler airport, Milwaukee's first municipally owned airfield, 1920
Box/Album 24 Item 57	Alexander Field, Wausau, Wisconsin, 1920-1930
Box/Album 24 Item 58	Propeller making, Madison, Wisconsin, about 1920
Box/Album 24 Item 59	Lawson transport plane built in Milwaukee, about 1921
Box/Album 24 Item 60	Plane maintenance, 1953 May 17
Box/Album 24 Item 61	Woodson express plane, Kohler, Wisconsin, about 1923
Box/Album 24 Item 62	JN plane at the airport, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1925
Box/Album 24 Item 63	Lieutenant Lester Maitland and his Fokker airplane which he flew to Hawaii in June 1927
Box/Album 24 Item 64	Leonig Amphibian, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1928
Box/Album 24 Item 65	Major John C.P. Wood, Wausau, Wisconsin, 1928
Box/Album 24 Item 66	Governor Zimmerman speaking at the dedication of the Wausau airport, Wausau, Wisconsin, 1928
Box/Album 24 Item 67	Louis Kakuk, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1930
Box/Album 24 Item 68	Louis Kakuk, about 1930
Box/Album 24 Item 69-70	Bob Piper in Curtiss-Wright Junior plane, Kohler, Wisconsin, about 1930
Box/Album 24 Item 71	Archie Towell, his wife and his daughter Marie, all of whom hold pilot's licenses, Wausau, Wisconsin, 1930-1935
Box/Album 24 Item 72	Barnstormer demonstration at the State Fairgrounds, West Allis, Wisconsin, 1930-1935
Box/Album 24 Item 73	National Aeronautics Association cross country flight, Wausau, Wisconsin, 1930-1935
Box/Album 24 Item 74	Major John C.P. Wood and Archive Towell at the National Air Tour, Wausau, Wisconsin, 1930-1935
Box/Album 24 Item 75	S.J. Wittman with plane Chief Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1931-1932
Box/Album 24 Item 76-77	S.J. Wittman and plane Bonzo, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1932
Box/Album 24 Item 78	Ray Herziger and Edward Heidenreiter with Waco plane, 1939 August
Box/Album 24 Item 79	Jesse circa Brabazon in 1943, as a member of the Civil Air Patrol, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Box/Album 24 Item 80	S.J. Wittman with plane Buster, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, about 1945
Box/Album 24 Item 81-82	S.J. Wittman with plane Bonzo II, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1949
Box/Album 24 Item 83	Lawson Company building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1956 Note: Left to right: Henry Rayeske, Joseph Hagner, and Andrew M. Surini
Box/Album 24 Item 84	“America Takes to the Air”