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Solbrig Waves From Plane, Davenport, 1914

Solbrig Waves From Plane, Davenport, 1914

Oscar Solbrig waves for the camera after his first successful flight, Davenport, Iowa, 1914.

Photographer: Alfred Husmann. Used with permission of the State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.

©2005 State Historical Society of Iowa. All Rights Reserved.

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