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An old fashioned traveler takes a trip.

An old fashioned traveler takes a trip.

Has Hiram called on Rip Van Winkle yet to testify?

Has Hiram called on Rip Van Winkle yet to testify?

Pf-u-i-s-s-s-s-sh.

Pf-u-i-s-s-s-s-sh.

It won't be long now.

It won't be long now.

What a wonderful difference thirty years can make.

What a wonderful difference thirty years can make.

Famous after-thoughts in history.

Famous after-thoughts in history.

Billy Robinson seated in cockpit

Billy Robinson seated in cockpit

Billy Robinson, an early Grinnell (Iowa) aviator, piloting airplane.
Billy Robinson's monoplane

Billy Robinson's monoplane

Billy Robinson designed and built this monoplane and its radial engine. In 1914 he set a speed and distance record with it, carrying mail from Des Moines to Kentland, Indiana. (Description taken from Grinnell in Vintage Postcards by Bill Menner)
Letter delivered by Billy Robinson

Letter delivered by Billy Robinson

Photostatic copy of original letter delivered by Billy Robinson on his famous cross country flight from Des Moines to Kentland, Indiana on October 17, 1914. Letter is addressed to Mr. L.A. (Dr. Louis) Hopkins, Chicago, Illinois, brother of the famous…
Billy Robinson's airplane

Billy Robinson's airplane

Photograph of Billy Robinson's airplane, a single engine monoplane.
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