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This war club was collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition in Fiji.
Charles Lindbergh used this celestial navigation equipment while under instruction by P. V. H. Weems in May 1928.
This Navy radar scope would have been used on long-range patrol aircraft for navigation and target location late in World War II and during the early Cold War.
Used by Wiley Post on his Lockheed Vega 5-C Winnie Mae, 1934-35.
Used by Wiley Post on his Lockheed Vega 5-C Winnie Mae, 1934-35.
Used by Wiley Post on his Lockheed Vega 5-C Winnie Mae, 1934-35.
The U.S. Exploring Expedition included a formidable group of botanists, naturalists, artists, taxidermists, and other scientists.
Wiley Post extensively modified the Winnie Mae for his 1931 around-the-world flight with Harold Gatty.
Wolves, Oregon Territory (Lupas gigas, Lupus occidentalis)