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Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame Launches Photo Digitization Campaign

The organization is raising money to hire a professional preservation company to digitize Leo Kohn's entire aviation photography collection.

Beechcraft 35 Bonanza, Maitland Airstrip, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. October 16, 1947. [Courtesy: Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame Leo J. Kohn Photography Collection]
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Key Takeaways:

  • The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame is fundraising to digitize the 34,000-photo Leo Kohn aviation collection.
  • Approximately $65,000 is needed to digitize, archive, and create educational materials for the collection.
  • The project aims to preserve Kohn's legacy and make his photographs accessible to the public online.
  • An exhibit of Kohn's work opens June 9th at the Kelch Aviation Museum.
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If you have ever taken on the project of transferring photographs to digital storage, you know what an investment it can be both finances and time. The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame (WAHF) is on a mission to digitize the Leo Kohn aviation photography collection—all 34,000 negatives stored in protective envelopes—and it can use your help.

The late Kohn, from Brookfield, Wisconsin, spent his life behind a camera and immersed in aviation. He authored several books that were filled with his photography. Among the titles still available are The Story of the Texan (American Flight Manuals), Pilot’s Handbook for Model YB-49 Airplane, and the Armchair Aviator series. If you couldn’t make it out to the airport, curling up with one of these books could be the next best thing.

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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