Sept 21, 1929 young seminarian Gareth Kok takes this plane across Lake Michigan to preach a sermon as a guest (student) preacher

or is it a 

Remington-Burnelli 

This image captures a historic moment featuring an early 20th-century aircraft, likely a Remington-Burnelli or similar experimental design from the 1920s. 

• Subject: The photo shows a pilot standing next to a biplane with a unique, thick fuselage designed for lifting. 
• Context: The handwritten note on the image suggests a flight scheduled for "Sept. 21, 1917" or potentially 1927, destined for Milwaukee from Oostburg, Wisconsin.
• Significance: This era marked rapid experimentation in aircraft design, moving toward larger, more capable passenger and mail planes. 
• Colorization: The image appears to be a colorized version of a black-and-white photograph, a common technique for bringing historical scenes to life.

I think it most closely

 matches the Loening, see 

 https://www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/legend-cnac-china-national-aviation-corporation-1929-1949/gallery#6