Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | The ceremony marking the first Wisconsin Central Airlines flight at Madison. Margaret "Mickey" Morey, the wife of Howard Morey, is about to cut the ribbon.... |
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Description: | The staff of Hanifans' Flying School at Shullsburg where the enrollment during the 1950s was largely comprised of students on the G.I. Bill. |
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Description: | The lunch counter at Truax Field, formerly Madison Municipal Airport. Two men are sitting at the counter, probably airport employees, and a waitress is po... |
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Description: | Radar equipment at Truax Field, formerly Madison Municipal Airport. |
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Description: | Construction workers sitting atop a steel girder placed by a crane, bolting it together at the corners. |
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Description: | Workers from Starkweather Contractors repair and install windows at a residence. |
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Description: | A man uses an oil can to lubricate equipment in a machine shop. |
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Description: | A man cuts a block of wood on a table saw in his workshop. |
Date: | 11 1954 |
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Description: | Henry Anderson runs a switchboard on his 90th birthday, with his smoking paraphernalia and a photograph of him at the switchboard on a table nearby. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | Sports editor and sports reporter from the "Wisconsin State Journal" confer with a printer over trays of lead type. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | A man in work clothes gets ready to shove a log into the fire chamber of a boiler. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | Children enjoy cold treats while being entertained, as nuns and an adult male look on. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | Two men clink coffee mugs as they prepare to drink their morning coffee. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | A man and woman look at wall-size maps as he points to the east coast of the United States. |
Date: | 12 1954 |
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Description: | Department of Public Works workers look over signs to be posted on city streets. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | An apple-picker stands among the branches of a tree, on a ladder with a pouch slung over his shoulder and belted around his waist. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | The components of a necklace come together under the skilled hands of a jewelry maker. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | A man sets up a cone-shaped instrument designed to distill fresh water from salt water as he leans out of a small motor boat on the water. |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | A man wearing a construction workers' union sign pickets in the bright sun, followed by a young boy with a homemade sign of support. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | Arthur Virthaler, professor of art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the studio with materials and tools for making jewelry. He was known for sim... |
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