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Northwest Airways Special Delivery

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: In an obvious publicity stunt, a Northwest Airways pilot delivers the first case of post-Prohibition Atlas Beer to Madison distributor Ira Chambers. The sh...
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Royal Airport

Date: 05 05 1932
Description: Two airplane pilots and a third man are standing in front of a Northwest Airways air mail plane at Madison's Royal Airport. There are automobiles parked ne...
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Morey's Flying Billboard

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Howard Morey posing in an airplane that advertised Pennco Oil, his distributorship of Waco airplanes, and his flying school. Two women sit in front of him....
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Legionaires and Airplane

Date: 11 14 1935
Description: Six American Legion members with Stinson airplane, annual membership roundup, William B. Cairns Post, No. 57. Left to right: C.Y. Ballem, Ben Bull, Carl Ch...
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Morey Airplane Co. Personnel

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: Group portrait of Morey Airplane Co. personnel, with five people. Standing left to right: Winston Smith, mechanic, Frank McCormick, pilot and shop super, A...
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Group with Two Oakland Automobiles

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Group of four women and four men and an airplane pilot standing in and around two Oakland automobiles at the Pennco Field (Royal Airport). Taken for Associ...
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"American Girl" Movie Group

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: "American Girl" movie group with pilot in front of airplane at the Pennco Field (Royal Airport).
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Three University of Wisconsin Coeds Studying Aviation

Date: 05 17 1945
Description: Martha Akin from Phoenix, Arizona, Audrey Waldschmidt, Bismarck, North Dakota, and Helen Harger, Pontiac, Michigan, are shown plotting a course for a fligh...
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Mr and Mrs. Evan Nicholas and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nordby

Date: 05 17 1945
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Evan Nicholas of Middleton, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Lelia) Nordby, 701 Gilmore Street, posing with an airplane. They possess licenses to pilo...
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Wisconsin Central Airliner

Date: 07 18 1948
Description: Two pilots with a guest posed in front of a Wisconsin Central airliner.
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Flight Crew for the Wisconsin Football Team

Date: 10 07 1948
Description: Group portrait of the flight crew for the University of Wisconsin football team trip to Oakland, California. The crew is pilot J.A. Anderson, Chicago; firs...

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