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TWA Airplane and Tractor

Date: 08 24 1937
Description: Worker moving Trans World Airlines DC-3 (DC-2?) airplane with an International industrial tractor outside the TWA hangar at Chicago's Municipal Airport (la...
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Midwest Air Transport Airplanes

Date: 06 14 1930
Description: View from inside building towards a row of Midwest Air Transport airplanes on the tarmac at Madison Airport.
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Madison Airport and Cardinal Airplane

Date: 06 21 1930
Description: W.L. Pinney, general manager of the Madison Airport (aka North Street Airport) and the Midwest Air Transport Company, stands by the company's two seat "Sup...
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Madison Airport and Midwest Air Transport Airplanes

Date: 06 21 1930
Description: Midwest Air Transport planes in front of the hangar at the Madison Airport. Located northeast of the city near the Oscar Mayer plant, the field was someti...
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Madison Airport and Travel Air

Date: 10 23 1930
Description: Travelair plane returning to the Madison Airport from a Wisconsin v. Purdue football game. Here photographer Aldro Wasley is handing photographs of the gam...
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Madison Royal Airport Repair Shop

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: The repair shop of the Morey Airplane Company at Royal Airport in Madison. Only months after this picture was taken, Howard Morey lost both his hangar and ...
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Group of Legionnaires

Date: 11 17 1937
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Legionnaires at the Royal Airport. Also shows two automobiles, an airplane and the Morey Airplane hanger.
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Airplanes Parked at Royal Airport

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: At Royal Airport, a line of airplanes are parked in a row in a field. In the background is a hangar with automobiles parked nearby.
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Airplanes at Madison Airport

Date: 06 14 1930
Description: View from inside a building, perhaps a hangar, towards five airplanes, standing at starting line, at Madison Airport, Coolidge Avenue between North Street ...
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Airplanes at Madison Airport

Date: 06 14 1930
Description: View from building towards five airplanes, parked in a line outdoors, at Madison Airport, Coolidge Avenue between North Street and Kedzie Street.
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Northwest & North Central Airplanes at Municipal Airport

Date: 10 08 1955
Description: Northwest and North Central airplanes, a DC3 and a Conair, in front of the terminal building of the Madison Municipal Airport.
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Bellanca CH Sitting in Field

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Description: Three-quarter left side view from rear of front section of a Bellanca CH Pacemaker, showing arrangement of doors and windows. The cabin monoplane seats six...
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Fairchild Model 21

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Description: Side view of a Fairchild Model 21 sitting on a runway with two people wearing aviator hats and goggles sitting in the front cockpit, and one person standin...
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Fairchild Model 61

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Description: Three-quarter front right view of a Fairchild Model 61 (built with Wasp engine) sitting on a runway. The left wing is folded back against the tail, a featu...
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Hamilton H-47

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Description: Right side view of a Hamilton Metalplane H-47 parked near a large building. The airplane is equipped with a 525 hp Pratt & Whitney Hornet engine. The tail ...
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Hamilton Metalplane H-47

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Description: Three-quarter from left rear of the tail end of a Hamilton Metalplane H-47 parked near a large building. The tail identifier reads: "134 E." The airplane i...
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Sikorsky S-37-1 Guardian

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Description: Left side view of a Sikorsky S-37-1 Guardian sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "1283."There are automobiles parked near buildings in the back...
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Sikorsky S-38

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Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Sikorsky S-38, an amphibious plane equipped with two Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines, sitting on a runway. Painted on...
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Sikorsky S-29-A

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Description: Right side view of a Sikorsky S-29-A sitting on a runway. The airplane was powered by two 400 hp Liberty L-12 engines. The tail identifier reads: "2756." P...
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Lawson Air Liner Inside Building

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Lawson Air Liner inside a building. A man is standing on a block in front of the cockpit. Another man, possibly Al...

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