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Farmall Cub Tractor Towing Airplane

Date: 05 1949
Description: Airport worker using a McCormick Farmall Cub tractor equipped with towing bar and special towing bracket to tow a small twin-engine airplane at the Elmhurs...
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Worker Tows Aircraft with I-12 Tractor

Date: 09 01 1936
Description: Airport worker towing an American Airlines airplane with an International I-12 industrial tractor at the Newark airport.
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Waukesha's Primitive Airfield

Date: 1924
Description: A barnstorming pilot and curious onlookers at a field on the outskirts of Waukesha that served as a primitive airport. Technically, the term barnstorming s...
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Air Show at Waukesha

Date: 07 19 1931
Description: The crowd at a free air show sponsored by the recently organized Waukesha Aviation Club in order to dedicate their new airport. In actuality, the club's ai...
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Wisconsin Central Airlines Dedication

Date: 08 03 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, at left, christens the "Northliner Alice in Dairyland" with a bottle of milk at the Madison municipal airport, with N...
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Super A Tractors at Airport

Date: 01 1952
Description: Slightly elevated view of two men using McCormick Farmall Super A tractors to mow grass near the runway of an airport. The original caption reads: "This is...
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Camp Pendleton Groundskeeping with International A

Date: 1944
Description: A woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and overalls uses an International Model A tractor to maintain an area of brush at the Camp Pendleton airfield. Tents ar...
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Runway Repair in Vietnam

Date: 1967
Description: Three men of the Air Force Red Horse heavy repair squad make adjustments to the runway at Phan Rang, a South Vietnam airbase. An International pay scraper ...
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Men Using International 270 Pay Scraper in Vietnam

Date: 1967
Description: Two men use an International 270 pay scraper while completing construction work at Phan Rang, a South Vietnam air base.
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International 270 Pay Scrapers in Vietnam

Date: 1967
Description: A man stands beside an International 270 pay scraper at Phan Rang, an air base in South Vietnam.
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Senator Karl Mundt at Airport

Date: 09 02 1954
Description: Senator Karl Mundt, (S.D., Rep.) who is wearing a suit and hat, and putting a cigar up to his mouth. Mundt came to Madison to address a session of the Univ...
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Experimental Aircraft

Date: 1976
Description: "Experimental Aircraft at the EAA in Oshkosh."
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Wisconsin Goodwill Tour

Date: 09 08 1961
Description: Outdoor group portrait of 22 men with their matching carry-on bags. The men are posed on the gangway and the tarmac in front of an airliner. The airplane i...
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Fairway Tractor with Fokker F-Ten-A De-Luxe Trimotor Airplane

Date: 1930
Description: View across tarmac towards a group of men gathered around a Fokker F-Ten-A De-Luxe Trimotor Airplane. On the right a man is driving a McCormick-Deering Fai...
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Airports — I-9

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man driving a tractor to compact a runway. Subject: "Airports — I-9." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "I-9 and Bros ...
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Airports — I-9

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man driving a tractor to compact a runway. There is an airplane on the runway in the background. Subject: "Airports — I-9." Where Taken: "Mi...
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Airports — I-9

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of a man driving a tractor to compact a runway. Subject: "Airports — I-9." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "I-9 and B...
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Airports — T-6 Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Airports — T-6 Tractor." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "United Air Lines' T-6 towing a DC-6 at the Chicago Municipal Ai...
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Bob Bender and his 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood

Date: 1977
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of Bob Bender sitting in the driver's seat behind the wheel of his cab named "Nellie," a 9-passenger shiny black 1956 Ca...

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