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| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a North Central Airlines DC-3 airplane flying over the Madison isthmus. Clearly visible are the Wisconsin State Capitol, the 1 West Wilson S... |
| Date: | 09 11 1955 |
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| Description: | The crowd at "Air Progress Day," an air show sponsored by the Waukesha Aviation Club. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | To celebrate the addition of DC-3s to their fleet, North Central Airlines sponsored several special promotional events. One such activity was a special fli... |
| Date: | 12 1952 |
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| Description: | TWA executives napping during a round-the-world flight in a Constellation 803 organized to survey travel conditions in the Far East. The Lockheed Constella... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Advertising brochure for Timmerman Field, the successor to Curtiss-Wright Airport. Curtiss-Wright Airport, which had been established in 1929, was purchas... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Shawano Municipal Airport and airport managers Jack and Dorothy Wussow. In 1954 the Wussows gave up cold weather flying to become managers of an airport i... |
| Date: | 10 18 1955 |
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| Description: | A Northwest Airlines DC-4 plane at the Truax terminal. Originally constructed in 1937 with assistance from the WPA, the Madison Municipal Airport was renam... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | An aerial view of the air show at Tri-County Airport to celebrate the re-opening of the field under local management. Because of its location at the inters... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a new landing strip at Truax Field as photographed from a low-flying airplane. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Jesse Brabazon, pioneer aviator from Delavan, displaying fabric from the Vin Fiz, the airplane in which Calbraith P. Rodgers made the first transcon... |
| Date: | 10 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Northwest and North Central airplanes, a DC3 and a Conair, in front of the terminal building of the Madison Municipal Airport. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of an International R-110 panel truck delivering supplies outside an airport restaurant. A delivery man is unloading eggs and other items... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Composite image of "Packerland U.S.A." including prominent attractions: Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, NFL Football team; the Brown County A... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol, including a bit of the airplane wing. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Motion picture and television "cowboy" stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans arrive in Milwaukee for their appearance at the Wisconsin State Fair. Although unda... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Wisconsin Dells. The wing of the airplane is in the left foreground. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of river and town from a military airplane. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Baraboo Wisconsin Dells airport. |
| Date: | 01 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Football coach Ivy Williamson (?) is interviewed by a man with a radio transmitter on the steps of the airplane upon his return from the Rose Bowl game. |
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