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Larson Brothers' Airport

Date: 1923
Description: The entrance to the Larson Brothers' flying field at Larsen in Winnebago County, about one year after the brothers laid out the runway. The field remained...
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Lake Delton Airport Hangar

Date: 04 09 1931
Description: Two men are standing in front of the Lake Delton airport hangar with a windsock on the roof. Automobiles are parked inside the hangar. On the right is a fu...
Photograph

"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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Nehru Visits Madison

Date: 11 04 1949
Description: Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India decending the stairs from an airplane at Truax Field. Nehru came to Madison to speak at the University of W...
Photograph

Wisconsin Football Team

Date: 10 20 1950
Description: The University of Wisconsin football team boards an airplane taking them to their game at Michigan, played the following day.
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Navy Plane on Tarmac

Date: 06 1965
Description: Side view of a Navy plane marked with "8376" and squadron number "VF-161" on a tarmac at Miramar Naval Air Station. Written on the photograph in grease pen...
Map or Atlas

Official Wisconsin Airport Map

Date: 1950
Description: A map from the Wisconsin identifying the locations airports and other landing facilities in the state. On the opposite side the map includes an alphabetica...
Photograph

EAA Convention

Date: 07 30 1998
Description: "The Concorde pilot is exuberant after landing at Oshkosh."
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Ozark Air Line Desk

Date: 06 01 1959
Description: Stanley Cobane, manager for Ozark Air Lines, stands at the service desk with his wife Joyce Cobane. Ozark Air Lines was the third airline to provide servic...
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Los Angeles Rams Coach Presented Key to City

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: Ed Diener, left, and Irwin Goodman, center, of the Madison Chamber of Commerce present the key to the city to Bob Waterfield, head coach of the Los Angeles...
Postcard

Madison Municipal Airport at Truax Field

Date: 1965
Description: Exterior view of the main terminal of the Madison Airport. Automobiles are parked along the curb.
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Vice President Richard Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Richard Nixon addresses a crowd at the Madison Municipal Airport while campaigning for the 1960 Presidential election.
Photograph

Esther Van Wagoner Tufty Leaving La Guardia Field

Date: 1948
Description: Typed note with photograph reads: "Pan American World Airways Photo, To Write on Tension in Germany, Miss Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, Washington newspaper co...
Postcard

William McBoyle's Passenger Service Plane

Date: 1995
Description: Text on front reads: "1926 photo of William McBoyle's passenger service plane, Watertown, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Front: 1926 photo of William McBoyle's p...
Photograph

EAA AirVenture

Date: 1981
Description: Aerial view of small aircraft parked at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture fly-in held at the Wittman Regional Airport.
Photograph

EAA AirVenture

Date: 1984
Description: Aerial view of small aircraft parked on a grassy field at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture fly-in held at the Wittman Regional Airpor...
Photograph

Airplanes at EAA Fly-In

Date: 08 30 1981
Description: Airplanes lined up on the tarmac at Wittman Regional Airport during the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture fly-in. Visitors are looking at ...
Photograph

Jet Fighter Pilot

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Description: A pilot in flight suit poses next to an F-86D Sabre jet fighter. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. Truax Airport. Pilot about to climb into a jet fighter."

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