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| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Richard M. Nixon welcomed by Barbara Bird, Honey Queen, and Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson with cheese package at the Oshkosh Airport. |
| 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: | 05 16 1959 |
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| Description: | A crowd watching a formation flight by military aircraft at a Truax Field air show. |
| Date: | 05 16 1959 |
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| Description: | A crowd waiting to get a glimpse inside a military jet on display at an air show at Truax Field. The air show was part of the Armed Forces Day celebration ... |
| 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: | 06 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Control tower and entrance to the new Howell Street passenger terminal at General Mitchell Field shortly before its formal opening in July 1955. The Milwau... |
| Date: | 06 1955 |
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| Description: | A helicopter hovers over the crowd at an air show marking the dedication of the Lone Rock Airport as a local government facility. Because of its location a... |
| 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: | 1954 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin Air National Guard F-89 Scorpion at Truax Field. Armaments for this fighter included two air-to-air rockets capable of being armed with nuclear... |
| Date: | 11 08 1956 |
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| Description: | The first F-102 jet arrives at Truax Field. |
| 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: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Baraboo Wisconsin Dells airport. |
| Date: | 09 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy speaking with reporters at LaGuardia Airport shortly after his victory over Len Schmitt in the Wisconsin Republican primary. McC... |
| Date: | 10 10 1953 |
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| Description: | As chairman of the Senate Investigating Committee Senator Joseph R. McCarthy traveled to New York City to hold closed hearings on alleged Communist espiona... |
| Date: | 10 01 1956 |
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| Description: | Original caption from the Milwaukee Journal: "Manager Fred Haney, wearing an Indian headdress, reached out to shake the hand of a greeter at Gen. Mi... |
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