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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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Tri City Airport

Date: 1928
Description: The Tri City Airport which served Wisconsin Rapids, Port Edwards, and Nekoosa, was organized in 1928 after the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company decided to pur...
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Aerial Bridge, Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor

Date: 1913
Description: Aerial bridge and harbor, with a large boat passing underneath. A lamppost and a beacon are along the walkway towards the bridge on the left. Caption reads...
Postcard

Elevated View of Harbor

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of the harbor.
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View of Sturgeon Bay

Date: 07 07 1898
Description: View across water of Sturgeon Bay. In the far distance are lighthouses, buildings, and barges along the shoreline.
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Boy Watching the Sea

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Description: A view of a boy watching the sea from a pier. Two sailboats are in the water,
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North Head Lighthouse

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Description: Elevated view of the century-old North Head Lighthouse, completed in 1898, built in response to a marked increase in the number of shipwrecks along the Pen...
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Bernegat Lighthouse

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Description: Barnegat Lighthouse was built in 1854 by the U.S. government. Oil-powered lights were originally installed in 1856 but were replaced by electric lights in ...
Postcard

Duluth Superior Lift Bridge

Date: 07 30 1952
Description: Text on reverse reads: "G-1–Ore Boat Leaving Duluth-Superior Harbor, Lift Bridge Raised. Giant lake freighters leave Duluth-Superior Harbor, the world's la...
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Opening of Navigation Season

Date: 06 14 1947
Description: Text on front reads: "Opening of Navigation Season, First Giant Freighters Entering Ship Canal and Duluth-Superior Harbor." On reverse: "The navigation sea...
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Life Saving Crew Entering Boat

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Life Saving Crew Entering Boat, Two Rivers, Wis." A group of men launching a large rowboat into Lake Michigan. In the background is a...

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