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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: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Jack Vilas (seated) in the Curtiss hydroplane he used to spot forest fires for the Wisconsin Conservation Department. (His companion is not identified.) Th... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Pennco Field (Royal Airport), including the hanger and airplanes on the ground. Lake Monona, the Wisconsin State Capitol, and the Madiso... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a crowd at the Pennco Field (Royal Airport), gathered for an aerial show. Biplanes possibly used for the show are on the airstrip. Automob... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of biplanes at the Pennco Field (Royal Airport), probably for an air show. Lake Monona is in the background. |
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| Description: | A pontoon airplane floating on a lake with a man next to it. |
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| Description: | Two men standing on a pontoon airplane with their dog and a line of ducks they successfully hunted. |
| Date: | 06 1940 |
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| Description: | Front view of Aeronca airplane on the way down Marine Railway. |
| Date: | 06 1940 |
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| Description: | Rear view of Aeronca airplane entering the water at the end of the Marine Railway. |
| Date: | 07 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Dozens of boys at Camp Wakanda on the north shore of Lake Mendota watch rescue work on an airplane which has crashed into the lake near shore. Tom Langloi... |
| Date: | 07 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Rescue of airplane which has crashed into Lake Mendota near the north shore. View of the airplane from the water toward the shore and Camp Wakanda. Tom La... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of lake, in the upper left. A town with dwellings and other buildings are along the shoreline. Part of the airplane is on the right. |
| Date: | 02 06 1949 |
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| Description: | A Cessna 140 airplane, which crash landed on Lake Mendota. The pilot, Harold Guehrer, and passenger John Koeppel, both from Milwaukee, were injured. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card showing Navy Pier in Chicago. There is snow on the ground, the lake is frozen and two lines of planes are flying overhead forming a "V" patter... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | This pictorial tourist map from the Wisconsin Conservation Commission depicts vacation activities and identifies tourist destinations throughout the state.... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man, possibly Benton C. Black, delivering films to Campo Fiesta at Trout Lake. The delivery is being made in a Seabee seaplane by the Amphibious Motion P... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of Trout Lake of a group of six men posed with the pilot, possibly Jack Vilas, on an early seaplane or flying boat floating in the wate... |
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