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Centennial Encampment on Lake Monona

Date: 1876
Description: Four men in front of tent in the woods. There is a man with a hatchet next to a clothesline between two trees. This is a Centennial encampment on the shore...
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Anti-War Interview

Date: 10 16 1965
Description: At a sit-down demonstration at Truax Air Force Base, a journalist interviews one of the demonstrators.
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Stop the War

Date: 10 15 1965
Description: Opponents of the War in Vietnam protesting at Truax Air Force Base. This event, which was probably sponsored by local members of the National Coordinating...
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General J. Lawton Collins and Charles Isenberger

Date: 04 13 1949
Description: General J. Lawton Collins, Vice-Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, center, is met at Truax Field by Charles Isenberger, at right. The general was the speake...
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Ice Slide at Truax Field

Date: 02 23 1950
Description: Children play on an ice slide created by two residents of the barracks apartments at Truax Field. A swing set is in the background.
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Welcoming Committee for Rear Admiral Roy T. Cowdrey

Date: 05 18 1951
Description: Rear Admiral and Mrs. Roy T. Cowdrey are welcomed by city, state and military officials at the airport. From left: Col. Collins Ferris, commanding officer ...
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Women on Air Force Tour

Date: 05 18 1953
Description: At Truax Field, Lieutenant H.B. Smith adjusts a parachute on Lillian Nitcher, one of a group of eighteen area women who were selected to make an official A...
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International Soil Science Congress

Date: 08 13 1960
Description: Russian delegates to the seventh International Soil Science Congress are greeted at Truax Municipal Airport. Ann Borland (left), Miss Madison, greets Mrs. ...
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Truax Medical Clinic

Date: 03 05 1965
Description: View across road towards a one-story building with three cars parked in front near the corner of E. Washington Avenue and N. Stoughton Road. The building w...

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