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Mitchell Weather Watching

Date: 12 29 1987
Description: Bored travelers at General Mitchell International Airport, apparently taking their cue from a droopy travel poster advertising vacations in the sunny Carib...
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Women in War Production at Auburn Works

Date: 1944
Description: Female factory workers make parts for engine cowlings at International Harvester's Auburn Works. The cowlings were for Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando cargo p...
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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Wisconsin Congressmen

Date: 1991
Description: Wisconsin was well represented on a congressional leadership trip to the Persian Gulf in 1991. Here Congressman David Obey (in plaid shirt) leans over the ...
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Obey and Madison

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey (right) and his home secretary Jerry Madison, also a Wausau history teacher, traveling in the district on an airplane.
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Interior View of Sikorsky Aircraft

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Description: An interior view of Jock H. Whitney’s luxurious flying yacht, NC8005, c/n 14-2, featuring a spring couch with leather cushions, special high-back chairs, c...
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At the Airport

Date: 01 2014
Description: The Corben Super-Ace airplane is hanging in the glass atrium of the Dane County Airport, where it has been displayed since 1991. Behind the airplane are la...

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