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Truax Field

Date: 1945
Description: An aerial view of Truax Field, now also called Dane County Regional Airport. In addition to commercial flights, Truax Field is also home to the Army Nation...
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Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1947
Description: Aerial view of the Forest Products Laboratory.
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University Campus

Date: 1947
Description: Aerial of University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with Camp Randall in the lower right corner and Lake Mendota, looking northeast to Maple Bluff.
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A Wisconsin Farm in Mid-Winter

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of a farm in mid-winter. Snow blankets the ground and some of the buildings. An orchard is in the foreground.
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Terraced Farm Land

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of terraced farm land with shocks of harvested corn. A farm is in the valley and trees cover much of the hills.
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Kewaunee Car Ferry Slip

Date: 09 17 1948
Description: Aerial view of two Lake Michigan ferries tied up at harbor slips. The eastern terminus of the Green Bay Route was the Lake Michigan port city of Kewaunee. ...
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Wisconsin Dairy Farm

Date: 10 05 1948
Description: Aerial photograph of the Baumgartner Dairy Farm, one half mile east of Three Lakes, WI.
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Minocqua

Date: 07 10 1949
Description: Aerial view of Minocqua showing the surrounding lakes.
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Petenwell Dam

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the Highway 21 bridge and Petenwell Dam on the Wisconsin River.
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Contour Farming

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of contour farming surrounding multiple farms and woods.
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Capitol Square

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol building and surrounding Madison area. Lake Monona is in the background.
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Wisconsin Resort

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of Northernaire Resort, on Deer Lake. The resort is in the foreground. Many lakes, surrounded by trees, are in the background, including Big St...
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Contour Farming

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of a farm and surrounding fields farmed with the contour method. Shocks of grain dot several of the fields.
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Power

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of a hydroelectric power plant owned by Northern States Power Company located on the Chippewa River. A highway bridge and a railroad bridge spa...
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Fish Creek

Date: 08 11 1950
Description: Aerial view of Eagle Harbor.
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Forest Nursery

Date: 1951
Description: Aerial view of the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company nursery.
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Wisconsin Ribbon of Concrete

Date: 11 1951
Description: Aerial view of US Highway 14 southeast of La Crosse descending into Mormon Coulee. The original caption of the print, which is undated, describes the road ...
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Wisconsin Farm

Date: 1952
Description: Aerial view of a farm in the summer.
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Ice Fishing

Date: 1952
Description: Aerial view of ice fishermen on the ice next to a lake. Their paths and footprints make an interesting pattern in the snow.
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City Stadium

Date: 1952
Description: Aerial view of City Stadium, former home of the Green Bay Packers from 1925 to 1956. Currently it is the home of the Green Bay East High School football te...

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