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Three University of Wisconsin Coeds Studying Aviation

Date: 05 17 1945
Description: Martha Akin from Phoenix, Arizona, Audrey Waldschmidt, Bismarck, North Dakota, and Helen Harger, Pontiac, Michigan, are shown plotting a course for a fligh...
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La Pointe Light

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Description: La Pointe Light on Long Island (Apostle Islands), Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior.
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Appleton Locks

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Description: Elevated view of a lock at Appleton, with views of mills and other structures in the background.
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Truax Field Communication Station

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Three men working at the Civil Aeronautics Administration interstate communication station at Truax Field. From left to right are: Guy J. Blakely checking...
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Truax Field Radar

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Description: Radar equipment at Truax Field, formerly Madison Municipal Airport.
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Tenney Park Breakwater Under Construction

Date: 07 22 1949
Description: Tenney Park breakwater and Lake Mendota. The city of Madison was able to resume construction at no cost. The construction company tearing up East Washingto...
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Truax Field Radar

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Description: Man wearing microphone and headphones seated before a radar screen.
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North Pier and Lighthouse

Date: 1890
Description: View from the shore of Kenosha's North Pier and lighthouse. Waves are breaking on the shore of Lake Michigan.
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Long Tail Point Lighthouse

Date: 1890
Description: Second Long Tail Point lighthouse, built in 1859.
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Long Tail Point Lighthouse

Date: 1895
Description: The first Long Tail Point Lighthouse.
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North Pier Lighthouse

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Description: Three men pose standing on ice around North Pier lighthouse. In the background is the town along the shoreline.
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Tug Record Pulling a Schooner into Superior

Date: 1891
Description: Photograph of a painting by May Conniff Frost showing the tugboat Record of the Inman Line pulling a lake schooner through rough waters into Superio...

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