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Air View, Wisconsin Dells

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of Wisconsin Dells. The wing of the airplane is in the left foreground.
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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: A group of B-25s fly over the Wisconsin State Capitol dome during the Wisconsin Centennial Parade.
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Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Airport

Date: 1957
Description: Aerial view of the Baraboo Wisconsin Dells airport.
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Aerial View of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1954
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol, including a bit of the airplane wing.
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Wright Model B from Below

Date: 1912
Description: The Wright Model B owned by Farnum Fish flying at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in 1912.
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Roy Rogers at the Fair

Date: 1958
Description: Motion picture and television "cowboy" stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans arrive in Milwaukee for their appearance at the Wisconsin State Fair. Although unda...
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Wisconsin Central Pilot Training

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Description: Wisconsin Central Airline's flight simulator which was designed to teach the airline's pilots how to fly with instruments.
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Wisconsin Football Team Boarding Airplane

Date: 09 07 1948
Description: The University of Wisconsin football team shown boarding an airplane at Truax Field for a trip to Oakland, California, to play the University of California...
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Wisconsin Football Team

Date: 10 20 1950
Description: The University of Wisconsin football team boards an airplane taking them to their game at Michigan, played the following day.
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Wisconsin Central Lockheed 10A

Date: 1948
Description: A Wisconsin Central Airlines pilot walking toward a twin-engine Lockheed 10A airplane parked on the runway at Truax Field.
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Larson Brothers' Airport

Date: 1923
Description: The hangar and three airplanes (a Canuck and a J-1 Standard) at the airport operated by the Larson Brothers of Larsen, Wisconsin. The field was both the mo...
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Fish's Wright Flyer

Date: 1912
Description: The Wright Flyer of Farnum Fish being pushed into position for a demonstration flight at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
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Aerial View of Schofield

Date: 1926
Description: Aerial view with Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "Schofield Home Coming June 16-17-18-1927". The wing of an airplane is in the right foreground.
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Wisconsin Central Airliner

Date: 07 18 1948
Description: Two pilots with a guest posed in front of a Wisconsin Central airliner.
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Airplane at Don-Q Inn

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Description: An airplane at the thematically-based Don Q Inn.
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Senator Robert Taft Boarding Airplane

Date: 01 23 1952
Description: Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, a Republican Presidential candidate, prepares to board a Wisconsin Central airplane in Madison after meeting with supporter...
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University of Wisconsin Basketball Team at Airport

Date: 12 17 1947
Description: The University of Wisconsin basketball team in 'natty' attire posing in front of a Northwest Airlines plane. They are taking the plane to San Francisco on ...
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Tri City Airport

Date: 1928
Description: The Tri City Airport which served Wisconsin Rapids, Port Edwards, and Nekoosa, was organized in 1928 after the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company decided to pur...
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Stocking a Lake

Date: 1940
Description: A biplane is dropping fingerling fish into a Wisconsin lake. There are two small sheds on the shoreline. The caption on the reverse of the print reads: "Fi...
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New York Governor Visit

Date: 12 15 1959
Description: New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller is greeted by two former governors of Wisconsin at the Madison Municipal Airport. The potential presidential candidate...

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