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Airplane Wreck
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After hooking a wing into a huge tree, an airplane piloted by Carl Anderson crashed onto a town road in Fitchburg near the Sam McGaw farm. The impact tore off an eight inch tree branch.
February 21, 1947
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Airplane Wreck
February 21, 1947
Allen Kielhold (left) and Sam McGaw are shown standing beside the wreckage of the two-seater plane from which they pulled Carl Anderson after he crashed the plane into a road in the town of Fitchburg.
Airplane Crash in Lake Mendota
July 18, 1944
Rescue of airplane which has crashed into Lake Mendota near the north shore. View of the airplane from the water toward the shore and Camp Wakanda. Tom Langlois, 17, 213 North Randall Avenue, was ...
Airplane Crash
February 6, 1949
A Cessna 140 airplane, which crash landed on Lake Mendota. The pilot, Harold Guehrer, and passenger John Koeppel, both from Milwaukee, were injured.
Kapec Apple Orchard
August 9, 1957
View of the Martin P. Kapec apple orchard along Verona Road in Fitchburg.
Airplane Crash in Lake Mendota
July 18, 1944
Dozens of boys at Camp Wakanda on the north shore of Lake Mendota watch rescue work on an airplane which has crashed into the lake near shore. Tom Langlois, 17, 213 North Randall Avenue, was serio...
Wolterswoods Kennels Cocker Spaniels
December 30, 1947
Two cream colored Cocker Spaniels standing on a cage. They were owned by Mrs. Joseph T. Wolters of Wolterswoods Kennels, Dane County.
