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Northwest Airways Special Delivery
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In an obvious publicity stunt, a Northwest Airways pilot delivers the first case of post-Prohibition Atlas Beer to Madison distributor Ira Chambers. The shipments from Atlas Brewing Co. in Chicago went to President Franklin Roosevelt and other prominent individuals, and they constituted the largest airplane shipment to date.
April 7, 1933
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Atlas Beer Delivery by Airplane
April 7, 1933
Ira Chambers of the Atlas Distributing Co. is shown receiving the first case of Atlas Beer, of Chicago, Illinois, from the pilot of a Northwest Airlines plane at the airport. Three other men and on...
Northwest Airways Air Mail Delivery
July 1, 1933
A Northwest Airways crew delivers a bag of airmail to Madison postmaster W.A. Devine. With him, posed in front of the Ford TriMotor, are pilots Elmer Wahl (left) and Lee Smith. A passenger can be s...
Royal Airport
May 5, 1932
Two airplane pilots and a third man are standing in front of a Northwest Airways air mail plane at Madison's Royal Airport. There are automobiles parked near a hangar in the background.
Air Mail Begins
November 22, 1927
Souvenir envelope mailed by John A. Lester on the flight that inaugurated air mail service between Madison and Minneapolis in 1927. Madison's first incoming airmail consignment from Chicago and Mil...
Pesticide Spraying
1925
Loading an airplane with calcium arsenate in order to spray for the hemlock looper pest in Peninsula State Park. This is believed to be the first such use of aviation. Little is known about pilot L...
Royal Airways Corporation Hangar
March 17, 1929
View across field towards the Royal Airways hangar at Royal Airport. The parking lot nearby is full of automobiles. There is a small blimp on a pole attached to the roof of the building. There is a...
