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Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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National Guard Line
1955
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 National Guard and the Wisconsin Air National Gu...
Municipal Airport Administration Building
1955
An aerial view at Truax Field showing the Municipal Airport Administration Building.
Truax Field Radar
Radar equipment at Truax Field, formerly Madison Municipal Airport.
Madison's Truax Runway
1954
Aerial view of a new landing strip at Truax Field as photographed from a low-flying airplane.
Truax Field Passenger Terminal
The new passenger terminal at Truax Field, also known as Madison Municipal Airport. At the back is an outdoor observation deck and a view of the original WPA terminal opened in 1937.
Madison's Truax Field
October 18, 1955
A Northwest Airlines DC-4 plane at the Truax terminal. Originally constructed in 1937 with assistance from the WPA, the Madison Municipal Airport was renamed Truax Field during World War II to hono...
