Photograph
Truax Field
| Workmen overhauling the engine of a Wisconsin Central airplane in the airline hangar at Truax Field. Formerly known as Madison Municipal Airport, the field was taken over by the government during World War II and renamed Truax Field, in honor of a local hero. In 1948 after the military left, Wisconsin Central Airlines moved its headquarters from Clintonville to Madison. |
| Image ID: | 10998 |
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| Creation Date: | after 1948 |
| Creator Name: | Newhouse, John |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | John Newhouse photographs, interviews and other materials, 1945-1974 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, b/w copy |
| Original Format Number: | (N48)4059 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4.5 x 3.5 inches |
| Machine shops |
| Airplanes |
| Airports |
| Work clothes |
| Hats |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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