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Milwaukee County Airport Origins
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The airfield of the Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Company which became the site of Milwaukee County Airport in 1926. It was established by Thomas Hamilton, a local maker of airplane propellers who expanded his business to include metal airplanes. The Hamilton field location is still part of the current, much expanded General Mitchell International Airport.
circa 1920-1929
Toepfer, Albert F.
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Milwaukee County Airport
1928
A Hamilton Metalplane, which was manufactured by the Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Co. of Milwaukee, at the Milwaukee County Airport.
Hamilton Metalplane
1928
Up on floats, an all-metal airplane built by the Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee in 1928. Thomas Hamilton already had a national reputation as the manufacturer of wooden propeller...
Mitchell at Milwaukee
1922
General William Mitchell, with his personal airplane and Milwaukee airport manager Giles Meisenheimer at Butler Field, the first Milwaukee County airport. During the 1920s Billy Mitchell made numer...
Milwaukee County Airport
An aerial view of the Milwaukee County Airport. The office, also seen in Image ID: 11454 is visible in the lower left corner.
Milwaukee's Air Terminal
June 21, 1955
Night view of the air terminal at Mitchell Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the foreground is the wing and propeller of a large airplane.
