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Mitchell Airport Farewell
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Children, adults, and a Northwest Airlines Boeing 707 jetliner on the tarmac at General Mitchell International Airport. The children, all first graders from Happy Hollow School, were on a field trip to say farewell to a classmate who was about to depart with his mother to visit relatives in West Germany. Milwaukee had entered the jet age only two years earlier with the arrival of a Northwest Airlines Boeing 720.
June 1963
Publication Information
| Date Created | June 1963 |
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Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 26 x 21 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Milwaukee photographs, 1955-1956, 1960-1965 |
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| Call Number | PH 2737 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT UNDETERMINED |
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| Rights Holder | Wisconsin Historical Society |
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Reading Circle
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A mother reads stories on her front steps to children from around the block.
Mother's Day
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A grandmother with daughter and granddaughter. They are nicely dressed for mother's day.
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A line of elementary students dressed up in Halloween costumes at school. Women are standing and sitting in the background.
Five Cent Beer
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Starwagon
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A member of the Milwaukee Astronomical society explains the telescope to children as they look at the stars from the starwagon at the Doerfler playground.
