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Lost Airplane Canopy
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Police Officer Robert Ferris stands near a canopy that ripped loose from a Truax Field jet fighter and landed in the Rentschler Floral Company plat a block from Madison West High School.
March 8, 1954
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
Publication Information
| Creator | Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer) |
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| Date Created | March 8, 1954 |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 13 x 11 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962 |
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| Call Number | PH 6442.5375 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | IN COPYRIGHT |
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| Rights Holder | Wisconsin State Journal; Wisconsin Historical Society |
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Men Boarding Airplane
September 27, 1954
A group of men pose in front of Capital Airlines airplane at Madison Municipal Airport - Truax Field.
Dead Seagulls at Truax Field
October 22, 1946
Bert F. Crary, an employee at Truax Municipal Airport, holding three seagulls killed by an airplane as it landed at the airport.
Teens at Truax
October 1, 1954
Woman and two teenagers stand outside the Madison Municipal Airport - Truax Field terminal.
Flight Training at Truax Field
1944
Instructor on the wing of a biplane talking with an airman trainee in the cockpit of a plane during flight training at Truax Field during World War II.
Airplane Crash
February 6, 1949
A Cessna 140 airplane, which crash landed on Lake Mendota. The pilot, Harold Guehrer, and passenger John Koeppel, both from Milwaukee, were injured.
