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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" Airplane in Flight

Date: 09 03 1918
Description: A Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" airplane / biplane in flight over the Weber Farm south of Lake Monona. Titled in the album "The First Aeroplane in Madison". "The f...
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Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" Airplane in Madison

Date: 09 03 1918
Description: Side view of a Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" airplane / biplane parked in a field (probably Weber Farm south of Lake Monona) with onlookers nearby. Airplane has a ...
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Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" Airplane in Madison

Date: 09 03 1918
Description: A crowd of adults and children looks over a JN-4HG gunnery trainer airplane / biplane which has landed in a field. Airplane has a black cat symbol in a ci...
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Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" Airplanes in a Field near Madison

Date: 09 03 1918
Description: Three Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" airplanes / biplanes parked in a field with onlookers. An automobile is parked nearby. Airplanes have a black cat symbol in a c...
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Wisconsin Football Team Boarding Airplane

Date: 09 07 1948
Description: The University of Wisconsin football team shown boarding an airplane at Truax Field for a trip to Oakland, California, to play the University of California...
Poster

David G. Thompson M.F.A. Show

Date: 05 1971
Description: Poster announcing M.F.A. art exhibition for David G. Thompson. Held May 21-28, 1971, at the Wisconsin Center Concourse Gallery in Madison. Features various...
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Monocoach Cockpit

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Description: Interior view of a single engine airplane, probably a Monocoach 100K developed for racing.
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American Legion Gathering at Airport

Date: 11 11 1948
Description: American Legion members in front of a plane at the Madison airport. Membership Chairman R.C. Golden is handing 1949 membership cards to the pilot Colonel L...
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Santa Parade

Date: 11 27 1948
Description: In front of Manchester's Department Store, Santa Claus waves to the children from his yellow Ercoupe airplane as he rides in a parade sponsored by the Madi...
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Aerial View of Town near Lake

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Description: Aerial view of lake, in the upper left. A town with dwellings and other buildings are along the shoreline. Part of the airplane is on the right.
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Man at Airplane Wheel

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Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an airplane, while another man, possibly Joe Valance, stands to the side.
Poster

John Risseeuw Exhibition Poster

Date: 10 1971
Description: Poster publicizing an exhibition of art by John Risseeuw, at the 7th floor gallery, in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Humanities Building. Features mo...
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Presidential Candidate Richard M. Nixon

Date: 1960
Description: Republican presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon speaks at an outdoor event. There is an airplane in the background. Patricia Nixon is shown seated behin...
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Airplane Crash

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: A Cessna 140 airplane, which crash landed on Lake Mendota. The pilot, Harold Guehrer, and passenger John Koeppel, both from Milwaukee, were injured.
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University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred and Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams

Date: 03 24 1949
Description: UW President E.B. Fred (second from right), and Student Board president Tom Englehardt (at left) welcome Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams (second from ...
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Airplanes Parked in Field

Date: 1930
Description: Three airplanes are parked in a field. Several men and a woman are standing and sitting among the airplanes. The event was likely the National Air Show in ...
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Airplanes Parked in Field

Date: 1930
Description: Several parked airplanes are parked in a field. Fences have been set up around the airplanes, and people are sitting on the ground or walking around the fi...
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Aerial Acrobatics Event Poster

Date: 1930
Description: A poster advertisement for aerial acrobatics shows at Cook Field. A discount was offered to those who purchased a Farmall tractor during the period of the ...
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Ambulance Corps Van

Date: 1941
Description: Men and women standing with an International Metro used by Czechoslovakian Relief. An airplane is in the background. All four people are wearing coats and ...

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