Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Work
Filter: Year of 1900-1999
Filter: Year of 1940-1949
Filter: Subject of airplanes
| Date: | 1944 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Factory workers assembling an engine cowling for the Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando cargo and transport airplane during World War II at International Harvest... |
| Date: | 1947 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Herman "Fish" Salmon and his airplane, the "Cosmic Wind," at the 1947 National Air Races. This image is from the collection of Harry Bruno, the publicist f... |
| Date: | 1947 |
|---|---|
| Description: | William Brennand of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Brennand piloted Steve Wittman's "Buster" to victory in the 1947 National Air Races. This photograph is from the co... |
| Date: | 1947 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The winner of the Goodyear Trophy, Steve Wittman of Oshkosh (on the right) with pilot William Brennand (holding the trophy). With them are Paul Litchfield ... |
| Date: | 1946 |
|---|---|
| Description: | An unidentified pilot seated in the cockpit of a Stinson sport airplane at Richland County Airport. He had flown there to attend the airport dedication. |
| Date: | 1948 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A Wisconsin Central Airlines pilot walking toward a twin-engine Lockheed 10A airplane parked on the runway at Truax Field. |
| Date: | 05 17 1945 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Mrs. F.V. Burcalow is shown with her two children, Vicki and Larry, with an airplane. Mrs. Burcalow is learning how to fly while her husband, an assistant ... |
| Date: | 05 17 1945 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Martha Akin from Phoenix, Arizona, Audrey Waldschmidt, Bismarck, North Dakota, and Helen Harger, Pontiac, Michigan, are shown plotting a course for a fligh... |
| Date: | 05 17 1945 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Evan Nicholas of Middleton, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Lelia) Nordby, 701 Gilmore Street, posing with an airplane. They possess licenses to pilo... |
| Date: | 09 09 1940 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Man and woman with two suitcases boarding a Northwest airplane. "Hundred to One" It's for You" Manchesters Fall merchandise sale. Advertisement says "Now t... |
| Date: | 1944 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Male and female factory workers make an engine cowling for a Curtiss-Wright C-46 commando cargo plane at Auburn Works. |
| Date: | 1944 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Factory worker wearing a protective mask working on an engine cowling for a Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando cargo plane at International Harvester's Auburn Wo... |
| Date: | 1944 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Factory worker at International Harvester's Auburn Works uses a machine to make engine an cowling for a Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando cargo plane while two ... |
| Date: | 1944 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Male and female factory workers assemble an engine cowling for a Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando cargo plane at International Harvester's Auburn Works. |
| Date: | 1944 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Female factory workers make parts for engine cowlings at International Harvester's Auburn Works. The cowlings were for Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando cargo p... |
| Date: | 01 23 1947 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Area teachers attending an aviation education program boarding a Northwest Airlines DC-3 plane at Truax Field along with some members of the flight crew. |
| Date: | 1948 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Pilot Bill Dotter waves goodbye just before taking off in the "Harold F. McCormick", an International Harvester corporate airplane. |
| Date: | 1948 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Pilot William R. Dotter and Co-Pilot Walter Daiber standing next to the "Harold F. McCormick", an International Harvester corporate airplane. |
| Date: | 07 18 1948 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two pilots with a guest posed in front of a Wisconsin Central airliner. |
| Date: | 08 03 1948 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, at left, christens the "Northliner Alice in Dairyland" with a bottle of milk at the Madison municipal airport, with N... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: