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Governor Vernon W. Thomson Receives Membership in the Northwest Airlines' Top Flight Club

Date: 07 17 1958
Description: Governor Vernon W. Thomson (left) receives a membership card, and citation, in the Northwest Airlines Top Flight Club for his support of air transportation...
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Orville Akre

Date: 06 02 1959
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Orville Akre, District Manager of Northwest Orient Airlines.
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Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, the 1948 Alice in Dairyland, stands next to a Wisconsin Central Airlines airplane with Governor Oscar Rennebohm and another man.
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Wisconsin Central Airlines Union Officers

Date: 01 08 1952
Description: Group portrait of the newly elected officers of the Wisconsin Central Airlines Local No. 780, International Association of Machinists. Seated left to right...
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Polio Victims

Date: 08 02 1951
Description: Bonnie Wainscott (left), age 16, and her mother Mrs. Grace Wainscott are greeted by Francis M. Higgins, President of Wisconsin Central Airlines. The Wainsc...
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Scandinavian Trade Delegation Visits Madison

Date: 04 04 1964
Description: Scandinavian trade delegation of 25 Norwegian businessmen and journalists visit Madison to publicize the inaugural flight of Scandinavian Airlines System (...
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Scandinavian Trade Delegation Visits Madison

Date: 04 04 1964
Description: A Scandinavian trade delegation of 25 Norwegian businessmen and journalists visits Madison to publicize the inaugural flight of Scandinavian Airlines Syste...
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Scandinavian Trade Delegation Visits Madison

Date: 04 04 1964
Description: A Scandinavian trade delegation of 25 Norwegian businessmen and journalists visit Madison to publicize the inaugural flight of Scandinavian Airlines System...
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Model Ragnhild Dolstad, Member of Scandinavian Trade Delegation Visit to Madison

Date: 04 04 1964
Description: Scandinavian trade delegation of 25 Norwegian businessmen and journalists visit Madison to publicize the inaugural flight of the Scandinavian Airlines Syst...
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 21 1976
Description: Group portrait of a woman standing between two men. In the background is a Northwest Airlines airplane. The woman is wearing a crown, and a sash that reads...
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Hollington K. Tong, Nationalist China Ambassador to the United States

Date: 02 19 1958
Description: Hollington K. Tong, Nationalist China Ambassador to the United States (left) and O.C. Akre, Madison representative of Northwest Orient Airlines (center) ar...
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National German Song Festival Attendees

Date: 07 28 1956
Description: Several people posing outside a Flying Tiger Line airplane, on the ground and on the airstair. The airstair has logos for Northwest Airlines. Caption reads...
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Patrick Stoycheff

Date: 03 05 1958
Description: Portrait of Patrick Stoycheff, who won an all-expense paid 10-day trip to Portugal, Spain and New York City for selling 150 new subscriptions to the Wis...
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Koepcke Travel Agency Given Plaque

Date: 02 28 1958
Description: Phil Koepcke is holding a plaque awarded to Koepcke Travel Agency for its outstanding contributions to the development of civil air transportation. With hi...
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Wisconsin Goodwill Tour

Date: 09 08 1961
Description: Outdoor group portrait of 22 men with their matching carry-on bags. The men are posed on the gangway and the tarmac in front of an airliner. The airplane i...
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First Wisconsinites to Visit Poland after World War II

Date: 06 18 1956
Description: Ten women and two men posing on the airstair to a plane. Several of the people are waving. The airstair has a Capital Airlines logo. Caption reads: "The...
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Flying In

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey stepping off a plane for an appointment in his district. An airport employee wearing headphones stands at the foot of the airplan...
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Theta Sigma Phi Banquet

Date: 06 02 1956
Description: Dr. John A. Schindler of Monroe was the speaker at the banquet of the national convention of Theta Sigma Phi at the Hotel Loraine. Shirley Staub, left, was...
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We Saw You at CC Open House

Date: 06 05 1959
Description: New members of the Madison Chamber of Commerce are welcomed at an open house at the chamber offices, 23 W. Main Street. Edward I. Diener (left) Sears, Roeb...

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