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| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | North Central Airlines DC-3 airplane in flight. |
| Date: | 07 17 1958 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 02 1959 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Orville Akre, District Manager of Northwest Orient Airlines. |
| Date: | 09 27 1954 |
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| Description: | A group of men pose in front of Capital Airlines airplane at Madison Municipal Airport - Truax Field. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a North Central Airlines DC-3 airplane flying over the Madison isthmus. Clearly visible are the Wisconsin State Capitol, the 1 West Wilson S... |
| Date: | 11 01 1954 |
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| Description: | A model, and a North Central Airlines stewardess posing at the top of loading stairs leading up to an airliner for Northwest Airlines. The model is posing ... |
| Date: | 01 08 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the newly elected officers of the Wisconsin Central Airlines Local No. 780, International Association of Machinists. Seated left to right... |
| Date: | 08 02 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | To celebrate the addition of DC-3s to their fleet, North Central Airlines sponsored several special promotional events. One such activity was a special fli... |
| Date: | 10 18 1955 |
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| Description: | A Northwest Airlines DC-4 plane at the Truax terminal. Originally constructed in 1937 with assistance from the WPA, the Madison Municipal Airport was renam... |
| Date: | 02 19 1958 |
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| Description: | Hollington K. Tong, Nationalist China Ambassador to the United States (left) and O.C. Akre, Madison representative of Northwest Orient Airlines (center) ar... |
| Date: | 07 28 1957 |
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| Description: | The winner of the 1957 Soap Box Derby, Van Steiner, receiving champion's kiss from Barbara Harned, wife of "Wisconsin State Journal writer, who was a forme... |
| Date: | 01 15 1952 |
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| Description: | Roy L. Matson, editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, boarding a plane to start a 25,000-mile air tour of Europe and the Near East under the sponsorship of... |
| Date: | 07 28 1956 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 03 05 1958 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 28 1958 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Composite image of "Packerland U.S.A." including prominent attractions: Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, NFL Football team; the Brown County A... |
| Date: | 06 18 1956 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 02 1956 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 05 1959 |
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| 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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