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Airports — I-9

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Airports — I-9." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Northwest Airline's I-9 towing a DC-4 at the Chicago Municipal Airport....
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Airports — I-9

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man driving a tractor to compact a runway. Subject: "Airports — I-9." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "I-9 and Bros ...
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Airports — I-9

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of a man driving a tractor to compact a runway. Subject: "Airports — I-9." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "I-9 and B...
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Airports — I-9

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man driving a tractor to compact a runway. There is an airplane on the runway in the background. Subject: "Airports — I-9." Where Taken: "Mi...
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Airports — T-6 Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Airports — T-6 Tractor." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "United Air Lines' T-6 towing a DC-6 at the Chicago Municipal Ai...
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Airports — TD-9

Date: 1950
Description: View of men working with concrete mixer. Subject: "Airports — TD-9." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "TD-9 Tractor loading sand int...
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Madison's Royal Airport Office

Date: 05 05 1932
Description: The U.S. airmail radio operator at Royal Airport in Madison. During the 1920s Madison had two airports: the Madison Airport (aka the North Street Airport) ...
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Middleton Airport and Morey Airplane Co.

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Description: Howard Morey (left) was associated with most of the airports in Madison. Prior to World War II he managed Madison Municipal Airport and when the military t...
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Austin Straubel Airport

Date: 06 13 1965
Description: The restaurant at Austin Straubel Field. In 1965 Brown County completed a new passenger terminal at Austin Straubel Airport that included a large (and appa...
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Truax Field Radar

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Description: Radar equipment at Truax Field, formerly Madison Municipal Airport.
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The "Spirit of St. Louis"

Date: 1928
Description: Charles Lindbergh's airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," while visiting Madison.
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Arrival of the "Spirit of St. Louis"

Date: 1928
Description: The landing of the "Spirit of St. Louis," carrying Charles Lindbergh.
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Ruins, Royal Airport Hangar

Date: 08 16 1932
Description: Ruins of the Royal Airport hangar after a fire. Viewed from the road.
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TravelAir Airplane

Date: 08 03 1930
Description: Mr. McDonald in TravelAir airplane at the Madison Airport, Coolidge Avenue between North Street and Kedzie.
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TravelAir Airplane

Date: 08 03 1930
Description: Mr. McDonald in TravelAir airplane at the Madison Airport, Coolidge Avenue between North Street and Kedzie.
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TravelAir Airplane

Date: 08 03 1930
Description: Mr. McDonald in TravelAir airplane at the Madison Airport, Coolidge Avenue between North Street and Kedzie.
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Dean Rusk

Date: 11 1961
Description: Secretary of State Dean Rusk being greeted at the Tokyo airport during a goodwill tour.
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Wisconsin Central Lockheed 10A

Date: 1948
Description: A Wisconsin Central Airlines pilot walking toward a twin-engine Lockheed 10A airplane parked on the runway at Truax Field.
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Truax Field Fire Station

Date: 04 10 1943
Description: Truax Army Air Field Fire Station #1, with fire fighters and their trucks.
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TravelAir Airplane

Date: 08 03 1930
Description: Mr. McDonald standing by the TravelAir airplane at the Madison Airport, Coolidge Avenue between North St and Kedzie.

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