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Madison's Truax Runway

Date: 1954
Description: Aerial view of a new landing strip at Truax Field as photographed from a low-flying airplane.
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Aerial View of Isthmus

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of the isthmus looking north.
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Municipal Airport Administration Building

Date: 1955
Description: An aerial view at Truax Field showing the Municipal Airport Administration Building.
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Sky Divers Landing on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 31 1962
Description: Three experienced sky divers, Miles Micya and Mel Gall of the Air Force, and Bob Falconer (Falkener), a U.W. student, jumped into Lake Mendota from an airp...
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Miss Madison Receives Prize Ride

Date: 08 11 1964
Description: Miss Madison, Abbie DeBuhr, stepping from a seaplane to the Memorial Union pier after a flight and cruise as guest of the Mohs Seaplane Corp. Burce Mohs, l...
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Sky Divers Landing on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 31 1962
Description: Three experienced sky divers, Miles Micya and Mel Gall of the Air Force, and Bob Falconer (Falkener), a U.W. student, jumped into Lake Mendota from an airp...
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Sky Divers Landing on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 31 1962
Description: Three experienced sky divers, Miles Micya and Mel Gall of the Air Force, and Bob Falconer (Falkener), a U.W. student, jumped into Lake Mendota from an airp...
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Rotary International Fellowship Program

Date: 07 14 1961
Description: Rotary District 625's scholarship committee chairman Basil I. Peterson greets Japanese student Tomoko Arai at the Madison Municipal Airport. She will be st...
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Lucy Baines Johnson Visiting Madison Friend

Date: 01 22 1964
Description: Visible in a the back seat of a car are, left to right, Mrs. James Cain of Rochester, Minnesota, Jack J. Olson, and Lucy Baines Johnson, daughter of Presid...
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Aerial View of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1954
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol, including a bit of the airplane wing.
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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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National Guard Line

Date: 1955
Description: An aerial view of Truax Field, now also called Dane County Regional Airport. In addition to commercial flights, Truax Field is also home to the Army Nation...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Four children stand on the observation deck watching planes at the Madison Municipal airport. The children include, from left to right: Carol, 3, Christine...

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