Charles Lindbergh walks Pennco Field after his arrival in Madison in August 1927. Three months after his famous flight across the Atlantic, Lindbergh came here in his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, to stimulate interest in commercial aviation.
State Journal archives
An aerial view of Pennco Field, later Royal Airport, with Lake Monona, the State Capitol and the Madison skyline in the background.
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Navy Corpsman John H. Bradley, of Antigo, is presented with a plaque commemorating his raising of the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima in World War II.
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The Madison Municipal Airport was renamed Truax Field during World War II to honor Thomas Truax, a local air cadet killed during a training accident in California.
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Front page of the Sept. 1, 1939, State Journal announced Europe was about to plunge into another world war.
Wisconsin State Journal archives
Front page from Oct. 29, 1929, carried news that the stock market had crashed.
A view of State Street looking toward the state Capitol in 1939. The New Orpheum opened in 1927, followed by the Capitol 10 months later. Orpheum's six-story vertical street sign could be seen the full length of State Street, and still can.
Five Marines and one Navy corpsman -- Wisconsin native John H. Bradley -- raise the American flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945. The image is often cited as the most reproduced photograph in history.
Charles Lindbergh walks Pennco Field after his arrival in Madison in August 1927. Three months after his famous flight across the Atlantic, Lindbergh came here in his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, to stimulate interest in commercial aviation.
A view of State Street looking toward the state Capitol in 1939. The New Orpheum opened in 1927, followed by the Capitol 10 months later. Orpheum's six-story vertical street sign could be seen the full length of State Street, and still can.
Five Marines and one Navy corpsman -- Wisconsin native John H. Bradley -- raise the American flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945. The image is often cited as the most reproduced photograph in history.
The Madison Municipal Airport was renamed Truax Field during World War II to honor Thomas Truax, a local air cadet killed during a training accident in California.
