gr00259.xml Metropolitan Airports Commission An Inventory of Its Audio-Visual Materials at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul, MN.

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Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies and Meagan Kellom, April 2011. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission. Audio-visual materials. 1915-1990s. Materials in English. Mainly copies of photographs collected by the Metropolitan Airports Commission [MAC] from the private collections of Vince Doyle, Bill Ellis, and Noel Allard, and from the Minnesota Historical Society. Some but not all are identified with their original ownership. They are divided into four series: individuals, which are mainly MAC, Wold-Chamberlain Field, or Northwest Airlines employees and directors, including Charles Holman, or well-known visitors, including Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, Bob Hope, Will Rogers, and Dean Martin; events and airport scenes; aircraft; and aerial views. The latter three are all arranged chronologically and are largely centered around Wold-Chamberlain Field. Included are views of the 1923 Wold-Chamberlain Field dedication; Howard Hughes' round the world flight refueling (1938); World War II military troops and aircraft; building construction, particularly the West Side and Lindbergh terminals; various airlines' terminal counters, hangars, and aircraft, particularly Northwest; airmail service; air crashes; DePonti Aviation Company, inc.; expansion, especially additional runways; the Navy Base; the 1930 visit of the Question Mark, the first plane flown non-stop from France to America; and refitting of Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle's B-25s prior to the raid on Tokyo (1942). Other sites documented include Holman Field, the city of Minneapolis, Mississippi River flooding in St. Paul, and Lake Elmo, Duluth, Flying Cloud, and Crystal airports. 2.0 cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 partial half-height oversize box, and 5 oversize folders). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The videocassettes, collected or developed by MAC, document local television coverage of emergency preparedness at Wold-Chamberlain Field (1987), the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport's sixtieth anniversary (ca. 1990), Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame induction ceremonies (1992, 1997), and MAC's noise monitoring and sound proofing programs and dual track planning process (1994-1995) and snowplowing procedures (1997). The sound cassette contains MAC's fiftieth anniversary presentation, narrated by Dave Moore and containing Governor Harold Stassen's comments establishing the Commission in 1943 (1993).

The related visual materials include postal first day covers, with cachets, that document the first general airmail (1930), international airmail (1931), and airmail to North Dakota (1931) flights from Wold-Chamberlain Field and the first DC-10 flight (1970); blueprints of Civil Aeronautics Administration and General Mills hangars (1939, 1951); a Minneapolis Park Board sign concerning airplane noise over the Veteran's Hospital (ca. 1940s); Minneapolis Park Board chair Theodore Wirth's preliminary surveys and plans to acquire and improve Wold-Chamberlain Field (1927); and maps of Wold-Chamberlain Field (1945-1970).

ARRANGEMENT

The records are arranged in the following sections.

Photographs Video amd sound recordings Related Visual Materials CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Aeronautics -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Safety measures. Air bases -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. Aircraft accidents -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. Airlines -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. Air mail service -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. Air pilots -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. Airplanes -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. Airplanes, Military -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. Airport authorities -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Airport buildings -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. Airport noise -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Airports -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Aerial photographs. Airports -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Maps. Airports -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Cold weather conditions -- Photographs. Airports -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Design and construction -- Photographs. Airports -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Employees -- Photographs. Airports -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Equipment and supplies -- Photographs. Airports -- Location -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Airports -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Management. Airports -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Planning. Airport terminals -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. Cachets (Philately) -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Civil defense -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. Emergency management -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Flight -- Anniversaries, etc. Hangars -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (Jet transport) Mitchell (Bomber) -- Photographs. Runways (Aeronautics) -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. Transatlantic flights -- Photographs. Persons: Allard, Noel. Anderson, Milt E. -- Photographs. Bissett, Jacqueline, 1944- -- Photographs. Bullock, Walter R., 1899-1986 -- Photographs. Carr, Hal -- Photographs. DePonti, Angelo, 1908-1991 -- Photographs. Doolittle, James Harold, 1896- -- Photographs. Doyle, Vince. Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 -- Photographs. Ellis, Bill. Freeberg, Mal B., 1906-1963 -- Photographs. Geng, Francis J., 1893-1981 -- Photographs. Glumack, Raymond G., d.1998 -- Photographs. Holman, Charles Willis, 1898-1931 -- Photographs. Hope, Bob, 1903-2003 -- Photographs. Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 -- Photographs. Johnson, LeRoy A. -- Photographs. Kuitu, Henry -- Photographs. Lammert, John. Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 -- Photographs. Martin, Dean, 1917- -- Photographs. May, Dan -- Photographs. Moore, Dave, 1924- Nyrop, Donald W., 1912- -- Photographs. Rogers, Will, 1879-1935 -- Photographs. Skinner, Sam -- Photographs. Smith, Les -- Photographs. Stassen, Harold Edward, 1907-2001. Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949. Wolf, Stephen -- Photographs. Organizations: Crystal Airport (Minn.) -- Photographs. DePonti Aviation Company, inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.) -- Photographs. Duluth International Airport (Minn.) -- Photographs. Flying Cloud Airport (Hennepin County, Minn.) -- Photographs. General Mills, inc. Holman Field (Airport : Saint Paul, Minn.) -- Floods -- Photographs. Lake Elmo Airport (Minn.) -- Photographs. Lindbergh Terminal (Saint Paul, Minn.) -- Photographs. Minneapolis (Minn.). Board of Park Commissioners. Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission -- Photographs. Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission -- History. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport -- Photographs. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport -- History. Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame. Minnesota Historical Society. Northwest Airlines, inc. -- Photographs. St. Paul Downtown Airport (Minn.) -- Photographs. United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration. Wold-Chamberlain Field -- Maps. Wold-Chamberlain Field -- Photographs. Document Types: Maps -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Photographs -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Video tapes. Audiotapes. Aerial photographs -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Blueprints. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission. Audio-Visual Materials. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 2004-28; 2007-59; 2010-14; 2012-71

Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 002892575

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Photographs:

The photographs are arranged alphabetically by name for identified persons and chronologically for events and airport scenes, aircraft, and aerial views. Many of the files contain both photographs and negatives; however, some contain only photographs or negatives.

103.K.13.14F Individuals, 1920s-1990s.

Alphabetical order by surname.

Anderson, Milt E., Northwest Airways first station manager, 1929. Bullock, Walter, Northwest Airways/Airlines pilot, 1930. Carr, Hal, North Central/Republic Airlines chair, undated. DePonti, Angelo “Shorty,” DePonti Aviation Company, Inc, 1958, 1973. Earhart, Amelia, circa 1932. Freeberg, Mal, Northwest Airways/Airlines pilot and operations manager, circa 1920s, circa 1932. 2 folders. Geng, Frank, Holman Field manager, circa 1940s. Glumack, Ray, Metropolitan Airports Commission chairman, 1983-1986. Holman, Charles “Speed,” First Northwest Airways/Airlines pilot and operations manager, 1930. Hope, Bob, circa 1949.

Arriving at airport for Minneapolis Aquatennial.

Johnson, LeRoy, Wold-Chamberlain Field assistant manager, 1939. Kuitu, Henry, Metropolitan Airports Commission director, 1962, 1980s. Lexington Air Service officials and Frank Geng, 1931. Lindbergh, Charles, 1923-1939. 2 folders.

Includes photograph with Will Rogers and others in front of Ford trimotor plane.

Martin, Dean, 1970.

With Jacqueline Bisset in the movie Airport.

May, Dan, President of Republic Airlines, 1983. Nyrop, Donald, Northwest Airlines president, 1969-1972. Oberman, Colonel, First Air Reserve Commander, late 1940s.

Also founder of the Twin Cities Air Reserve; participating in a parade.

Skinner, Sam, U.S. Transportation Secretary, Summer 1992.

With Metropolitan Airports Commission officials.

Smith, Les, Northwest Airways/Airlines pilot, late 1930s. Wolf, Stephen, President of Republic Airlines, 1984. Events and airport scenes, 1915-1996.

Arranged chronologically; mainly taken at Wold-Chamberlain Field but several other state airports are also represented.

Airport runway with downtown Minneapolis skyline in background, undated. Fueling airplane, undated. Marking the runway with machine, undated. Unidentified hanger and buildings, undated. Various views of terminal building, undated. Field showing planked areas on turf used for parking bombers, undated. Lindbergh Terminal from horseshoe, undated. Northwest Engine Mechanics at Control Panel, undated. Weathervane on control tower, undated. Twin City Motor Speedway, 1915. Military encampment with racetrack in background, 1923. Minneapolis-St. Paul air show, racetrack in background, 1923. Dedication of Wold-Chamberlain Field as an airport, 1923. Flapper christening Northwest Airways Hamilton Air Mail Express plane, circa 1926-1929. Four Northwest Airways pilots, 1928.

Fred Whittemore, Walter Bullock, Jack Malone, and Homer Cole.

Theodore Wirth plan for airport development, 1928-1930. National Air Tour, Holman Field, 1929. West terminal building, 1930. Construction of Holman Field, probably WPA, mid 1930s. DePonti Aviation Company, Inc., 1930-1963. Universal Flying School, early 1930s. Transferring mail from train to Hamilton Plane, 1933. Air mail pilots of Northwest, February 11, 1934. Sealing crack on west terminal ramp, circa 1936. Navy Base, undated, circa 1936-1938. Inauguration of Hanford service between Minneapolis/St. Paul and Sioux City, 1936. Arrival of Santa Claus, Holman Field, 1937. Crowd at Holman Field, event unknown, 1938. Howard Hughes’ Lockheed refuels at Wold-Chamberlain Field on his around the world flight, July 14, 1938. Navy Base officers chatting by their aircraft, 1938-1939. Northwest and Wisconsin Central air crashes, 1938-1939. Military base, 1940s. Holman Field flooded, 1940s. 116.A.5.6 Military photographs, 1940s. 5 photographs in 1 folder.

Men standing at attention on air field, January 20, 1942; planes on Wold-Chamberlain apron, 1940s; men fueling plane, 1940s; military planes on Wold-Chamberlain apron, 1940s; and marching band at B-29 open house late 1940s.

103.K.13.14F Navy Base WAVES on flight line, 1940s. Building skyway, 1940s. Minneapolis Airport, circa 1940. Hanford Airlines operations room, circa 1940. Passengers boarding DC-3, early 1940s. Loading mail on Northwest Airlines DC-3, 1940. West Side terminal building, 1940-1941. Northwest Airlines celebrates its new commercial non-stop flight to Portland, Oregon, June 1, 1941. Mid-Continent Airlines hanger, 1942. B-24 takeoff from Holman Field, circa 1942-1945. First meeting of the Metropolitan Airports Commission, 1943. Crew of Modification Center at Holman Field, circa 1944. Naval Research Laboratory experimental hangar, 1944. Metropolitan Airports Commission signing contracts, August 14, 1944. Winter maintenance, snow rolling, Duluth airport, circa 1945. Navy Base crews reporting to their SB2-C aircraft, 1945-1946. Northwestern Aeronautical Company, Holman Field, circa 1946-1950. West Side terminal expansion, 1946. West Side terminal, interiors, 1947.

Includes one 5x7 in. glass plate.

Northwest Airlines hangars, July 1947. Northwest inauguration flight to Orient, July 15, 1947. Airport garages, September 1948. West Side terminal, interiors, 1949. Northwest Airlines mechanics, 1950s. Flight crew receiving instructions, 1950s. Inside control tower, 1950s. Snow removal, 1950s. Travelers Aid, 1950s. Getting their orders, Korean War troops inside terminal, 1950-1952. Mid-Continent Airlines flight crew, circa 1950-1952. St. Paul floods, 1951-1952. Arrival at Wold-Chamberlain Field, 1952. Northwest Airlines agents on strike in West Side terminal, 1952. C. Hunter, Tom Braniff, Mid-Continent Airlines Chairman Thomas Ryan III, and Capital Airlines President James Carmichael, February 26, 1952. Renovation and expansion of flight line, Fall 1952. President Eisenhower visits Navy Base, 1953. Three teenagers on observation deck, 1954. Military base open house with planes on runways, 1954. West terminal and DC-3 fuselage, 1954. Wold-Chamberlain Field, May 1958-November 1959. 16 folders.

Expansion and construction photographs, mainly of the Northwest Airlines main base.

Lindbergh terminal construction, 1959-1990s. Models, circa 1959. 1959-1961. 7 folders. Negatives, circa 1962. 2 folders. Ribbon cutting, 1962. Exterior shots, circa 1962. Passenger check-in, 1962. Baggage claim, 1962. Red concourse, negative, 1967. Lindbergh’s Jenny and aviation exhibit, June 1983. Skyways, 1990s. Air Force base, 1960s, 1977. Sound insulation program, 1960s. Airport hangars and buildings, early 1960s. Taxi-stand, circa 1962. Flying Cloud Airport, 1962. Crystal Airport, 1962-1963. Control tower construction, 1963. 3M hanger and offices, Holman Field, 1963. North Central Airlines ticket counter, 1966. Metropolitan Airports Commission meeting, Ham Lake controversy, 1969. Lindbergh Terminal from above parking lot, late 1960s. Metropolitan Airports Commission meeting, 1970s. North Central Airlines executive with plane, 1970s. Mechanic working on engine pylon, NWA 747, early 1970s. Metropolitan Airports Commission meeting, March 1970. MSP International Airport, Birds Eye View-Conceptual Ultimate Development, 1976. Indoor terminal scene, circa 1976. Putting Republic letters on hanger after merger, 1979. Continental Airlines free flights give-a-way, crowd scene, August 3, 1981. Braniff Airlines ticket counter, May 1982. South terminal expansion, 1986-1987. Ground breaking for Mesaba hangar, April 20, 1989. Metropolitan Airports Commission, 1993. Global Access, 1994. Gateway to the North Coast, August 1995.

Metropolitan Airports Commission slide presentation.

Federal Inspection Services Facility, Lindbergh Terminal, 1996. Aircraft, 1920s-1980s, 1993.

Roughly chronological order.

Planes, miscellaneous, undated. DC-9 with both Republic and Northwest markings, undated. B-24 bombers, undated. United Airlines Caravelle Jet Mainliner, undated. Airplanes, 1920s. Northwest Airways aircraft, 1926. Airmail service to Chicago, Winter 1928/1929.

Aircraft on skis.

Passenger boarding The Fargo, early 1930s. Northwest Airways Fiske Marshall with DC-3, 1930s. Fueling Frank Hawk’s Lockheed Air Express, circa 1930. A2/ov5 12 The Question Mark, September 19, circa 1930.

Plane used in first non-stop flight from France to U.S., flown by Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte; taken by Paul Hamilton, Minneapolis Tribune photographer.

103.K.13.14F Sikorsky amphibian plane, 1930. Loading Chicago mail plane at night in St. Paul, February 10, 1930. Possibly memorial ceremony for Will Rogers, August 22, 1935. Northwest Airlines DC-3, circa 1939. Man watching plane flying overhead, 1940s. Flight line at Navy Base, 1940s. Glider training, 1940s. 103.K.14.1B [XB17 bomber], 1940s. B17 parked at Navy Base, 1940s. B23s parked on ramp, 1940s. United States Air Force B25, 1940s. [United States Air Force AT-6], 1940s. B29 open house, late 1940s. DC-3s on terminal ramp, late 1940s. Northwest Airlines DC-3 on west side tarmac, Summer 1941. Dolittle’s B-25s at Wold-Chamberlain fueling for Tokyo raid rigging, 1942. Martin 202, Demonstration Aircraft for Northwest, March 1944, 1948. Various military aircraft on ramp, circa 1945. Naval planes awaiting inspection, circa 1945. Northwest DC-4 on first overseas flight to Asia, January 1, 1947. Northwest DC-4A aircraft, August 1948. Braniff DC-3, 1950s. Capital Airlines Viscount plane, 1950s. Mid-Continent Airlines planes, 1950s. 116.A.5.6 Mid-Continent Airlines planes, 1950s.2 photographs in 1 folder. Minneapolis Star-Tribune plane, 1950s. 103.K.14.1B North Central Airlines planes and buildings, 1950s-1960s. Marine C-119 Troop Transports on ramp, 1950s-1960s. Northwest Stratocruiser with Walt Bullock in pusher aircraft under wing, circa 1950. Northwest DC-4A lands, May 1950. Damaged aircraft at Navy base (tornado), 1951. United States Air Force aircraft F86 and F51s, 1953. C46 aircraft with Girl Scout group under wing, 1954. Northwest Airlines plane, February 16, 1963. North Central DC 3 No. 728, undated.

This aircraft was donated to the Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan in the mid 1970s.

Loading cargo on a Northwest 320 with forklift, 1967. Air Force One, 1970s. Loading an LD-3 container on a 747, 1970. Transglobal 707, 1970.

Used in the movie Airport.

Republic Airlines Boeing 727-200, 1980. Republic DC 9 under repair in hanger, August 19, 1983. PEOPLExpress 727, 1984. Arrival of Republic Airlines first Boeing 757, December 6, 1985. Northwest 757 in hanger, 1993. Aerial photographs, 1920s-1980s.

Mainly photographs of Wold-Chamberlain Field but several other state airports and metropolitan locations are also represented.

Wold-Chamberlain Field, undated. Wold-Chamberlain Field, undated. Flying Cloud Airport, undated. Wold-Chamberlain Field, showing racetrack, 1920s. Wold-Chamberlain Field, original hangers with racetrack, 1920s. Holman Field, 1920s-1950s.

Includes flood photographs.

Wold-Chamberlain Field, West Side terminal building under construction, late 1929 or early 1930. A2/ov5 12 Stone Arch Bridge area of Minneapolis, 1930s. 103.K.14.1B Minneapolis aerial views, circa early 1930s.

Photographs by J. E. Quigley, courtesy of Northwest Airlines.

Wold-Chamberlain Field: Terminal building complete with racetrack gone, 1933-1934. First three concrete runways under construction, 1936. New concrete runways, October 25, 1936. 1939. West side hangars and terminal building, Summer 1939. Terminal building, 1940. 29L runway extension, 1940. Construction and expansion, Spring 1941. Undated and 1941. Snow on runways and military and civilian aircraft, February 27, 1945. Before 29L runway extension, late 1940s. Early 1950s. New 29L and 11R runways, 1953. Navy Base, mid 1950s. 116.A.5.6 1960s, and Holman Field, 1993.4 photographs in 1 folder. 103.K.14.1B Terminal, parking lot, and south half of 29L runway, 1962. Mid-1960s. Mid-1970s. Early 1980s. Unknown Minnesota airports, 1960s - 1980s. Lake Elmo Airport, 1960s. Video and Sound Recordings 103.K.14.1B Videocassettes, 1987-1997. 1987, November 2, 4.1 videocassette.

Label: Special Report on Mpls/St. Paul International Airport, 11/2/87, KARE-TV, Ch. 11, 10 pm; Emergency Preparedness at Airport, 11/4/87: KMSP-TV, Ch. 9, 9 pm; WCCO-TV, Ch. 4, 5 and 6 pm; KSTP-TV, Ch. 5, 5 and 6 pm; KARE-TV, Ch. 11, 10 pm. 6:40 min. : sound, color; ½ in. (VHS).

Circa 1990.1 videocassette.

Label: Sixtieth Anniversary Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport 1929-1989. 6:00 min. : sound, color; ½ in. (VHS).

Good historical account containing numerous historical photographs.

1992.1 videocassette.

Label: MN Aviation Hall of Fame 1992. circa 10:00 min. : sound, color; ½ in. (VHS).

Biographical information and photographs of the award winners, including “Rosie” Stein, Fred Lund, Elmer Hinck, and Stanley Hubbard, Sr.

1994.1 videocassette.

Label: St. Paul Downtown Airport Metropolitan Airports Commission. Publisher: Metropolitan Airports Commission. 7:20 min. : sound, color; ½ in. (VHS).

Promotional video on advantages of using Holman Field.

1994.1 videocassette.

Label: Chronicles a program that sound-proofed homes near the airport at no cost to the home-owner.

Late 1995.1 videocassette.

Label: Dual Track Airport Planning Process Metropolitan Airports Commission. Publisher: Metropolitan Airports Commission. 10:45 min. : sound, color; ½ in. (VHS).

Concerns task force established to look at expanding Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport or replacing it with one in Dakota County.

1995 December.1 videocassette.

Label: MAC Structure II Metropolitan Airports Commission 12/95. Publisher: Metropolitan Airports Commission. 9:20 min. : sound, color; ½ in. (VHS).

History of the Metropolitan Airports Commission and its noise monitoring program.

1997.1 videocassette.

Label: MN Aviation Hall of Fame 1997. 29:00 min. : sound, color; ½ in. (VHS).

Coverage of the April 5, 1997 banquet; contains biographical information and photographs of the 1996 award winners, including Bill Atkins, Roy Duggen, Peter Klimek, Dorothy Schaeffer, James Magnus, Paul Soderlund, and John Vasey, Jr.

1997 April.1 videocassette.

Label: MSP Airport Snow Plowing Video Metropolitan Airports Commission April 1997. Publisher: Metropolitan Airports Commission. 7:52 min. : sound, color; ½ in. (VHS).

Documents how the Metropolitan Airports Commission handles heavy snow accumulations; includes scenes inside the maintenance garages.

1993. 1 sound cassette.

Label: Metropolitan Airports Commission, Fifty Years 1993. Publisher: Creative Visuals. 10:00 min. : Two-Track Pulsed Master; 1000HZ.

History of the Metropolitan Airports Commission. Narrated by Dave Moore of WCCO Television; includes recording of Governor Harold Stassen’s comments in 1943.

Related Visual Materials 103.K.14.1B Postal souvenirs: First day covers with cachets, 1930-1970.

Northwest Airways First Flight U. S. Air Mail, March 8, 1930; Northwest Airways First Flight International Airmail Twin Cities to Winnipeg, February 2, 1931; First Flight Airmail Twin Cities to Fargo,…, June 2, 1931; and First Flight of DC-10, August 29, 1970).

116.A.5.6 Blueprints: Wooden trusses used in hangars, undated and 1939.

Two drawings on tissue, undated, and two Civil Aeronautics Administration frame hangar blueprints, May 15, 1939.

Sign: Board of Park Commissioners, 1940s.

Sign requesting: All pilots are respectfully but urgently requested to avoid flying over the United States Veteran’s Hospital because the noise of the planes is annoying and injurious to many of the patients…

A2/ov5 12 General Mills, Inc., Hangar and apron layout blueprints, 1951. Preliminary Surveys and Suggestion Plan for the Acquisition and Improvement of Wold-Chamberlain Field, July 18, 1927.

Drawn by Theodore Wirth.

[0.2 cubic feet empty, letter]

102.A.1 4 Wold-Chamberlain Field maps, undated, 1945-1970. 11 maps. Old Terminal Area, 24 in. x 36 in., copy of ink on paper, undated. U.S. Naval Air Station, 14 ½ in. x 22 in., ink on paper, June 30 1945. Plot Plan of Administration Area, 22 in. x 36 in., blueline on paper, May 7, 1953.

3 copies with different notations.

Plot Map, 18 in. x 28 in., colored ink on paper, 1961. Master Plan, Runway Lighting, 22 in. x 36 in., blueline on paper, November 28, 1962. Electrical Master Plan, existing taxiway lighting, 24 in. x 41 ½ in., blueline on paper, October 21, 1963. Plot Maps, 13 in. x 20 in., colored ink on paper, July 28, 1964.

2 copies with different notations.

Proposed Second Major Airport Sites, 11 in. x 17 in., colored ink on paper, April 1970.