Wold-Chamberlain Field was established in 1920 by the Twin City Aero Corporation on the site of the current Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Originally known as Speedway Field, the airport featured a racetrack for cars that ran around the airfield.
The airport became Wold-Chamberlain Field in 1923, named after two Minnesotans (Ernest Groves Wold, 1897-191, and Cyrus Foss Chamberlain, 1896-1918) killed in World War I. The airfield was acquired by the Minneapolis Park Board in 1928, and the name was changed to Minneapolis Municipal Airport/Wold-Chamberlain Field. In [date?] the airport became the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport/Wold-Chamberlain Field.
The accompanying photographs show the growth of the airport over time from 1940 to 1965.
Photograph Credits:
1. Aerial view, Wold-Chamberlain Field, 1940. Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection, loc. no. MH5.3W p38
2. Aerial view of Wold Chamberlain Field, 1948. Photgrapher: Ver Keljik; Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection, loc. no. MH5.3W p72
3. Aerial of the Airport area, concentrating on the United States Naval Airbase area, 1956. Photographer: Minneapolis Star Journal Tribune; Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection, loc. no. MH5.3W p65
4. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, 1965. Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection, loc. no. MH5.3W p64
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection
Dates: 1940–1965
Identifer: location (See photo credits, below.)
