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Naval Training School Instructors

Date: 11 06 1944
Description: Group portrait of officer and civilian instructors of the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Second man on l...
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Naval Training Class

Date: 04 1943
Description: Navy personnel sitting at typewriters wearing headphone learning code, probably during World War II. The sailors are in an auditorium or gymnasium, possib...
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Men in Uniform

Date: 02 1944
Description: Five men on a stage at a vocational school. Four of the men are in military uniforms, while one is dressed in a business suit.
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Soldiers Checking Mail

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Private William Huneke and Sargeant Harold Gleaves checking in a stack of mail from soldiers and sailors at the fighting fronts of the world for the United...
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United States Armed Forces Institute

Date: 12 30 1947
Description: Commander O.W. Goepner standing in front of a map showing overseas armed forces units being served by the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI) whic...
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United States Armed Forces Institute

Date: 12 30 1947
Description: Major Glenn McConagha, commandant of the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI) seated at a desk signing a course completion certificate. USAFI provi...
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SDS March Againt Racist Unemployment Poster

Date: 1971
Description: Poster for a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) march against racist unemployment, taking place March 20, 1971, in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento, C...
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General J. Lawton Collins and Charles Isenberger

Date: 04 13 1949
Description: General J. Lawton Collins, Vice-Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, center, is met at Truax Field by Charles Isenberger, at right. The general was the speake...
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Wisconsin - Navy Football Game

Date: 10 15 1949
Description: Governor Rennebohm between Captain Robert Pirie and University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred on the field at Camp Randall at halftime of the Wisconsin -...
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Naval Students in Typing Class

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Description: A Navy student oversees other students in a typing class at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Two Instructors Teaching Naval Students Morse Code

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Description: Two instructors, Beatrice and Leon Lamoreux, teaching Naval students telegraphy at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Naval Students Typing in Classroom

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Description: Elevated view of a classroom of Naval students wearing headphones while learning how to type at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Naval Students Operate a Radio

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Description: Naval students operate a radio while an officer looks on at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Naval Students Operating Radios

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Description: Several groups of Naval students operate radios while an officer looks on at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Naval Students Learn Typing at Navy School

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Description: A large class of Naval students learn typing at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Naval Student Operating Telegraph

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Description: One Naval student operates a telegraph while another student observes, listening with earphones, at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio). A typewriter is...
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Naval Students at the U.S. Naval Training School

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Description: A group of Naval students learn to use hacksaws in a machine shop at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Typewriters Waiting to be Repaired

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Description: A table top is filled with typewriters at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio). Two signs identify which need repair, and which have been repaired. In th...
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Naval Students in Classroom

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Description: Naval students sit together at long tables and write messages while listening to earphones at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio). In the background a m...
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Lieutenant Colonel George R. Hansen at Football Game

Date: 10 03 1953
Description: Former P.O.W. George R. Hansen posing for a photograph after a football game between Wisconsin and Marquette at Camp Randall. The game climaxed a day of ho...

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