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Howard Miner Receiving Poppy

Date: 09 20 1934
Description: Howard Miner, disabled World War I veteran, receiving Forget-me-not flower from Florence Palz, ladies auxiliary chairman, marking the opening of the forget...
Postcard

World War I Soldier and Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman seated in a chair, and a soldier dressed in a First World War uniform sitting on the arm of the chair. They are posi...
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Veterans Presentation

Date: 02 15 1951
Description: The Dane County 40 and 8 Chapter Number 684 World War I veterans group presents its annual contributions to four county child welfare programs. Left to rig...
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Off to the Trenches

Date: 05 05 1918
Description: Send off for World War I recruits at the railroad station. The man leaning out of the train window is Ben Bergor, a professional magician and vaudeville pe...
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Military Order of the World Wars Chapter Meeting

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: Two former armed services officers and their wives at the Madison Chapter Military Order of the World Wars cocktail and dinner party. Left to right: Lt. Ma...
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Dane County Council of Defense Food Board Curb Market

Date: 08 1917
Description: People stand near several carts, which are hitched to horses. In some carts boxes of vegetables are visible. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. August, 1917. Cu...

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