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Vintage Airplanes

Date: 07 27 1988
Description: Vintage aircraft always attract attention. In 1988 on their way to the EAA convention, the national organization of owners of World War II trainers made a ...
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Kissel War Workers

Date: 1918
Description: Workers leaving the Kissell Motor Car Company have their identification badges checked. The Hartford company was then building trucks of the Four Wheel Dr...
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World War I Trucks

Date: 1918
Description: Trucks of the Four Wheel Drive Company of Clintonville manufactured at the Kissel Motor Car Company plant in Hartford during World War I, thus uniting in o...
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Scrap Drive at Newburg

Date: 1942
Description: A man stands near scrap metal piled beside a dealership building. The metal was collected for a war time scrap drive.
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Migrant Barracks

Date: 1969
Description: Clothes hanging and drying on clotheslines in front of migrant workers' barracks. Libby McNeil and Libby Company was a major employer of migrant farm worke...
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Company D Leaving Hartford

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view looking down at a large crowd of people gathered at the depot to see off Company D of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry leaving Hartford for Camp Do...
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Company D Leaving Hartford

Date: 08 17 1917
Description: Large crowd of people gathered at the train station to see off Company D of the 5th Wisconsin National Guard Infantry. The soldiers, some leaning out of th...
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Wedding Dance

Date: 10 12 1952
Description: Bintzler-Geschke wedding dance.
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Men Leaving for War

Date: 1918
Description: Group of men from Washington County posed with flags leaving for Camp Grant and Army training for service in the first World War.
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Hartford Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 07 04 1918
Description: Elevated view of a parade, including a large American flag carried by several men. Spectators line the streets and some are standing on rooftops. A banner ...
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Community Fair, Main St.

Date: 07 07 1918
Description: View down Main Street towards women looking at tables set up along the business district. The tables have been decorated with American flags. Shop signs fo...
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Community Fair Address

Date: 09 19 1918
Description: Elevated view of a soldier with his arm in a sling standing on the back of a truck, addressing a crowd. Behind him are the shop windows for First National ...
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Red Cross Tag Day Group

Date: 07 1918
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Red Cross nurses standing in front of the Hartford Fire Department building for Tag Day, which was a fundraising event.
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Listening to the Liberty Loan Address

Date: 07 1918
Description: Elevated view of a crowd that is gathered to listen to a man speaking from the back of a truck. Several cars are in the foreground, as well as one uniforme...
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Jackie Band — Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 07 1918
Description: Elevated view of a marching band coming down a street playing instruments. They are followed by marching soldiers, who are followed by marching nurses. Bys...
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Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 07 1918
Description: Elevated view of Red Cross nurses marching along a street, holding the Red Cross flag. Bystanders flank the street. Overhead, a banner reads "YOU Stand Bac...
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Community Fair, Main St.

Date: 09 18 1918
Description: Stalls are set up along Main street for the community fair. A truck with flag decorations is tethered to two lampposts to block off the street. Several peo...
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Political Poster "Play Your Trump Card"

Date: 08 16 2016
Description: View of an arm holding up a poster with the design of a large playing card, with the ace of hearts in the upper left and bottom right corner. The poster re...
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Hannah Mrozak

Date: 08 16 2016
Description: Hannah Mrozak, a local Milwaukee singer, standing behind a podium while singing the national anthem. A man in a military uniform is standing on the left ho...
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Service Flag Dedication

Date: 11 01 1918
Description: Text on front reads: "Service Flag Dedication, Schleisingerville, Wis." The people of the town and uniformed nurses are watching as the soldiers are standi...

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