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Coast Guard Training Ship

Date: 1920
Description: View from boat of the Coast Guard ship at La Pointe. A shoreline is in the far background.
Photograph

Cushing Memorial State Park

Date: 1920
Description: Cushing Memorial, erected on the S.E. 1/4 of S.W. 1/4 of Section 18.
Drawing

War Memorial

Date: 1920
Description: View of a proposed war memorial.
Postcard

Milton Log Cabin Behind the Milton House

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the cabin on the property of the Milton House, which was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was buil...
Photograph

Panoramic View of Camp Douglas

Date: 1920
Description: Panoramic view of Camp Douglas.
Photograph

Fort Winnebago

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the commissary warehouse at Fort Winnebago.
Photograph

Camp Bragg Tablet

Date: 1920
Description: View of the memorial to Camp Bragg, with a tablet, located in Menominee Park. It is surrounded by Civil War cannons. Snow is on the ground, and buildings a...
Photograph

Camp Bragg Tablet

Date: 1920
Description: Close-up of the plaque on the memorial to Camp Bragg, located in Menominee Park. It reads: "Camp Bragg Memorial Near this spot in the autumn of 1862 the 21...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Charles Sine Sr. and Harry Swallow

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length tudio portrait of Ho-Chunk men, Charles Sine Sr. and Harry Swallow, both posing sitting, wearing hats, and holding guns in front of a painted b...
Photograph

Town Hall

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the the front facade of the town hall and of the World War I memorial statue. A line of cars are parked in front of the building.
Photograph

The Public Library and Monument

Date: 1920
Description: View toward the entrance to the Public Library, with a monument in front.
Photograph

Spanish War Memorial

Date: 1920
Description: View of a copy of "The Hiker," a Spanish War Memorial found in Deering's Oak Park, originally designed in 1906 by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson. Residences and...
Photograph

United States General Hospital

Date: 1920
Description: View of blind men learning carpentry skills at the United States General Hospital No. 7, as designated by the surgeon-general in 1918. Intended for returni...
Photograph

United States General Hospital

Date: 1920
Description: Interior of the United States General Hospital No. 7, as designated by the surgeon-general in 1918. Intended for returning soldiers' physical reconstructio...
Print

Whitney-Made Valentine with Children

Date: 1920
Description: Valentine created using a "Whitney's Valentine Material" kit. The "folder" (card) has a boy in military uniform holding a rifle. He is kissing a girl on th...
Map or Atlas

Proposed Location of Veterans' Hospital : Midway Between Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This map produced just after Word War I shows the proposed location for a veterans' hospital in the Eau Claire-Chippewa Falls region. Highways, rail lines ...
Print

Tracklayer Tank

Date: 1920
Description: Soldiers walk along with a Tracklayer tank with their guns drawn. The caption reads: "This is the Tracklayer Tank which has been successfully demonstrated ...
Photograph

Faire Binney with Georges Carpentier in Uniform

Date: 1920
Description: In a publicity still from "The Wonderman," Henri D'Alour (played by Georges Carpentier, the French boxer, aviator, and actor) stands grinning over the shou...
Photograph

Retired Army Man

Date: 1920
Description: Seated portrait of an elderly army man, partially in uniform, with medals on his jacket.
Photograph

Sessue Hayakawa and Beatrice LaPlante in a scene still for "The Beggar Prince"

Date: 1920
Description: In this scene still for the silent drama "The Beggar Prince, the Prince of the Island of Desire (played by Sessue Hayakawa) and Olala (Beatrice LaPlante) w...

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