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Franklin D. Roosevelt Tours the Allis-Chalmers Plant

Date: 1940
Description: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil, and other officials touring the Allis-Chalmers plant.
Photograph

Construction of Fort Crawford

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting construction of the first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1816. In the painting, several o...
Photograph

Surrender of Black Hawk

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832.
Photograph

Killing of Registre Gagnier

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the Winnebago attack on the Gagnier homestead in 1827 and the killing of Registre Gagnier. The homestead w...
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1940
Description: Fort Crawford. Tomb in the U.S. Military cemetery.
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Fort Crawford

Date: 1940
Description: Former residence of the commanding officer. General Zachary Taylor was its first resident. It was subsequently rebuilt under the command of General Brooke....
Photograph

U.S. Coast Guard Station

Date: 1940
Description: Station Tower is left of center, with open garage to its right, and more of the building to the left.
Photograph

Berlin Reporter

Date: 1940
Description: Associated Press journalist Alvin Steinkopf, formerly of Milwaukee, photographed on the streets of Berlin. Steinkopf was in Berlin until after Pearl Harbor...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Maneuver Area and Base Training Corps of the Second Army Maneuvers

Date: 1940
Description: This maps shows the areas in Monroe, Jackson, and Juneau counties, Wisconsin, where U.S. Army maneuvers were held in August 1940. Highways and roads, commu...
Postcard

Aeroplane View Davidson Hall and part of Academy Campus

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the campus of the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy. Caption reads: "Aeroplane View Davidson Hall and part of Academy Campus, Northwes...

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