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| Description: | Full-length portrait engraving of George Washington seated with books and saber, from a painting by Chappel. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | "Doomed Demons" by Eustace L. Adams, part of the Air Combat Stories for Boys series published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1932 and 1946. The cover art is b... |
| Date: | 08 17 1930 |
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| Description: | Moseley's Bookstore display window advertising the book and the movie "All Quiet On The Western Front." The movie was being shown at the RKO Capitol Theatr... |
| Date: | 09 1917 |
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| Description: | Khaki-covered Bibles being made by the American Bible Society for American fighters during World War I. The goal was one million testaments. All the worker... |
| Date: | 02 24 1944 |
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| Description: | Corporal Harold Haven standing on a stack of packaged books, handing packages to Sargeant Russell West at the United States Armed Forces Insitute supply de... |
| Date: | 07 28 1944 |
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| Description: | Portrait of H.H. Gerth, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin. Gerth was born and grew up in Kassel, Germany, and escaped about s... |
| Date: | 04 07 1945 |
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| Description: | Barbara Groves searches through a book of clippings of Madison men and women in service. The stories were published in the "Wisconsin State Journal" and t... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Contents of an International Harvester "Christmas Box", including Fig Newtons, a Hershey's Chocolate Bar, Medicinal Carbolic Soap, Colgate's Handy Grip Sha... |
| Date: | 01 13 1950 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Don Dickinson of 114 East Mifflin Street, World War II veteran, with his three-year-old daughter Linda Sue seated in his lap. Mr. Dickinson is ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Fort Atkinson Public Library. The library was funded by H.E. Southwell with $10,000. War posters are prominently displayed and include... |
| Date: | 09 05 1950 |
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| Description: | Three Marine reservists check over reading materials for their trip to the West Coast for active duty. They are: Pfc. D.K. Cartter, 1817 Kendall Avenue,Cor... |
| Date: | 05 1863 |
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| Description: | Two pages, dated May 23-24, 1863, of a diary kept by H.H. (Henry Hamilton) Bennett during the Civil War. |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of George W. Honey, F & S, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, standing, wearing clergy dress and holding a bible. |
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| Description: | Seated carte-de-visite portrait of James Williams, Company A, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, sitting and reading a book in front of a painted backdrop. |
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| Description: | Group of relics of Edward Winslow, pilgrim leader and governor of Plymouth Colony. Features sword, crest, portrait, book, a locking box, a set of baby shoe... |
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| Description: | Seated carte-de-viste portrait of Thomas M. Heard (residence: Lorain County, Ohio), Company K, 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery. He is sitting at a table with his ... |
| Date: | 11 19 1951 |
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| Description: | Two people visit with a hospitalized veteran interested in writing who may possibly benefit from the proceeds of the "Holiday Book Sale" sponsored by Theta... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Stuffed Old Abe, the Wisconsin Civil War eagle, perched on an American flag with a copy of the New Testament propped in front. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Cover of "The Fighting Finches" by the Federal Writers' Project in Wisconsin and bound by Milwaukee Handicraft Project. There is a drawing of a hand gun on... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a soldier in a tan uniform reading a book with a little girl. The cover of the book says "FRENCH." She has a blonde ponytail with a blue ... |
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