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French Cemetery

Date: 1915
Description: French Cemetery. The Stone tombs are the graves of Joseph Rolette and his daughter, Elisabeth.
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Cassville Cemetery

Date: 1921
Description: Rows of tombstones at the cemetery. The gravestone of Myrtle Schmelz is legible.
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Catholic Cemetery

Date: 02 05 1978
Description: "Armand Quick, one of Theresa's most famous sons, died in late January and is buried in the family plot at the Catholic Cemetery. Quick was famous for his ...
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Zion Cemetery

Date: 02 16 1978
Description: "Zion Cemetery. Herb Sellnow is laid to rest a short distance from the farm where he spent most of his life."
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Gravestone of Beloved Mascot

Date: 07 13 1943
Description: Private Bill Gantenbein of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, inspects the marker for Vicksburg, their beloved mongrel mascot. Pvt. Gantenbein passed his helmet on payda...
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Bascom Hill Grave Excavation

Date: 07 13 1918
Description: View of the excavation of two graves located on University Hill (now Bascom Hill). Main Hall (now Bascom Hall) can be seen in the background.
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Samuel Warren Headstone

Date: 09 04 1922
Description: Grave marker for Samuel Warren of Middlesex, England, who was killed by lightning in June of 1838 at the age of 26. Warren was buried in what was the first...
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Bascom Hill Grave Excavation

Date: 08 1918
Description: Excavation site of two graves discovered on Bascom Hill during preparation for placement of the Abraham Lincoln monument circle. The legs and shoes of a ma...
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"The Vandals of 1936" Cartoon

Date: 05 1936
Description: A political cartoon from Foreign Service magazine depicting four young men disrespecting and vandalizing the Tomb of the Unknown Solider. One of the...
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Burial of German Massacre Victims

Date: 1939
Description: A group of people stand in a graveyard in Lemberg, Poland as German victims of a massacre are buried.
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Paying Respects to Père Charles Eugène de Foucauld

Date: 1925
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of Alonzo Pond, Count Byron de Prorok and other members of the Algerian expedition paying respects to slain missionary Father Ch...

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