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Kolmar Laboratories and Northwestern Extract Company

Date: 1924
Description: Kolmar laboratories, a cosmetic manufacturer, is housed in the six-story building with the white facade. Northwestern Extract Company, supplier of beverage...
Photograph

Off to the Trenches

Date: 05 05 1918
Description: Send off for World War I recruits at the railroad station. The man leaning out of the train window is Ben Bergor, a professional magician and vaudeville pe...
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400 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 400 block of State Street. Businesses include: Giuseppe's Pizzeria, a record store, Meuer Photoart House,...
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Sauk County Conscripts

Date: 05 06 1918
Description: A group of 32 draftees pose on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse before leaving Baraboo for Columbus Barracks in Ohio. There are paper tags attached ...
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Sauk County Conscripts

Date: 05 27 1918
Description: A group of more than 70 draftees poses on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse on the day they left Baraboo for Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois. Most...
Photograph

Company "C"

Date: 1917
Description: Men from Company "C" are lined up in a double row on a dirt town street. A soldier in uniform stands at the head of the line. In front are Ed Fryk (2nd fro...
Poster

Four U.S. Marine Corpsmen with a U.S. Flag, Marine Corps Flag

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of four Marine corpsmen on a beach, with one Marine holding an American flag and another Marine a Marines flag. The other ...
Poster

South America. Come Along

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of two sailors enjoying themselves in a colorful (and apparently South American) village. One sailor is riding a llama, an...
Poster

The Navy and the Road to France

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of sailors smiling and waving their caps from the back of a truck marked U.S. Navy. Poster text reads: "THE NAVY AND THE ROAD...
Poster

Draft Law Notice!

Date: 09 03 1918
Description: Poster providing information about draft registration in the twenty-third district of Milwaukee. Includes map of the district showing precinct boundaries a...
Poster

Fighting In France For Freedom. — Are You Helping at Home?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of a group of men, sailors and soldiers standing in the back of a truck in New York. Man of the men are dressed in suits. Tex...

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