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Ice Cream Vendors

Date: 05 17 1934
Description: Group portrait of 22 disabled American veterans who are Forget-Me-Not ice cream bars vendors. They are posing in front of 503 State Street with boxes of ic...
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W.W. I Disabled Veterans Group with International Motor Coach

Date: 1925
Description: Members of Minneapolis Chapter No. 1 of "World's War Disabled American Veterans" (World War I) posing with musical instruments in a city street in front of...
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Unitarian Church and Vet's Hospital

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the Frank Lloyd-Wright-dsigned Unitarian Church under construction and the Veteran's Administration Hospital, also under construction, to th...
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Army Fly-Over at Wausau

Date: 08 13 1928
Description: An exhibition of flying by the 1st Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps. The event took place at Marathon Park because President Calvin Coolidge, wh...
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American Legion Locomotive

Date: 06 14 1935
Description: American Legion, Voiture 683, Dane County, locomotive on wheels, for a float to be driven in a National Railroad Week parade.
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Omnibus Advertising VFW Post 1318

Date: 08 30 1933
Description: Omnibus advertising Marion Cranefield VFW Post 1318 and Fauerbach Beer. The bus is parked in front of Ferdinand C. Jack's Tailor Shop and Edward "Ace" Fisc...
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DVA Women on Fire Truck

Date: 02 23 1933
Description: Group of Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary women on a fire truck parked in front of the Central Fire Station, 18-20 S. Webster Street. On the far left i...
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Chief McCormick Buying Forget-Me-Not

Date: 09 29 1932
Description: Chief of Police William McCormick buying the first Forget-me-not from the Disabled American Veterans on the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. Left to right: L...
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American Legion Locomotive Float and Crew

Date: 08 26 1932
Description: Locomotive float which won honorable mention for the Dane County American Legion Voiture No. 683 of the 40 et 8, a replica of French transportation during ...
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Show Girls with American Legion Poppies

Date: 05 20 1932
Description: Group of Fanchon & Marco show girls with baskets of American Legion poppies in front of Karsten's, 22-24 North Carroll Street.
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Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 08 28 1929
Description: Wisconsin Memorial Hospital at Farwell's Point on the grounds of the Mendota Mental Health Institute. There is a photocopy of an article included with the ...
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16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 09 07 1887
Description: Group portrait of the 16th Wisconsin Infantry at the Wisconsin State Capitol, together with their wives and families, taken at their first reunion. Because...
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Soldiers Home Main Entrance

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Description: Exterior view of the main entrance of the Soldiers Home.
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Soldiers Home with Cannon

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Description: Exterior view of the Soldiers Home with a cannon in the foreground.
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Men at Soldiers Home

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Description: Several men with suitcases are sitting and standing along the road in front of the Soldiers Home.
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Spire of Soldiers Home

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Description: View through trees of the spire of the Soldiers Home. There is a road or path leading through the trees.
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Partial View of Soldiers Home

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Description: Partial view through trees of the exterior of the Soldiers Home.
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Exterior of Soldiers Home

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Description: Exterior view of the Soldiers Home.
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Soldiers Home with Cannon and Wagon

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Description: Soldiers Home with cannon and wagon in the foreground.
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Soldiers Home with Flag

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Description: Exterior view of the Soldiers Home with a flag flying from the spire.

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