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Warriors in a Sea of Memories

Date: 05 26 2003
Description: A woman walking in Oak Grove Cemetery on Memorial Day. American flags stand at each headstone of past soldiers.
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Garden of Joseph of Arimathea and Tomb #1713

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the garden of Joseph of Arimathea and the tomb where Jesus is believed to be the buried. A Ro...
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Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view from across street of the church. It has a bell steeple, stained glass windows, double french doors with an archway, and a wall gable facade....
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Captain William Hogbin

Date: 1915
Description: Captain William Hogbin sits on a chair next to the headstone of his late wife, Mary Catherine (Tiffany Knott) Hogbin, in Forest Hill Cemetery. A woman, lik...
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Preparing Cemetery Plots

Date: 06 1926
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and a Perry automatic scraper to prepare the grounds at Mount Emblem Cemetery. Farm buildings are in the back...
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Old Indian Burial Grounds

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwe wooden burial houses surrounded by wooden fence on Madeline Island. Two women stand in the background.
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Cemetery Visit

Date: 1958
Description: Local historian William F. Wolf visiting the Native American cemetery. In the background is a barn and a silo and other farm buildings.
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Local Boilermakers and Helpers

Date: 1914
Description: Boilermakers and their helpers pose on and around a horse-drawn wagon that bears a sign that reads "Boiler-makers and Helpers," perhaps for a parade. Man o...
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Funeral Service at Zion Lutheran Church

Date: 02 16 1978
Description: "Rev. Herbert Lemke and Charles Koepsell, Mayville, lead the mourners to the grave site."
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Sarajevo Cemetery

Date: 1940
Description: A Yugoslavian cemetery in Sarajevo photographed by journalist Alvin Steinkopf about one year before the city fell to the Germans.
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Cabin and Cotton Field

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Description: Exterior view of a small cabin located near a cotton field. There is a cemetery in the far background.
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German Bodies

Date: 1939
Description: Digging for bodies in a mass grave near Lemberg, Poland, where German civilians were killed by the Poles during the Nazi invasion. American journalist Alvi...
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Parade through Cemetery

Date: 05 30 1967
Description: View of a parade traveling through a cemetery. Beyond, barns and farmhouses can be seen.
Postcard

Man Standing Next To Headstone

Date: 1930
Description: A man stands next to a headstone in a cemetery. He is wearing a suit and hat. The name on the headstone is "LOKKE."
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Grave of Colonel Hans Heg

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of women and one child alongside the graves of Colonel Hans Heg, commander of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, and his daughter Annetta....
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Norwegian Lutheran Church

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn towards Norwegian Lutheran Church and cemetery. Well-dressed men and women stand at the entrance to the building. There are graves behind ...
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Group in Cemetery

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Description: Large group posed standing in a cemetery, possibly Hixton or Schlechterville.
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Date: 04 1900
Description: The horses and buggies of William Wills, A. Pautz, and Sarah Krueger are at the gate of Oak Hill Cemetery, founded in 1850.
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: Summer 1942

Date: 1942
Description: Views of two different bike hosteling trips to Pine Bluff (Dane County) and Lake Mills (Jefferson County), sponsored by Neighborhood House, with girls rest...
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Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: Summer 1942 Pine Bluff Trip

Date: 1942
Description: Four participants (Mary Lou Ciulla, Annie Gambino, Bessie Parisi, and Vita Valenza) of a bike hosteling trip sponsored by Neighborhood House, resting on a ...

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