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Date: | 09 1825 |
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Description: | Treaty at Prairie du Chien, with Fort Crawford seen in the background. This treaty negotiated between Governor William Clark and Governor Lewis Cass and ov... |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | Advertising poster of World War I veteran returning home to family, farm and new Titan 10-20 tractor. The caption on the poster reads: "Look what dad bough... |
Date: | 1835 |
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Description: | Little Lake Butte Des Morts just north of Lake Winnebago where Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan, and Thomas McKenney, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (... |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | A scrapbook page containing three photographs of John A. Commons (presumably) in his World War I uniform, standing with another man with a Christmas tree, ... |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832. |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Born August 1, 1861, Samuel Sturgis was the younger brother of Nina Sturgis Dousman. He attended West Point Military Academy and had a distinguished career... |
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Description: | Full-length studio portrait of H.H. Bennett standing. He is wearing a uniform, holding a hat in his left hand, and resting his right hand on the back of a ... |
Date: | 1865 |
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Description: | Two men cook at griddles while another leans on an open door to one of many tents at a Civil War army camp. |
Date: | 03 23 1945 |
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Description: | Group portrait of four generations of the Maffet family. Left to right: David John Maffet in uniform (b. 5/31/1922), Ellen Gardener McDermott (b. 8/8/1858)... |
Date: | 02 07 1945 |
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Description: | Female clerk selling items to Naval trainees at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) ship's store. The store was located in a University of Wisconsin dor... |
Date: | 12 06 1944 |
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Description: | Large group of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) trainees, at the Van Hise dormitories, standing at the grave site of Sparky, with one man playing taps. ... |
Date: | 08 26 1944 |
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Description: | Interior of Rex Bar, 546 West Washington Avenue with three bartenders and patrons, including two men in uniform sitting at the bar. |
Date: | 09 09 1943 |
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Description: | Ten Navy cooks and bakers watching meat carving demonstration by Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef. Soldiers include Robert W. Merryman, Vernon R.... |
Date: | 07 31 1943 |
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Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the John J. Flad Sr. and Nell Flad family. Includes seven adult children, Thomas H., Joseph H., Rev. Fr. Paul N., John J. Jr., Ja... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Bird's-eye view of Janesville from the High School building. |
Date: | 1862 |
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Description: | Officers of Company I, 7th Wisconsin Infantry: (left to right) Lt. Joseph N.P. Bird, Captain George H. Walther, and Lt. Christopher Lefler. Their Black ser... |
Date: | 05 1946 |
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Description: | Marge Bong talks with General Kenney on the Wisconsin State Capitol steps at the Major Richard Ira Bong (1920-1945), Memorial dedication, Memorial Day. |
Date: | 12 27 1944 |
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Description: | War hero Capt. Richard I. Bong, of Poplar, Wisconsin, credited with knocking out 21 Japanese planes in the South Pacific, shaking hands with Governor Walte... |
Date: | 1865 |
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Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Fred D. Grant, son of Ulysses S. Grant, at 15 years of age, standing near a chair in front of a painted backdrop dressed in ... |
Date: | 09 26 1957 |
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Description: | Daisy Bates looks out from her front window as members of the 101st Airborne Division prepare to escort members of the "Little Rock Nine" to Central High S... |
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