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Walking in the Rain

Date: 1957
Description: A woman in business attire walking with an open umbrella on a rainy day in downtown Milwaukee. To her left is the Civil War monument, "The Victorious Charg...
Photograph

Marge Bong and General Kenney at Bong Memorial

Date: 05 1946
Description: Marge Bong and General Kenney standing by a bust of Major Richard Ira Bong (1920-1945), at the Richard Bong Memorial dedication on Memorial Day.
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Fairchild at Gettysburg Monument

Date: 1869
Description: Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin and an unidentified group visiting the still uncompleted national monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1869. Fair...
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K. Peter Yust, Tailor

Date: 02 28 1945
Description: K. Peter Yust, 205 Division Street, a tailor at C.W. Andres Company, looking at a bust of Adolph Hitler.
Photograph

Jefferson County Draft Board

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of the Jefferson County Draft Board. From left to right are Dr. G.L. Smith, John Welch, E.T. Hayhurst, G.J. Kispert, F.W. Hoard, O.C. Werthh...
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Staughton Lynd at an Anti-War Demonstration

Date: 03 26 1966
Description: Standing near the Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Historian Staughton Lynd speaks to a nighttime, anti-war demonstrat...
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G.A.R. Soldiers Home

Date: 1899
Description: A man is sitting on a horse-drawn mower and posing in front of a building with the words "G.A.R./Soldiers Home/of NY" imprinted in brick on the front facad...
Poster

The Red Cross War Fund Poster

Date: 1914
Description: "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl...
Photograph

Irwin Silber

Date: 04 1975
Description: "Irwin Silber, an editor of the 'Guardian'," a radical weekly newspaper, speaking to an anti-war rally in a square near a large sculpture.
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Dedication of the Wisconsin Civil War Monument

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Description: A group portrait taken in front of the Wisconsin Civil War Monument at its dedication ceremony. Third and fourth from the left in the front row are George ...
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"Battalion of Death" at Winter Palace

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of a procession makings its way through the grounds of the Winter Palace at Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia. Original caption reads: "'Bat...
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St. John's Church

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Description: View of the church from the cemetery, which has a large monument. A clergyman stands in the doorway of the church. The building is brick, with vines traili...
Postcard

Reunion of Confederate Veterans: "Human Confederate Flag"

Date: 1907
Description: Colored postcard view of crowd in front of the stand. Caption reads: "Human Confederate Flag." Text at top right reads: "And 'twill live in song and story....
Photograph

Monument in Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg

Date: 
Description: Stereograph of a monument in the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg. A man is standing at the base of the monument on the left.
Print

A Christmas Wish

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card with the Statue of Liberty in the foreground. Four United States warplanes fly overhead and buildings with an American flag appear in the back...
Photograph

Havana Parade, Cuban Revolution

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Description: Parade celebrating Fidel Casto's arrival in Havana at the end of the Cuban Revolution. 26th of July Movement soldiers are riding on top of a captured Sher...
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Juan Almeida Bosque on a Picnic in Cuba

Date: 1959
Description: Juan Almeida Bosque, operating chief of the Cuban airforce, and a small group having a picnic in the countryside of Cuba. Three soldiers in fatigues are si...
Postcard

Monument Square

Date: 1975
Description: Photographic postcard view of Monument Square looking south. In the bottom right corner, a man sits on a bench looking at the fountain. The Civil War Soldi...
Photograph

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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Worker with Pneumatic Chisel Carving Block of Limestone

Date: 1976
Description: Frank Arena carving a block of limestone with a pneumatic chisel. He is wearing a yellow sweater and a hat. He is in a large building with many windows, an...

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