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| Description: | Illustration of the Milwaukee Light Guard depicting four men, including captain J.C. Starkweather. This is a cover from sheet music "Milwaukee Light Guard ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Civil War handbill that reads: "Charleston Mercury Extra...The Union Is Dissolved!" |
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| Description: | An engraving from a painting of Robert E. Lee signing the document that would end the war between the states in the presence of Ulysses S. Grant and their ... |
| Date: | 05 08 1912 |
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| Description: | License #121 issued to John Kaminski in 1912 by the Aero Club of America. |
| Date: | 11 11 1942 |
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| Description: | Wooden plaque commemorating 24 Mendota Hospsital employees who are "In the Service of our Country" Plaque was presented by Mendota Hosptial employees Local... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War commemorative roster of Company F, 11th Wisconsin Infantry, Harvey Zouaves of the Eleventh Regiment. |
| Date: | 09 28 1971 |
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| Description: | President Nixon signs a draft bill in the Oval Office of the White House while Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird (second from the left) and others watch. ... |
| Date: | 04 26 1945 |
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| Description: | Margaret Smith, secretary of the Madison and Wisconsin Foundation, surveys a few of the letters received from servicemen who trained in Madison and plan to... |
| Date: | 07 12 1865 |
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| Description: | A letter written by Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis to E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, thanking him for his special care of and attention to sick and wou... |
| Date: | 07 14 1865 |
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| Description: | The first page of a letter written by E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, to Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis, in gratitude for the governor's thanks for cari... |
| Date: | 07 14 1865 |
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| Description: | The second page of a letter written by E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, to Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis, in gratitude for the governor's thanks for car... |
| Date: | 12 30 1947 |
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| Description: | Assembling educational materials for servicemen-students all over the world are the employees of the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI), headquar... |
| Date: | 12 30 1947 |
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| Description: | Major Glenn McConagha, commandant of the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI) seated at a desk signing a course completion certificate. USAFI provi... |
| Date: | 02 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Clara Meyers, ex-Nazi prisoner and post World War II Dutch women's army veteran of 2 years service in Java, shown discussing University of Wisconsin regist... |
| Date: | 06 24 1948 |
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| Description: | Sgt. James McCullough, Memphis, Tennessee, a marine veteran guarding the Freedom Train, points out Washington's Farewell Address to three Madison Boy Scout... |
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| Description: | A United States Marine Corps identification card for David N. Schreiner, which includes a photograph. |
| Date: | 01 03 1943 |
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| Description: | Corporal Frank Abrashinsky of Sheboygan, somewhere in New Guinea, opening his Red Cross Christmas package. |
| Date: | 04 1862 |
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| Description: | Stationery depicting the fortifications around Washington, D.C., during the second year of the Civil War: Arlington Heights, directly across the Potomac Ri... |
| Date: | 04 1862 |
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| Description: | Hand-tinted stationery showing the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in 1862. The blue tint on the dome may have been intended to represent the unfinished natur... |
| Date: | 08 1861 |
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| Description: | Large-format, illustrated stationery purchased by Rudolph Fine, a member of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry in August, 1861, showing the Capitol (in actuality, ... |
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