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Indian Utensils and Arms

Date: 1832
Description: Assorted Indian utensils and arms.
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Family around Table in front of House

Date: 1874
Description: A family is gathered around a table with dishes on top. To the right is a man sitting and holding a violin, and to his right a boy is holding a gun. The ho...
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Family Outside of One-Story House

Date: 1898
Description: Eight people posing in front of a one-story clapboard house holding possessions. The man on the far left is holding a gun and wears a ammunition belt aroun...
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Junior Red Cross War Related Activities

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Members of the Junior Red Cross of Madison making Christmas cards, tray favors, Christmas tree ornaments, and recreation hall decorations for service units...
Poster

"Hunger"

Date: 1917
Description: United States Food Administration World War I poster urging citizens to eat less meat, wheat, fats and sugar in order to help fight starvation in Belgium. ...
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Secession Soup

Date: 1860
Description: A cat, labeled "MISSOURI," is tasting soup from a steaming kettle over a wood fire. The kettle is labeled: "SECESSION SOUP." The cat is wearing a vest, apr...
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Agriculture, Manufactures, Fine Arts

Date: 1860
Description: A crop of hemp on the left is feeding through a spinning wheel with the words: "HEMP FOR TRAITORS NORTH OR SOUTH" on it, and then to a gallows with a noose...
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Girls Making Lunch

Date: 1919
Description: Two girls mixing food in a bowl while preparing lunch at Sedan Prairie School. A poster reading: "Buy Liberty Bonds" is on the blackboard behind them, and ...
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Civil War Portraits and Relics

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Description: View of a room filled with portraits and relics from the Civil War. A piano is placed below a window across the room, and the walls are lined with framed p...
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My Only Support

Date: 1860
Description: A woman is washing clothes in a washtub. The caption below reads "My only support—both boys gone to the war. I wonder if they would take me?" Red ink on be...
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Old Abe Souvenirs Advertisement

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Description: Wood engraving advertisement of a souvenir teaspoon bearing the likeness of Old Abe, the Wisconsin Civil War eagle, on the handle. Text reads "For sale by...
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Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Preparing Vases - U.S.O.

Date: 1943
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with women painting vases for United Service Organizations (USO) use. Groups at the settlement house wor...
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Headquarters Detachment, Interior

Date: 1918
Description: The dining room for the headquarters detachment of the 310th U.S. Army Engineer Corps while it was deployed to Archangel (Arkhangelsk), Russia. A portrait ...
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George Washington's Inauguration Centennial Celebration Souvenir Menu

Date: 04 30 1889
Description: Front cover and first two pages of the souvenir menu for the centennial of George Washington's inauguration at the Hotel Marlborough. The cover features a ...
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Kosciuszko, Pulawski, walczyli o wolnosc w Ameryce

Date: 1917
Description: Poster in Polish with an illustration of Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish military leader who fought with the Americans during the Revolutionary War. This...
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Feed a Fighter

Date: 1918
Description: Charcoal drawing illustration of a soldier in a trench, holding a cup. Other soldiers are behind him. Text reads: "Feed a Fighter. Eat only what you need —...
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Pour que vos enfants ne connaissent plus les horreurs de la guerre, souscrivez á l'Emprunt National

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a woman standing and holding in her arms a small child wearing a nightgown. They are next to a bed with a doll resting on th...
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Milwaukeeans as Characters from Faust

Date: 04 21 1876
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Jim [James] Whaling, Frank Cramer, and Lina Martin in costume as Mephistopheles, Faust, and Marguerite from Johann Wolfgang von...

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