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| Date: | 1874 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | "The Soldier's Home, the Vision," a Currier and Ives lithograph, handcolored. |
| Date: | 09 24 1944 |
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| Description: | Participating in the Madison Woman's Club annual benefit party by sewing for the Russian War Relief are members of the Shorewood Hills League, left to righ... |
| Date: | 06 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Charles C. (Alice) Long is shown with the flag she crocheted for her son, Lieutenant Commander H.W. Christensen, who is a surgeon, serving in the Paci... |
| Date: | 08 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Members of the Junior Red Cross of Madison making Christmas cards, tray favors, Christmas tree ornaments, and recreation hall decorations for service units... |
| Date: | 11 16 1948 |
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| Description: | Naval Officers and Wives Club annual Christmas dinner dance featuring a Hawaiian Christmas theme, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Loraine. Making tabl... |
| Date: | 11 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Mary Beach (left), social chairman; Mrs. George Kane, President; and Arabelle Murphy, chairman of the Christmas party making decorations for the annual for... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | American flags drape the walls of a large empty hall prepared with one thousand place settings for soldiers returning from the Spanish-American War. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A large group of veterans eating in the dining hall at the National Military Home, which opened in 1867. Men in white hats and uniforms serve a meal to the... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of the banquet hall for the 28th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. A man stands on the far right. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of the banquet hall for the 28th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. A man is standing on the far right. |
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| Description: | Some twenty members of the Harold Stafford wedding party and guests, seated and standing behind a table set for a meal, with food on many of the plates. Th... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A soldier at a base in Panama uses a cleaver to open a can of rhubarb sitting on a counter near a large pot. He is wearing a cap, a sleeveless shirt, and p... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Officers quarters of the 310th U.S. Army Engineer Corps while he was deployed to Archangel (Arkhangelsk), Russia. This room appears to be the dining room, ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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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| Description: | View towards a European American man posing standing and holding a gun. Behind him is a table and a tent, and behind him on the left is a dog. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers are sitting on stools outdoors peeling potatoes near a large pot, with a cover resting in front on the ground. Another man is standing on the ... |
| Date: | 05 1918 |
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| Description: | An exhibit inside a building displaying examples of how to make meals for "a patriot's table," as well as the relative value of different foods. A handmade... |
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| Description: | De-boning meat for goulash in the kitchen for the soldiers to consume. |
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| Description: | Daycare for the children of soldiers. Children are cared for and given food daily, without charge, by volunteer aids. |
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