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| Date: | 06 1899 |
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| Description: | Clarance Hable standing in his yard holding a rifle and wearing a ruffled shirt. |
| Date: | 10 13 1864 |
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| Description: | Colorfully decorated letter received in the office of Wisconsin Governor James Lewis from Isaac Joiner of the Veterans Reserve Corps stationed in Alexandri... |
| Date: | 02 1896 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a Pope's Army Tandem bicycle outfitted with skis, two sleep rolls, a rifle, and two hand guns. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin National Guard members at the firing range. In the foreground, one man fires as two others watch. Several similar groups can be seen in the backg... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin National Guard soldiers firing from a seated position at the Camp Douglas firing range. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin National Guardsmen in full gear. One man in the foreground fills a tin cup from a spigot. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin National Guardsmen standing in two rows for inspection. There are trees and bluffs in the background. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across Bascom Hill on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. Student cadets in training march past South Hall down Bascom Hill. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | A group of young men and women posed before the tents of a hunting and fishing camp. |
| Date: | 06 06 1860 |
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| Description: | An illustration of the enormous bowie knife that was presented to John F. Potter. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite studio portrait of 1st Lieutenant Richard Cadell seated in a chair and wearing his military uniform. He holds a rifle in his right hand and... |
| Date: | 02 22 1896 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu page from the Old Settlers' Club annual banquet. On the cover is an illustration of Dr. Erastus B. Wolcott riding his horse, "Gunpowde... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Front and back cover of catalog, featuring on the front an illustration of birds, mice, and flying insects near a wheat field. The back cover reads: "Manuf... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing, one on the left with a pistol, and one on the right with a rifle, both aiming their weapons at a dog, which is sitting on its hind le... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Burnett Demarest, a First Lieutenant in the Wisconsin 8th infantry, Co. C. Demarest mustered into service in 1861 at Eau C... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View through trees towards a cabin. One man holding a rifle stands in the center at the left front side of the cabin, and a group of four men sit on the ri... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | A group of soldiers posing in rows, some kneeling and holding their rifles. Caption reads: "May 1886 Co. F Wisconsin National Guard at Milwaukee riots." |
| Date: | 03 15 1896 |
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| Description: | Page one of "Evening Record." The handwritten newspaper includes several hand-drawn color illustrations. Beginning in the top left corner, the illustration... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Engraved print of four men and a dog in a boat on Lake Winnebago. Two of the men are in the center of the boat holding hunting rifles, while one man is sta... |
| Date: | 10 10 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of a Revolutionary War soldier standing and holding up the American flag in his right hand, and holding a rifle in his left hand. A plow is behi... |
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