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USO Staff Serve Soldiers

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Description: A smiling USO staff worker serves pancakes to hungry soldiers.
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Selling Dried Corn At the Municipal Market

Date: 1918
Description: A member of the Dane County Council of Defense Food Board Women's Committee sells dried corn at the farmer's market. Women's organizations sold wheat subst...
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Veterans Administration Hospital

Date: 10 15 1947
Description: Workers and patients at tables in the canteen in a Quonset hut at the Veterans Administration Hospital on the grounds of the Mendota State Hospital.
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World War I Mess Hall

Date: 04 1918
Description: Company D Mess Hall at Camp Curtis.
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Black Soldiers' Chow Line

Date: 1918
Description: Chow line for members of the 15th Regiment (Colored) of the New York National Guard.
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Mess Hall at Ft. Sill

Date: 1941
Description: Men eat a meal in a mess hall at Fort Sill. Draftee Charles J. Richard is among the men. Richard was a former International Harvester employee of Oklahoma ...
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Men and Women Cooking Hot Dogs

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Women and men preparing hot dogs in crock pots at a booth at the Civilian Defense Rally.
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Field Kitchen at Camp Elliott

Date: 1941
Description: Group of men at field kitchen at Camp Elliot. According to the original caption, the man "with loaded mess kit is Derwood W. Hooper, Second Medical Detachm...
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Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon

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Description: Exterior view from street of the facade of the Saloon and Saloon Hospital.
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Rolling Kitchen in France

Date: 09 16 1918
Description: Food being prepared on a moving kitchen for soldiers fighting in Sainte-Mihiel, France.
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U.S.S. Wisconsin Christmas Menu

Date: 12 25 1945
Description: Menu for the 1945 Christmas dinner on the U.S.S. Wisconsin in the form of a holiday greeting card, with a profile of a Santa head in which the silho...
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U.S.S. Wisconsin Thanksgiving Menu

Date: 11 23 1944
Description: Front cover of "The Badger," official newspaper of the U.S.S. Wisconsin, with a Thanksgiving dinner menu set against an outline in red ink of a larg...
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Military Railway Service Christmas Dinner Menu

Date: 12 25 1942
Description: Front cover and menu from the Christmas program at the headquarters of the Military Railway Service at Fort Snelling, with a three-quarter view of the buil...
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Menu for Union Iron Works Banquet for Wisconsin Delegates

Date: 11 26 1898
Description: Menu for a "Banquet tendered by the Union Iron Works to the Delegation from the Badger State" given at the Palace Hotel, with an etching of the Battleship ...
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Menu Cover for Fifth Anniversary of the Secretary-Generalship of Mr. Trygve Lie

Date: 02 02 1951
Description: Front cover of the menu and program for the Fifth Anniversary of the Secretary-Generalship of Trygve Lie, first Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN...
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Menu Cover for Dinner for Delegations to the 5th Session of the Assembly General of the United Nations

Date: 11 27 1950
Description: Front cover of the menu for a dinner given by Nazrollah Entezam, President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly during its fifth session and leader ...
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Menu for Army Reunion Banquet

Date: 12 16 1868
Description: Exterior and interior menu listing for an Army Reunion Banquet held at the Chamber of Commerce in Chicago. On the cover is a gold shield with a silver star...
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Souvenir Menu for Dinner for Kletzsch, Ott, and Kremer

Date: 10 08 1914
Description: First and last pages of the souvenir menu for a dinner by Mr. Edward A. Uhrig to Mr. Alvin P. Kletzsch, Mr. Emil H. Ott, and Mr. Waldemar Kremer at Republi...
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Second Reunion of the First Regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers Banquet Menu

Date: 02 22 1872
Description: Menu of the banquet for the second reunion of the First Regiment of Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers. On the cover are ornamented initials and the type is imp...
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Michigan Commandery Dinner Menu

Date: 12 03 1891
Description: Front cover and menu page for a dinner of the "Loyal Legion. Michigan Commandery with Saginaw Valley Companions at Bancroft House," with the badge of the o...

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