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Marge Bong and General Kenney at Bong Memorial

Date: 05 1946
Description: Marge Bong and General Kenney standing by a bust of Major Richard Ira Bong (1920-1945), at the Richard Bong Memorial dedication on Memorial Day.
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Visiting Nurse Service Staff Nurse on Bicycle

Date: 04 11 1944
Description: Myra Johnson, 323 West Mifflin Street, the newest member of the Visiting Nurse Service staff, with her bicycle, which she uses to make her daily rounds. Ca...
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Turner Family

Date: 09 09 1953
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Turner, Richland Center farmers, stand by the steps of a Northwest Orient airliner with their daughter, Mrs. Chester Hall. The Turners...
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Passport to Happiness

Date: 10 20 1954
Description: Portrait of Fricis Brakmanis, age 41, and his bride-to-be Maija Smeils, 40, holding their wedding license. Both had spent time in Latvian forced-labor camp...
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Truax Officers' Wives

Date: 02 14 1957
Description: Four women attend a St. Valentine's Day tea given by the Truax Officer's Wives Club to welcome wives of officers newly assigned to Truax Field Air Force Ba...
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Truax Field Officers Wives Club

Date: 08 08 1957
Description: Helen Legg (left), president of the Truax Field Officers Wives Club, talks with two new members, Mrs. W.C. Butterfield and Mrs. Earl H. Killgore.
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Monona AAUW Officers

Date: 12 16 1958
Description: Officers of the Monona Village branch of the American Association of University Women are installed. Seated on the left is Mrs. James Hill, Jr., Baraboo, s...
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Ladies' Golf-Bowling League

Date: 03 13 1959
Description: Officers of the Ladies' Golf-Bowling League of Madison's three country clubs are, from left to right: Edith Henry, treasurer; Valeria Schwoegler, president...
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New P.E.O. Chapter in Madison

Date: 01 29 1960
Description: Two state officers greet two new initiates of the BY chapter of the P.E.O. Left to right are: Mrs. R.V. Branham of Rice Lake, Mrs. E.H. Kleinpell of River ...
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Ceremony at Normandy Groundbreaking

Date: 08 28 2004
Description: The Normandy Interpretive Center groundbreaking ceremony. Soldiers carrying the American flag march between two tents filled with guests. Participants in t...
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Two Models For ROAL Style Show

Date: 04 28 1964
Description: Two women wearing dresses and white gloves are posing by a railing inside the Wisconsin State Capitol building. They are wives of military reserve officers...
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Nuclear Missile Silo Vigil

Date: 1986
Description: Nuclear Missile Silo Vigil & Requiem. Hundreds of people surround the fence, holding hands, in opposition to the new MX missiles being installed, missiles ...
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Louis P. Lochner and Nazi Soldiers

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Description: Louis P. Lochner, somewhere in Germany, stands next to a Nazi soldier seated in a piece of artillery. In the background are more soldiers. Lochner is weari...
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Austrian Soldiers Buying Woolen Clothing

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers, including an Uhlan, are buying woolen clothing for the winter.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in Berlin. On the way to the Dom (cathedral).
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Belgian Refugees on the Way Home

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees gathering on train tracks on their way to return home.
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Refugees from Antwerp Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees from Antwerp awaiting the train that will take them home.
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Daughters of the Revolution Officers

Date: 05 07 1958
Description: A group portrait of the officers of the John Bell chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution. Seated in front are Regent Nita Howard in the middle, with vi...
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Getting Cards Signed

Date: 1985
Description: A woman is standing on a sidewalk holding something in her hands that she is showing to two other women. Caption reads: "Getting cards signed in [Represent...

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