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Swearing-In Native American Civil War Recruits

Date: 1861
Description: Thomas Bigford (in cap, on left) and another official swearing-in two Native American Civil War recruits. Thomas Bigford (1815-1890) of Taycheedah, Wiscons...
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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
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View of the Great Treaty Held at Prairie du Chien

Date: 09 1825
Description: Treaty at Prairie du Chien, with Fort Crawford seen in the background. This treaty negotiated between Governor William Clark and Governor Lewis Cass and ov...
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Richard Bong Memorial Dedication

Date: 05 1946
Description: Mrs. Bong, Chief Justice Rosenberry, Mrs. Goodland, Governor Goodland, Marge Bong, Mr. Bong and Mr. Fred (president of the University of Wisconsin) await p...
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Richard Bong Memorial Dedication

Date: 05 1946
Description: Marge Bong talks with General Kenney on the Wisconsin State Capitol steps at the Major Richard Ira Bong (1920-1945), Memorial dedication, Memorial Day.
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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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Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk and Staff at Grant Funeral

Date: 08 18 1885
Description: Wisconsin Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk and his staff at the funeral of General Ulysses S. Grant in New York City. Present with Rusk, 5th from the left, and i...
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Veterans of Foreign Wars at Flag Presentation

Date: 10 10 1944
Description: Group portrait of ten members of the Marion C. Cranefield post No. 1318 Veterans of Foreign Wars presenting a United States flag and staff for use at the D...
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Newly selected Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, receiving an orchid from Virginia Palan, legionnaire and WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency ...
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Ground-Breaking Ceremony

Date: 08 23 1948
Description: City manager Leonard G. Howell, breaking the ground with a shovel, at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Naval Reserve training center in Kendall Fie...
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Armistice Day Commemoration

Date: 11 11 1948
Description: Color bearers from the National Guard, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the two American Legion posts, the Spanish-American War veterans, their auxiliaries, a...
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Armistice Day Commemoration

Date: 11 11 1948
Description: Robert Babcock, Lodi, places the American Legion auxiliary post Number 57 memorial wreath at the front of the memorial obelisk on the grounds of the Wiscon...
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World Series and "The Star-Spangled Banner"

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Elevated view of the Milwaukee Braves and the New York Yankees standing on the first and third baselines for the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner...
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Madison Veterans of Foreign Wars Mortgage Burning

Date: 04 11 1950
Description: Mrs. Frieda Abrahams, president of the VFW woman's auxiliary, holds a candle to the mortgage held by C.L. Skinner, post commander. The ceremony was for the...
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Soldier Formation at Dedication Ceremony of University of Wisconsin-Madison Gymnasium

Date: 1894
Description: A formation of soldiers stand at attention during the dedication ceremony for the University of Wisconsin-Madison gymnasium.
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Armistice Day Ceremony at Capitol Square

Date: 11 11 1950
Description: Mrs. Minnie Wiese of 317 West Washington Avenue, representing the Grand Army of the Republic, places a wreath at the base of the cenotaph at the Armistice ...
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Crowd on Courthouse Square

Date: 1930
Description: A crowd has gathered near a large cannon on the Sauk County courthouse square. There are drummers in military uniform and a group of youngsters in Scottish...
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Dedication of the Wisconsin Civil War Monument

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Description: A group portrait taken in front of the Wisconsin Civil War Monument at its dedication ceremony. Third and fourth from the left in the front row are George ...
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Mrs. H.L. (Charlotte) Gerber, escorted by Earl Heath, prepares to place a wreath in honor of World War I dead during ceremonies at the South Hamilton Stree...
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Eighty-two-year-old William N. Nichols holding a flag during Memorial Day services at the Wisconsin State Capitol. He is the son of a Union Civil War veter...

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