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Date: | 10 14 1861 |
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Description: | Engraving of Old Abe, mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Voluntary Infantry, displayed for a crowd. The eagle bearer holds Old Abe's staff perch while t... |
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Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing of Battery A, 4th Artillery, U.S.A. |
Date: | 06 19 1919 |
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Description: | Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians and returned soldiers posing at the Victory celebration. Ira O. Isham, Chippewa interpreter, is in the foreground. |
Date: | 02 24 1944 |
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Description: | Private George Grasser, in foreground, checking in a stack of lessons which have come from soldiers and sailors at the fighting fronts of the world, for Un... |
Date: | 06 11 1944 |
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Description: | Nine people posed in front of "Our Good Earth" by John Steuart Curry at a Memorial Union exhibit of paintings executed for use on war posters. Private Hen... |
Date: | 06 11 1944 |
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Description: | Mrs. Walter Goodland (wife of Governor Goodland), and Private Raymond J. Henning, former UW student, standing in front of "Carry Your Share!" by Joseph Hir... |
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Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Lee Alexander standing in military uniform, including an elaborate helmet and sword. |
Date: | 03 13 1945 |
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Description: | Corporal William (Bill) Lovelace, 319 North Blair Street, returning home after spending one year hiding from the Japanese and two years in a Japanese priso... |
Date: | 1942 |
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Description: | Poster advertising a World War II scrap drive effort sponsored by Wisconsin Governor Julius Heil. The effort was known as "MacArthur Week" and took place b... |
Date: | 06 20 1945 |
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Description: | Pvt. William L. Clapp and his parents, David and Della Clapp, 2633 Milwaukee Street, in a doorway saying goodbye to Lawerence Fitzpatrick, Wisconsin Sta... |
Date: | 07 26 1945 |
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Description: | Pfc. Glen Lindsey displays the fly traps he invented to trap thousands of flies in the Truax Field area. |
Date: | 06 27 1945 |
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Description: | Charles "Chick" Lowe receiving an award from Leonard T. "Dutch" Midland, president of the Wisconsin-Felton Sporting Goods Company, and Eddie Krajnik, Phila... |
Date: | 08 17 1946 |
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Description: | Pfc. Charles F. Moore with cat "Kwajie" who was the mascot of the B-29 airplane "Dave's Dream" and who made the trip over Bikini when the plane dropped the... |
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Description: | Studio portrait of four soldiers lying on the ground by a box that says, "Hard Tack U.S.," playing cards and drinking. They are posing in front of a painte... |
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Description: | Studio portrait of four soldiers kneeling around a box that says, "Hard Tack U.S.," playing cards and drinking. They are posing in front of a painted backd... |
Date: | 07 26 1918 |
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Description: | Panoramic view of enlisted men from district no. 2, readying to depart for Camp Taylor. Most are wearing suits and ties, and holding hats. The Dun Clothin... |
Date: | 10 1917 |
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Description: | Panoramic view of the 8th Division Field Meeting at Camp Custer. Hundreds of soldiers in overcoats and hats with a wooden wall used for training visible in... |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | Large group of soldiers posing on an International Harvester Model F (or 31) truck. |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | An International Harvester Mogul 10-20 H.P. tractor pulling a trailer for the Aviation Section No. 507 of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. The trailer appears t... |
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Description: | Candid portrait of Joe McCarthy wearing a pith helmet during World War II. |
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