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| Description: | Survivors of the Titanic sinking with Congressman William J. Cary and his Secretary, Richard P. Momsen, in front of the United States Capitol. |
| Date: | 10 26 1945 |
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| Description: | The official delegation party with their wives at the ceremony of silver service presentation aboard the USS "Wisconsin". Seated left to right are Judge Ro... |
| Date: | 03 30 1953 |
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| Description: | Dottie Hildebrandt, a Wauwautosa senior in Recreation at the University of Wisconsin, trying on spring hat, assisted by Lonnie Graham. The hat, titled "Gra... |
| Date: | 11 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Armistice Day ceremony with Mrs. Ella M. Bresee, representing the Grand Army of the Republic and the Daughters of 1812, shown placing a wreath at the cenot... |
| Date: | 06 07 1948 |
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| Description: | Newly selected Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, receiving an orchid from Virginia Palan, legionnaire and WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency ... |
| Date: | 10 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter Kohler signs a proclamation making November 11, 1954 the first Veterans Day in Wisconsin. Looking on, left to right, are: Francis Lorbecki ... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | "Members of American Legion Post 270, present a Centennial Flag. Oliver Krueger is at the flag pole." |
| Date: | 09 07 1997 |
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| Description: | "Pioneer Days is celebrated at Firemen's Park. Civil War reenactors, in period garb, put on a show of battlefield conditions." |
| Date: | 03 01 1959 |
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| Description: | A group of men posing in front of an engine and under the fuselage of a DC-3 air liner. The original caption states: "Cutting the tape for the inaugural fl... |
| Date: | 11 27 1950 |
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| 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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| Description: | The fife and drum are not so innocent the vulture's eye is on the dance |
| Date: | 10 22 1959 |
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| Description: | Five committee members of the Madison Veterans council going over plans for the ceremony and parade to be held Veterans Day, November 11. Left to right: Go... |
| Date: | 10 14 1887 |
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| Description: | One-page menu for the visit of President Grover Cleveland to Memphis, with a man in a powdered wig wearing a waistcoat with wide, decorated cuffs, ruffled... |
| Date: | 09 14 1924 |
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| Description: | Sidewalk group watching the military parade at the reunion of the “Red Arrow” 32nd Division, U.S. Army. |
| Date: | 05 01 1961 |
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| Description: | Peter Altenhofen (left), Milwaukee, of the Red Arrow Association, and Ruben Cain, Milwaukee, of the Cudworth Post #23 of the American Legion of MIlwaukee p... |
| Date: | 05 21 1961 |
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| Description: | The Madison chapter of the Disabled American Veterans presents a 50-star flag in honor of John Parrish, center, a member of the newly built Mt. Zion Church... |
| Date: | 08 18 1918 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a crowd in a public space. A man wearing a suit is standing on what may be a wagon, and he appears to be addressing the crowd. A ... |
| Date: | 11 11 1960 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of a woman holding a US flag. "Many women - like this one — became misty-eyed during the solemn Veterans Day ceremony as they thought of t... |
| Date: | 10 20 1915 |
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| Description: | View of a group of mostly women riding on a horse-drawn parade float. The letters "OW" and "WC" are written with flowers on the horse blankets. Several wom... |
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