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Chief McCormick Buying Forget-Me-Not

Date: 09 29 1932
Description: Chief of Police William McCormick buying the first Forget-me-not from the Disabled American Veterans on the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. Left to right: L...
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Red Cross Sponsored Singing Group

Date: 06 07 1945
Description: Group portrait of three members of "Parlor Tricks" being instructed by Mrs. Frances Maloney, Red Cross recreation director. Pictured left to right: Lorrain...
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"Tractorette" Class

Date: 1943
Description: Lillian A. Heinrichs, Lucille Eltiste, and Esther Goubert receive instruction from H.E. des Granges during "Tractorette" class while Wesley Kollehorst, fie...
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Volunteers at Red Cross Regional Blood Center

Date: 06 14 1951
Description: Volunteer nurses Mrs. J.W. Brown and Mrs. R.H. Olsen work at the year-old Red Cross Regional Blood Center in Madison.
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Disabled American Veterans Officer Installation

Date: 04 04 1954
Description: Three members of the Ladies auxiliary sitting together while talking. They are Leatha Fuller, a department commander of the auxiliary, Mrs. Herb Pommerenin...
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Civil Defense Mass Feeding Practice

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Mrs. Ryerson (left) and Melvin Dykman use shovels to build a brick stove during a Civil Defense emergency mass-feeding practice. Katheryn Henning stacks la...
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V.F.W. Booster Club Donation

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: Five members of the V.F.W. Booster Club present a $50 check to Joseph R. "Roundy" Coughlin (right) for Roundy's Fun Fund. Roundy's Fun Fund benefited handi...
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Elderly Hero

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Description: Autographed carte-de-viste of John L. Burns, the elderly resident of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania who volunteered to fight with the Union Army during the battl...
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Female Red Cross Volunteers

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Description: Female Red Cross volunteers in front of the Reichstag building.
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Female Red Cross Volunteers

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Description: Female Red Cross volunteers cheering reservists passing by the Reichstag.
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Feeding The Needy

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Description: Feeding the needy in Friedenau-Wilmersdorf at the Kaiserplatz.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Landrat (local official) distributing gutscheine (food coupons) to the poor.
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Volunteer Unit

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Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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First Aid Dogs

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Description: German first aid dogs and their trainers on parade.
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Knitting Socks for Austrian Soldiers

Date: 1915
Description: Women are sitting on a bench outdoors using their free time to knit socks for soldiers at the front.
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Kitchen help for the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital is provided by Birdie Seligman and Ester Goldstine, members of the Madison Jewish ...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Leah Rothschild and Minnie Marcus folding napkins for the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital. Both are members of the Madison Jewish Welfa...
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Turkish Volunteer Saying Good-Bye

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Description: A Turkish volunteer shaking hands and saying good-bye, ready to ship to the front.
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Albanian Volunteers

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Description: Albanian volunteers, in front of a barracks, offering to serve as guides.

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