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| Date: | 12 13 1917 |
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| Description: | A color cartoon depicting Robert M. La Follette, Sr. as pro-German, showing Kaiser pinning medals on him. |
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| Description: | Medallion presented to Vinnie Ream Hoxie by Cardinal Antonelli. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Francis Jefferson Coates of the 7th Wisconsin who earned the Medal of Honor for bravery at the Battle of Gettysburg. Sergeant Coates was so severely wounde... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Chief Buffalo, over-painted enlargement, possibly from a double-portrait (possibly an ambrotype). Grandson of Great Chief Buffalo. Chief Buffa... |
| Date: | 02 17 1901 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Susan Frackelton, sitting at a table painting a bowl and surrounded by her art work and a large medal. Caption on back reads: "Mrs. Susa... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | General William "Billy" Mitchell in full dress uniform. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Major Richard Ira Bong, medal of honor winner from Poplar, Wisconsin. Flying a P-38, Bong shot down more enemy aircraft than any other American... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Halle Steensland seated with his hand inside his suit jacket. |
| Date: | 1838 |
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| Description: | Wau-Baun-See, a hand-colored lithographic portrait of a Potawatamie Indian. This image from McKenney & Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes," (1849-1850) ... |
| Date: | 06 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Citation in which President Harry Truman presents the Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Albert LeRoy David. |
| Date: | 02 02 1959 |
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| Description: | Presentation of the Heart Award by President Eisenhower and Senator Lyndon Johnson. The citation is read by Bruce Barton. |
| Date: | 04 04 1969 |
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| Description: | Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin (on the far right) with astronaut James Lovell, a former student at the University of Wisconsin, and his wif... |
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| Description: | Jerome A. Watrous in uniform, wearing medals for his military service during the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of a bearded James B. Pond wearing eyeglasses and his Medal of Honor rosette. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a table and painted backdrop of a bearded George F. Pond. He is wearing a suit coat, vest, and trousers, and has a watch fob ch... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Cesar Chavez (center) head of the Farm Workers Organizing Committee, receives a Ghandi commemorative medal from Theodore Mazarello (left) of the Gandhi Cen... |
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| Description: | Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Clara Harlowe Barton. On April 20, 1862, after the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas), she established an... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of a medal from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's Exposicao Internacional de Hygiene of 1909. The medal depicts a seated woman and a boy kneeling beside her. |
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| Description: | View of a medal from the Universal Exposition at Saint Louis in 1904. The World's Fair celebrated the Centennial of the Louisiana Purchase. The medal dep... |
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