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| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Panoramic group portrait of the Wisconsin National Guard Ambulance Company No. 1 at Camp Douglas, together with its ambulances and motorcycles with sidecar... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Six Coastguardsmen pose with an officer on the shore at the Coast Guard Station at Baileys Harbor. The men are identified as (left to right) Reinhart Hicke... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Life Saving Station viewed from between a fishing boat and a pier warehouse. The station's pier extends into the harbor and ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline over water towards the Coast Guard Station and houses at Baileys Harbor. The long pier extending from the station's boathouse is easily... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Winter view of the Coast Guard Life Saving Station at Baileys Harbor. Snow has drifted on the shore, where a small boat rests. |
| Date: | 10 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Marie Pease, the wife of the Truax Field base commander, greets three of the wives of newly-arrived officers at a party given by the Officers Wives' C... |
| Date: | 02 14 1957 |
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| Description: | Four women attend a St. Valentine's Day tea given by the Truax Officer's Wives Club to welcome wives of officers newly assigned to Truax Field Air Force Ba... |
| Date: | 02 14 1957 |
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| Description: | Three women attend a St. Valentine's Day tea given by the Truax Officer's Wives Club to welcome wives of officers newly assigned to Truax Field Air Force B... |
| Date: | 02 14 1957 |
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| Description: | Four women gather around the table during a St. Valentine's Day tea given by the Truaz Officer's Wives Club to welcome wives of officers newly assigned to ... |
| Date: | 02 14 1957 |
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| Description: | Three women attend a St. Valentine's Day tea given by the Truax Officer's Wives Club to welcome wives of officers newly assigned to Truax Field Air Force B... |
| Date: | 08 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Helen Legg (left), president of the Truax Field Officers Wives Club, talks with two new members, Mrs. W.C. Butterfield and Mrs. Earl H. Killgore. |
| Date: | 08 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Fay Blalock and Mrs. Elmer Vorse are greeted by Marie Pease at the Truax Field Officers Wives Club. Pease is wife of the base commander at Truax Field. |
| Date: | 08 08 1957 |
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| Description: | The Truax Field Officers' Wives Club hosts a party for newcomers. Guests include, from left: Mrs. Edward D. Curry, Mrs. A.J. House, Edith Steere, Mrs. Wilb... |
| Date: | 08 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Truax Field Officers' Wives Club hosts a welcome party for newcomers. Attendees include, from left: Mrs. Harry Scarborough, Mary Ryan, Mrs. Wayne Thurman, ... |
| Date: | 08 31 1943 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of war correspondents at Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Robert Doyle is in the center. |
| Date: | 09 04 1943 |
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| Description: | War correspondents in Port Moresby wait in the back of a jeep the night before a paratroop landing near Lae, a Japanese-held airfield in New Guinea (presen... |
| Date: | 09 19 1943 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin paratroopers in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), pose holding a captured Japanese marine banner and pistol they brought b... |
| Date: | 09 29 1943 |
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| Description: | Bob Eunson of Associated Press at Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), dressed in a "combat suit." He is wearing a pack on his back and... |
| Date: | 10 22 1943 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant Colonel Harry J. Bullis of Portland, Michigan, poses next to the sign for the "Ale and Quail Club" on a military base in Port Moresby, Australia... |
| Date: | 10 24 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle's caption says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers in their birthday sui... |
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