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Camp Randall

Date: 1862
Description: Camp Randall looking southwest. In April 1861, Governor Alexander Randall asked that the State Agricultural Society fairgrounds be converted into a militar...
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Soldiers at Camp Randall

Date: 1861
Description: Soldiers in formation at Camp Randall during winter. The season [there appears to be snow on the ground] and the tents indicate that this image was made in...
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Camp Randall

Date: 1861
Description: Christmas and New Years greeting card from Hosea W. Rood, presumably sent to his comrades of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company E, who had been...
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Naval Training School, Division #41, Trainees

Date: 12 22 1944
Description: Group portrait of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio), Division #41, trainees, University of Wisconsin-Madison, with Christmas tree in the foreground.
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Naval Training School Instructors

Date: 11 06 1944
Description: Group portrait of officer and civilian instructors of the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Second man on l...
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Truax Hospital Heating Building

Date: 01 22 1943
Description: Hospital heating building at Truax Army Air Field, from the west side.
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Convict Labor During World War I

Date: 09 1917
Description: South Carolina convicts building a road at Camp Wadsworth near Spartenberg in preparation for the camp's use as a National Guard training camp. The prisone...
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World War I Training

Date: 08 1917
Description: World War I recruits scramble over an obstacle during their training, while others watch in the background.
Postcard

Range Camp in Camp Douglas

Date: 1915
Description: Entrance to Range Camp. Caption reads: "Entrance to Range Camp, Camp Douglas, Wis."
Postcard

St. John's Military Academy

Date: 1905
Description: View of St. John's Military Academy. Caption reads: "St. John's Military Academy, Delafield, Wis.".
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Civil War Recruits

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Description: Recruits in their camp grey uniforms, before they were issued their regular blues.
Painting

Camp Randall, from the N. E.

Date: 1862
Description: Photograph of a watercolor of a view of Camp Randall, from the northeast. Scene set on rolling hills, shows tents, buildings, horses and military members i...
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Northwestern Naval and Military Acadamy

Date: 1925
Description: View across grounds towards the Northwestern Naval and Military Acadamy.
Photograph

Panoramic View of Unidentified Army Camp

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Description: Panoramic view of an unidentified WWI army camp.
Photograph

32nd Company, W.N.G. at Camp Douglas

Date: 1924
Description: Panoramic view of the 32nd Company W.N.G. (Wisconsin National Guard). Depicts company members, including two cooks (left panel), and small tanks spaced un...
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U.S. Naval Center

Date: 08 10 1949
Description: Exterior view of the U.S. Naval Training Center at 1046 East Washington Avenue. The Four Lakes Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps will be using the building fo...
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Soldiers at the Mess Tent

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Description: Soldiers have a meal while sitting on the grass outside the mess tent, possibly at Camp Douglas.
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Military Parade

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Description: Formations of soldiers at Camp Douglas march across a large parade field. A line of trees are in the distance, and a building with a chimney is visible abo...
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Encampment at Fort Douglas

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Description: A line of pitched tents at a Fort Douglas encampment. The encampment is occupied by Company A, 3rd Regiment.
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Resting Soldiers

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Description: Soldiers resting on the grass at Camp Douglas. In the background are tents pitched among trees.

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