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Painting

Braddock's Defeat

Date: 1903
Description: An important event of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was commissioned in 1903 by Robert Laird McCormick, president of the State Historical Society o...
Photograph

Military Portrait

Date: 1900
Description: Unknown soldier in full dress uniform.
Drawing

Gaddis Sketches

Date: 11 08 1906
Description: Two Civil War watercolor drawings by John Gaddis, Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, showing the regiment in bivouac, and later their headquarte...
Photograph

First to Fly — Army Demonstration

Date: 09 17 1908
Description: Soldiers at Fort Myer, Virginia, watching Orville Wright demonstrate the Wright Brothers' airplane for the U.S. Army. Milwaukee's Billy Mitchell is said to...
Photograph

Wright Airplane Landing

Date: 04 1909
Description: An Italian soldier on horseback watches Wilbur Wright land a Wright "Flyer" somewhere near Rome. After his triumphant demonstration of the "Flyer" in Franc...
Book or Pamphlet

Frost and Wood Company Catalog

Date: 1902
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Frost and Wood Company, manufacturers of agricultural equipment, Smith's Falls, Ontario, Canada. Features a color i...
Photograph

Soldiers on Parade

Date: 1904
Description: Slightly elevated view of soldiers marching in a parade down a street. Spectators fill the sidewalks.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Four Ho-Chunk Men and Women

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of two standing Ho-Chunk men. The women are wrapped in shawls,...
Photograph

Richard Barthelmess as a Boy

Date: 1906
Description: Richard Barthelmess, the future actor, is about 12-years-old in this studio portrait. He is dressed as a soldier, probably one of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough R...
Photograph

Statue of General George Rogers Clark

Date: 1909
Description: A bronze statue of Revolutionary War General, George Roberts Clark (1752-1818). The statue leans against a two-tiered stone base and is framed by park gre...
Photograph

Statue of General Stephen Dill Lee

Date: 1909
Description: Erected in June 1909, H.H. Kitson's sculpture commemorates Confederate Lieutenant General Stephen Dill Lee and is located in the Vicksburg National Militar...
Photograph

General Anthony Wayne Monument

Date: 1908
Description: Statue of General Anthony Wayne an American Revolution General, astride a horse. Dedicated on June 20, 1908 the Henry K. Bush-Brown bronze surmounts a gent...
Photograph

Edwin O. Kimberly

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic calling card of Colonel Edwin O. Kimberly. During the Civil War he was in the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry. It is noted on the card that he was the ...
Photograph

Memorial Day Military Parade

Date: 05 30 1907
Description: Elevated view of a military parade marching through a town street. A band leads the soldiers of Company E, and spectators can be seen on either side of the...
Photograph

Civil War Veterans

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait outdoors of a group of Civil War veterans with other U.S. military officers.
Postcard

Men Following a Horse-Drawn Cart

Date: 1909
Description: A long column of men following a horse-drawn cart on State Street. The Wisconsin Historical Society, then known as the State Historical Society of Wisconsi...
Photograph

Company C, Wisconsin National Guard

Date: 1909
Description: A studio portrait of Company C of the Wisconsin National Guard in uniform.
Postcard

Greeting Camp Douglas

Date: 07 08 1907
Description: Colorized postcard of a group of women visiting soldiers in a camp. They are sitting on folding chairs next to a tent. One soldier is sitting with the wome...
Photograph

German Soldiers March from Depot

Date: 06 17 1900
Description: View down street of German soldiers on a march from the depot of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad on their way to Turner Hall.
Photograph

Battalion Marching up Langdon Street

Date: 1900
Description: A military Battalion marching up Langdon Street. The Memorial Union is on the left behind trees.

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