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Composite of the 15th Army Corps Band

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Description: Composite of tintype portrait plates of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps Band.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

1st Wisconsin Cavalry Veterans

Date: 1902
Description: Newspaper page with a composite of portraits of the First Wisconsin Cavalry veterans from the Civil War who enlisted at Ripon, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype portrait of Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt (b. 1833) of Viroqua. Col. Butt is seated sideways in a chair with one hand in his lap and on...
Photograph

Ceremony at Normandy Groundbreaking

Date: 08 28 2004
Description: The Normandy Interpretive Center groundbreaking ceremony. Soldiers carrying the American flag march between two tents filled with guests. Participants in t...
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Captain Samuel Murphy

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of a painting of Captain Samuel Murphy. Murphy served with Captain Samuel Brady in the Pittsburgh region during the Revolutionary War...
Photograph

River Falls Rifle Company 1859

Date: 1859
Description: Typed text on back of photograph: "River Falls Rifle company, River Falls, Wis. Organized 1859, later fought with 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment in Civi...
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Three Men with International Military Vehicle

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Description: Three men stand outdoors in front of an International military vehicle looking at paperwork. Two of the men are wearing suits, and the third man wears a mi...
Postcard

Governor Davidson and Staff

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Description: Governor James O. Davidson (sitting second from the left), outdoors in front of a tent with six other men, three standing and three sitting. There is a whi...
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Louis P. Lochner and Nazi Soldiers

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Description: Louis P. Lochner, somewhere in Germany, stands next to a Nazi soldier seated in a piece of artillery. In the background are more soldiers. Lochner is weari...
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Company "C"

Date: 1917
Description: Men from Company "C" are lined up in a double row on a dirt town street. A soldier in uniform stands at the head of the line. In front are Ed Fryk (2nd fro...
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Marcus S. Pratt

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of Marcus S. Pratt. Served in Company G. 15th Regiment, Wisconsin. He is sitting in a chair with his knee propped up, with on...
Photograph

29th Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers

Date: 08 1889
Description: Formal outdoor group portrait of the 29th Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers. They are posing while lined up on the front steps of the Milwaukee Armory building...
Photograph

Purchasing Wagons

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Description: Military supply administration purchasing civilian wagons at the Tempelhof field. The accepted wagons are being stamped for identification.
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Art During War

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Description: The pursuit of art during wartime. Professor Albert Maennchen. Berlin, Steglitz. Mural entitled “Baldur” installed in the great hall of the community Fest-...
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Pat Lucey in Military Uniform with Parents

Date: 1941
Description: Patrick J. Lucey, center, wearing his Army uniform and posing between his parents, Gregory Lucey and Ella (McNamara) Lucey. Lucey served as a Captain in th...
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Lucy and W.A. Holt Family

Date: 1918
Description: A casual portrait of the Lucy and W.A. Holt family. Standing from left to right: Alfred Holt in military uniform, Jeannette Holt, Lucy Rumsey Holt, W.A. Ho...
Photograph

Richard Adams

Date: 1887
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Richard Adams, a member of the 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company "F."
Photograph

A.F. Allen

Date: 02 03 1869
Description: Carte-de-visite of a vignetted portrait of a man. It is signed: "Yours truly, A.F. Allen. Feb. 3rd 1869."
Photograph

Daniel Allender

Date: 1909
Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of Daniel Allender, of Northport. He was identified in 1909 as the first white boy born in Milwaukee, on April 14, 1838...
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Hans and Thomas Amlie

Date: 01 19 1938
Description: Two men are seated next to each other. Caption reads: "Washington, Jan. 19.--Visiting his brother, Representative Thomas R. Amlie, Democrat, of Wisconsin, ...

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