Date: | 1903 |
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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... |
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Description: | Engraving of George Washington and his troops rowing across an icy Delaware River to attack the British, from the painting by E. Leutze. |
Date: | 1884 |
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Description: | This composite portrait of David G. Farragut, William T. Sherman, George H. Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, George G. Meade, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph Hooker, Phil... |
Date: | 1863 |
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Description: | Union army officers. From left are: General U.S. Grant, General Rawlins, General Webster, Colonel Lagow, and Colonel Killyer take a break. |
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Description: | Jefferson Davis, center, surrounded by, clockwise from the top: Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee, A.P. Hill, J.E.B. Stuart, Braxton Bragg, Joseph E. John... |
Date: | 1862 |
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Description: | Officers of Company I, 7th Wisconsin Infantry: (left to right) Lt. Joseph N.P. Bird, Captain George H. Walther, and Lt. Christopher Lefler. Their Black ser... |
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Description: | Civil War commemorative roster of Company G, 14th Wisconsin Infantry, surrounded by illustrated scenes. |
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Description: | General Edwin Vose Sumner and his staff officers: (from left to right) Capt. A.H. Cushing; Capt. L. Kipp; Major Clark; Lt. Col. Joseph Taylor; Major Genera... |
Date: | 05 29 1944 |
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Description: | Captain Arthur S. Adams, director of the Navy's administration division of training, with from left to right: Commander Leslie K. Pollard and University Pr... |
Date: | 1971 |
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Description: | Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, and several cigar-smoking officers are listening to a presentation about the war in Vietnam. |
Date: | 1823 |
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Description: | British evacuation of their fort at Prairie du Chien after the end of the War of 1812. Fort Shelby, the first fort at Prairie du Chien, was built in 1814 b... |
Date: | 07 13 1945 |
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Description: | Capt. Huldreich M. Stienecker, Michigan, inspecting a load of peas at a cannery where German prisoners of war are working. Steinecker is in charge of the p... |
Date: | 06 19 1948 |
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Description: | Six distinguished guests of the University of Wisconsin-Madison are shown as they attended commencement ceremonies at the Field House. Left to right: Gov. ... |
Date: | 06 19 1948 |
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Description: | Alice Evans, internationally known bacteriologist, chatted before the graduation with General Omar Bradley, army chief of staff. |
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Description: | Engraved portrait of Carl Schurz, a German immigrant who settled in Wisconsin in 1855. President Abraham Lincoln appointed Schurz to the rank of general in... |
Date: | 11 03 1948 |
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Description: | Edwin B. Fred, president of the University of Wisconsin, accepting an invitation to a reception being planned in his honor by army, navy and air force offi... |
Date: | 10 16 1948 |
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Description: | Sgt. Tom Sorenson, processing sergeant for Madison area U.S. army draftees, briefing the first recruits to be processed through the Madison army recruiting... |
Date: | 12 30 1948 |
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Description: | Col. John Ehlert, headquarters, Fifth army, Milwaukee, presented "certificates of appreciation" to Joseph Jackson, executive director of the Madison and Wi... |
Date: | 04 13 1949 |
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Description: | General J. Lawton Collins, Vice-Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, center, is met at Truax Field by Charles Isenberger, at right. The general was the speake... |
Date: | 1941 |
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Description: | Men and women standing with an International Metro used by Czechoslovakian Relief. An airplane is in the background. All four people are wearing coats and ... |
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