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Abraham Lincoln and Union Commanders

Date: 1884
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...
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Confederate Commanders

Date: 1884
Description: A composite of Civil War Confederate Commanders, this is one of the first known examples of a composite photograph and of the use of photography in adverti...
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West Side Benefit League Officers

Date: 12 17 1952
Description: Newly installed officers of the West Side Benefit League which was organized by the West Side Business Men's Association to furnish immediate funds to the ...
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Credit Women's Breakfast Club

Date: 09 13 1949
Description: The new officers of the Credit Women's Breakfast Club. From left are: Veronica Lutz of Forbes Meagher Music Company, president; Beth Lease of Olson and Vee...
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Delta Delta Delta Sorority Mortgage Burning Ceremony

Date: 11 19 1951
Description: Officers of the house association of Mu chapter of the Delta Delta Delta sorority burned the mortgage on the chapter house located at 120 Langdon Street at...
Print

Scott's Extinguisher

Date: 1860
Description: General Scott holds a large cone decorated with the stars and stripes. Scott is saying: "I'LL BLOCK YOUR GAME." He is about to snuff out Jefferson Davis, w...
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West Side Businessman's Auxiliary Officers

Date: 01 09 1957
Description: Group portrait of the new officers of the West Side Businessmen's auxiliary. Seated left to right: Caroline Blawusch, Harriet Williams, Ruth Egan. Standing...
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National Machine Accountants Association

Date: 06 24 1958
Description: The newly installed officers of the southern Wisconsin chapter of the National Machine Accountants Association include, from left to right: Russell Moeser,...
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Ozark Air Lines Starts Madison Flights

Date: 03 01 1959
Description: A group of men posing in front of an engine and under the fuselage of a DC-3 air liner. The original caption states: "Cutting the tape for the inaugural fl...
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We Saw You at Air Power Banquet

Date: 11 01 1960
Description: Shown in center is Major Alexander P. de Seversky, pioneer in aeronautical design and engineering, and speaker at the Air Power banquet at the Wisconsin Me...
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Mitscher in Parade

Date: 07 12 1945
Description: Elevated view of Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher's car in a parade held in his honor. Hillsboro planned the celebration to commemorate the first time in ten yea...
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United Commercial Travelers Capitol City Council Honors Officers

Date: 02 04 1961
Description: The Capitol City Council of United Commercial Travelers, a fraternal benefit society created for traveling salesmen active in the United States and Canada,...
Poster

Is This Your Hand?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting a caricature of General John Pershing, and a hand holding a piece of paper labelled WSS. Poster text reads: "Is this your hand? Yes! If yo...
Poster

Keep 'Em Smiling Help War Camp Community Service

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring three smiling men: a soldier, an officer, and a sailor. The officer is in the middle with his arms around the other two, and the War Camp ...
Poster

YMCA United War Work Campaign

Date: 1918
Description: World War I illustrated poster featuring a portrait of General Pershing. The YMCA logo is at the top left of the poster. Poster includes Pershing quote cab...
Poster

All Slackers to the Front!

Date: 1917
Description: Hand-drawn poster. At the bottom is a soldier with a pack and a rifle on his back, carrying a US flag, embracing a woman. At the top is a general with the ...
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Life Underwriters Association Officers

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: New officers elected at the conference of the Wisconsin State Association of Life Underwriters at the Hotel Loraine. In front are newly elected president W...
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Jaycettes Donation to University Hospital

Date: 05 21 1958
Description: Lloyd Hughes, superintendent of University of Wisconsin hospitals, receives a check from the Junior Chamber of Commerce auxiliary (Jaycettes) for the hospi...
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Officers of the American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters

Date: 06 27 1958
Description: Officers of the Madison chapter, American Society of Chartered Underwriters elected at its meeting at the Madison club. Left to right are: Edward N. DeGroo...

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