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2nd Wisconsin Officers' Mess

Date: 1862
Description: Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry officers' mess. Pictured are: Surgeon A.J. Ward, Major Thomas S. Allen, Lt. Colonel Lucius Fairchild, and Colonel Edgar...
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Junior Red Cross

Date: 05 26 1944
Description: Group portrait of Governor and Mrs. Walter S. Goodland at the Junior Red Cross picnic with new and retiring officers. From left to right: Mrs. Gertrude And...
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UW Commencement Guests

Date: 06 19 1948
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. ...
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Governor Kohler and Reserved Corps School Officials

Date: 11 13 1951
Description: Governor Walter Kohler, center, congratulates Colonel Carl A. Flom on the activation of the 5956th Organized Reserve Corps School. At left is Major General...
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State State Senator Michael Ellis Shakes Hands with President Ronald Reagan

Date: 05 30 1985
Description: State Senator Michael Ellis shakes hands with President Ronald Reagan. Governor Tommy Thompson is standing next to Ellis. Air Force One with the seal of th...
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Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette

Date: 12 18 1943
Description: Robert Doyle's caption that accompanied this image reads, "Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette, three times Governor of Wisconsin, poses in combat uni...
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Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette and War Correspondent

Date: 12 18 1943
Description: War Correspondent Robert Doyle and Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette, wearing combat uniform, chat while standing on a shoreline. Lieutenant Colonel...
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Phillip F. La Follette at T-Beach Whittling Club

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Three men sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea...
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Portrait of Major Jeremiah "Jerry" Rusk

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Description: Three-quarter length oval-framed portrait of Major Jeremiah "Jerry" Rusk. He is wearing his military uniform with a sabre at his left side, and his right h...
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Governor Julius P. Heil Greets Young Cadets at St. John's Military Academy

Date: 06 04 1939
Description: Left to right: Brigadier General Ralph M. Immell; Cadet Lieutenant Howard B. Woodside; Governor Julius Heil; Cadet Captain Henry Fromm; Col. Roy Farrand, h...
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Fahkriddine Pascha

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Description: The new Governor of Damascus, inspecting troops. Fahkriddine (or Fahkri) Pascha was an Ottoman general famous for his defense of the Medina against the Bri...
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National Forest Products Research Society Conference

Date: 06 24 1958
Description: Chatting at the luncheon business meeting of the National Forest Products Research Society are, from left: Governor Vernon W. Thomson; George H. Roderick, ...
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Adelbert Ames

Date: 1865
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Adelbert Ames, US Army veteran and Republican politician. Ames was a general in both the Civil War and the Spanish-American War....

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