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Painting

Battle of Chickamauga, 1863

Date: 1925
Description: "Battle of Chickamauga," an oil painting depicting a dramatic moment in the Battle of Chickamauga, painted by Alfred Thorsen after the lithograph. "Charge ...
Photograph

Silver Presentation Delegation and Wives

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: The official delegation party with their wives at the ceremony of silver service presentation aboard the USS "Wisconsin". Seated left to right are Judge Ro...
Postcard

Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons. The memorial was built to honor Wisconsin Civil War soldiers and is located on the University of Wisconsi...
Photograph

Badger Ordnance

Date: 1945
Description: Aerial view of the "powder storage area" of the Badger Ordnance Plant.
Postcard

Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1935
Description: View looking up street towards the Soldiers' Monument on the median. People are standing near a cannon in the median in the foreground. Caption reads: "Sol...
Photograph

Civil War Cannon

Date: 1950
Description: A Civil War cannon captured at the Battle of Shiloh, displayed at Camp Randall near the corner of Randall Street and Dayton Street. A fire station is visib...
Photograph

Civil War Cannon in Snow

Date: 1929
Description: Winter scene with a Civil War cannon partially covered with snow at Camp Randall.
Photograph

Camp Randall Cannon

Date: 1955
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Park cannon with an American flag flying in the background.
Photograph

General and Crew

Date: 1942
Description: The four shirtless men in helmets shown with ammunition are a general and his crew of the 14th infantry in Panama.
Photograph

St. Norbert College Main Hall

Date: 1943
Description: The Main Hall for St. Norbert College. A cannon is surrounded by shrubs and a lawn in the foreground.
Photograph

Lewis Monument

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Lewis Monument.
Photograph

Portage County Courthouse

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view across street towards the Portage County courthouse. A monument and a cannon are on the lawn in front. Caption reads: "Court House, Stevens P...
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1936
Description: A view of Fort Crawford.
Photograph

Red Bird Monument

Date: 1925
Description: The Red Bird monument, erected on the site of Ft. Winnebago and Red Bird's surrender. There is a cannon on the lawn behind the monument. A road is along th...
Photograph

Fort Winnebago

Date: 1963
Description: View of a cannon and two buildings at Fort Winnebago.
Photograph

Fort Winnebago Monument

Date: 1924
Description: Fort Winnebago monument two miles east of Portage on Highway 33, erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1924. The mo...
Photograph

Camp Bragg Tablet

Date: 1920
Description: View of the memorial to Camp Bragg, with a tablet, located in Menominee Park. It is surrounded by Civil War cannons. Snow is on the ground, and buildings a...
Photograph

Truck Parked at City Hall

Date: 12 05 1925
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an International truck parked in front of an old "City Hall" building. There is a cannon displayed on the front lawn.
Photograph

Soldiers and Mortar

Date: 1952
Description: Two soldiers set off mortar rounds in Panama.
Photograph

International SF-36 Explosives Truck

Date: 1926
Description: International SF-36 truck owned by Hercules Powder Co. The truck bears the text: "Explosives-Dangerous." Original caption reads: "'140' SF36, 6 cylinder 1....

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