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| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior of two-story city hall in Library Park. It features a bell tower and mansard roof. There is a plaque mounted over the doorway just below the roof.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A Spanish-American War cannon sits on the lawn of the Lucius Fairchild mansion, located on West Wilson Street. The cannon was later moved to Camp Randall o... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A decommissioned Civil War cannon at Courthouse Park. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A three inch trench mortar entrenchment, surrounded by piles of logs and barbed wire fence going beyond the log fortification into a forested area. Two sol... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The headquarters and blockhouse of the Unites States Artillery on the Dvina River, showing five uniformed men standing outdoors, and an artillery piece par... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A timber constructed blockhouse housing crates of what is possibly artillery shells. The fortification is camouflaged with branches and fallen trees fasten... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the monument to Civil War soldiers, located in what is now called the Watertown Veterans Memorial Park. A large eagle tops the monument. Above the ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Handwritten caption reads: "Sole Survivors, Class of 1866. U.S. Military Academy. Fiftieth Anniversary of Graduation." Twelve men are lined up in two rows ... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of seven men helping to push a 155mm cannon up a hill while trying to get it unstuck. Captioned: "A '155' (6-inch) stuck in the mud ... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | A church with a hole in the wall. Captioned: "The hole made by a Boche shell entering the Dombasle church. It exploded inside and left little except ruins.... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | A non-exploded bomb is resting on the ground, over which three timbers have been placed. A sign reading "Obus Non Eclate" is on a post next to the bomb, an... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Corner view of the Grant County courthouse. The Soldiers' Monument and a fountain are in the foreground. A gazebo is under the trees on the right. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View of the service roll for the Town of Genesee. Local service members' names are listed, and a small cannon is set up below. Next to it is a sign that re... |
| Date: | 04 06 1917 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Portage Co. Courthouse, Stevens Point, Wis." Exterior of the Portage County Courthouse, built in 1868. Stairs lead to the main entran... |
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