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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 ...
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Civil War Cannon in Snow

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

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior across lawn of the three-story New Glarus high school. The school building features a decommissioned Civil War cannon near the entrance.
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City Gate

Date: 1924
Description: Margaret (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder, center, posing with her children, from left, Herbert Edmund, Philip, and Barbara. Barbara is holding the hand of an uni...
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Sailboats

Date: 1929
Description: Five dinghy sailboats are moored to the right side of a wide pier on Pine Lake. Several unidentified young men and women are walking on the pier. There is ...
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On the Pier at Pine Lake

Date: 1929
Description: Barbara Brumder, right, lounging on a pier and watching as an unidentified girl next to her is petting the Brumder family Springer Spaniel. The girls are w...

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