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Braddock's Defeat

Date: 1903
Description: An important event of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was commissioned in 1903 by Robert Laird McCormick, president of the State Historical Society o...
Photograph

Military Portrait

Date: 1900
Description: Unknown soldier in full dress uniform.
Photograph

WWI Aerial Emblem

Date: 07 1917
Description: A factory worker painting the United States insignia on a bi-plane wing.
Photograph

War Bond Department at 1st National Bank

Date: 06 20 1944
Description: Seven jumbo enlargements of photographs of World War II scenes used to create the War Bond selling exhibit at War Bond Department teller's booths at First ...
Photograph

Art for Bonds Exhibit at Memorial Union

Date: 06 11 1944
Description: Nine people posed in front of "Our Good Earth" by John Steuart Curry at a Memorial Union exhibit of paintings executed for use on war posters. Private Hen...
Photograph

Art for Bonds Exhibit at Memorial Union

Date: 06 11 1944
Description: Mrs. Walter Goodland (wife of Governor Goodland), and Private Raymond J. Henning, former UW student, standing in front of "Carry Your Share!" by Joseph Hir...
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Art for Bonds Exhibit at Memorial Union

Date: 06 11 1944
Description: Mrs. Walter Goodland (wife of Governor Goodland), and John Steuart Curry standing in front of "Our Good Earth," by John Steuart Curry at a Memorial Union e...
Photograph

Art for Bonds Exhibit at Memorial Union

Date: 06 11 1944
Description: Mrs. Marshall Browne, Sarah Ross, President of the Madison Art Association, and Lovey Pond, member of the Memorial Union gallery committee, standing in fro...
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Art for Bonds Exhibit at Memorial Union

Date: 06 11 1944
Description: "Don't Let the Shadow Touch Them," by Lawrence Beall Smith displayed at a Memorial Union exhibit of paintings executed for use on war posters.
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Art for Bonds Exhibit at Memorial Union

Date: 06 11 1944
Description: "Triumph over Tyranny," by Symeon Shi Min at a Memorial Union exhibit of paintings executed for use on war posters.
Photograph

Byron C. Jorns and Private Sam Fleischer

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Private Sam Fleischer on the left,of New York City stationed at Truax Field in the radio school, and watercolor artist Byron C. Jorns on the right, standin...
Photograph

All-Soldier Art Contest at Truax Field

Date: 11 11 1944
Description: Soldier standing next to paintings from the third all-soldier art contest at Truax Field. The paintings are produced by soldiers at the recreational art pr...
Photograph

Camouflage School

Date: 06 1918
Description: Camouflage School, Camp Custer.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Veteran Homer Snake

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing next to a chair, identified as Homer Snake, who is wearing a hat with a GAR emblem, signifyin...
Photograph

Elderly Ho-Chunk Man James Bird

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man posing sitting. He is wearing a suit jacket, vest with watch fob, trousers, and a hat with a United ...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Man Jim Heneka Posing in Regalia

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a World War I Ho-Chunk veteran, James George Hanakah (PaitchDoAhHeKah), wearing full Ho-Chunk regalia, except for his Plains...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Charlie Saunders and Family

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man, and two Ho-Chunk women. The man is wearing a military hat and suit j...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Charles Sine Sr. and Harry Swallow

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length tudio portrait of Ho-Chunk men, Charles Sine Sr. and Harry Swallow, both posing sitting, wearing hats, and holding guns in front of a painted b...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Group in Regalia

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women sitting in front of two Ho-Chunk men and a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing, all wearing regalia. The group is in front...
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Studio Portrait of Four Ho-Chunk Men and Women

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of two standing Ho-Chunk men. The women are wrapped in shawls,...

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