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Children Saluting the Flag

Date: 1919
Description: Miss Summers' pupils saluting as an American flag is raised outside Pleasant View School. The original caption reads: "Loyal U.S. citizens in the making."
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Girls with Old Bed for World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 04 1942
Description: Three young girls, (L to R): Beverly Peterson, Virginia Gullickson, and Joane Aaby, with an old iron bed donated for a WW II scrap drive during MacArthur W...
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La Follette Supporters

Date: 05 16 1935
Description: William T. Evjue with five former members of the Wisconsin Legislature. Left to right they are: Charles Beggs, Barron Co.; John Johnson, Fond du Lac Co.; C...
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Children Dressed as Patriots

Date: 07 22 1932
Description: Group portrait of children dressed as George and Martha Washington, and Liberty riding in a chariot and soldiers, one of which is carrying a flag for a Lan...
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Martha Washington Tableau

Date: 02 22 1932
Description: The John Bell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution present a tableau of Martha Washington's life at the Hotel Loraine for the bicentennial o...
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Capitol Steps Dancers

Date: 1900
Description: The Fourth of July "living flag" created by costumed dancers from the Kehl Dance Studio, a school founded in Madison by Frederick W. Kehl in 1898. The Capi...
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Loyalty Day Parade

Date: 03 31 1917
Description: Elevated view of men carrying flags marching down State Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol in a Loyalty Day Parade.
Poster

The Health Of The Child Is The Power Of The Nation

Date: 1918
Description: A group of children walking up a grassy hill together, with text that reads: "The health of the child is the power of the nation," and "Children's Year." C...
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World War II Bond Sale

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Three women buying war bonds at Manchester's Department Store while two clerks ring up the sale. The three women are all wearing fur coats, as it is a spec...
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Woman Buying War Bond from Santa Claus

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Woman buying a war bond from Santa Claus, who was helping other Manchester employees wait on crowds of purchasers at the bonds-only sale on the store's mai...
Poster

"I Want You for U.S. Army"

Date: 1917
Description: Uncle Sam recruiting poster that says "I want You for U.S. Army". Poster has three different addresses for nearest recruiting offices.
Print

Junior Fair

Date: 08 19 1944
Description: Premium list for the 1944 Junior Fair, the 7th such event designed for young people ages 12-21, made a strong graphic and intellectual link between victory...
Photograph

Ella Bennett Bresee

Date: 05 25 1944
Description: Ella Bennett Bresee, a member of one of Madison's oldest families, has decorated the graves of American war veterans for 70 years or more. She is placing a...
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Mrs. Walter Goodland with Quilt

Date: 07 14 1944
Description: Madge Goodland, wife of Governor Walter Goodland, displaying a quilt with a patriotic design.
Map or Atlas

Sedition Map

Date: 1918
Description: Removed from the "New York Sun," March 21, 1918. Shows "where disloyalty in Wisconsin chiefly centres." Shaded areas indicate regions of suspected pro-Germ...
Poster

Poster for June Dairy Month

Date: 1941
Description: Poster created by the National Dairy Council, to promote the dairy industry. Poster text reads: "Make America Strong! by Making Americans Stronger. June Da...
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International Harvester Company Parade

Date: 1921
Description: Three Model G-61 trucks are decorated for an International Harvester parade. A group of men, women and children sit in the middle car waving American flags...
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First Wisconsin Capitol

Date: 1940
Description: Leslie (formerly Old Belmont), Wisconsin. The first Wisconsin Terrritorial Capitol, a building rented by the Legislature which met there for 46 days in 183...
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Legionnaires Convention

Date: 09 12 1949
Description: A gathering of officers and members of the Wisconsin Department of the American Legion, probably at their annual state convention. In Wisconsin the ardent ...
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Two Men with American Flags

Date: 1918
Description: Two men sit in a field along with several small American flags.

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