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Liberty Bell

Date: 1976
Description: A blonde woman in black boots is standing beside the Liberty Bell. Behind her is a crowd of people.
Photograph

Fourth of July at Park Falls

Date: 07 05 1994
Description: As a boy scout raises the flag, the people in attendance at the Park Falls Fourth of July celebration recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Congressman David R....
Photograph

Fourth of July at Park Falls

Date: 07 04 1994
Description: The flag raising during the Fourth of July ceremony, with a group of the local Knights of Columbus on the left. In the foreground on the right is a photogr...
Photograph

Park Falls VFW

Date: 07 04 1994
Description: Members of the Park Falls chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the community Fourth of July ceremony.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 178-186

Date: 
Description: The fife and drum are not so innocent
the vulture's eye is on the dance
Photograph

Armistice Day Street Parade

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Elevated view from building of informal Armistice Day street parade at an intersection of the downtown area. They are celebrating the conclusion of the fir...
Photograph

Armistice Day Street Parade

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Elevated view from building of informal Armistice Day street parade at an intersection of the downtown area. They are celebrating the conclusion of the fir...
Photograph

Semi-Centennial Arch

Date: 1898
Description: Decorated arch erected on State Street as part of the Semi-Centennial celebration of statehood. The arch bears a representation of Commodore Dewey's victor...
Photograph

World War I Rally

Date: 1918
Description: A crowd has gathered facing a corner of the Sauk County Courthouse square where a man, elevated above the crowd, waves an American flag. A bonfire burns on...
Photograph

Mayoral Candidate, Henry E. Reynolds with his Wife and Son

Date: 03 18 1961
Description: A young man wearing an army officers uniform shaking hands with his father and mother as they are posing on their porch steps at 616 E. Mifflin Street. At ...
Photograph

Vets Present Flag to State Supreme Court

Date: 05 01 1961
Description: Peter Altenhofen (left), Milwaukee, of the Red Arrow Association, and Ruben Cain, Milwaukee, of the Cudworth Post #23 of the American Legion of MIlwaukee p...
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Drill Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a woman wearing a long gown with a radiating star on her chest and holding a globe that reads: "53 Years." (1849...
Print

Grand Detour Plow Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of advertising card with an Uncle Sam figure with a text balloon that reads: "Read what people say of the Little Yankee Three Wheel Plow." The back o...
Photograph

D.A.V. Presents Flag to Mt. Zion Church

Date: 05 21 1961
Description: The Madison chapter of the Disabled American Veterans presents a 50-star flag in honor of John Parrish, center, a member of the newly built Mt. Zion Church...
Photograph

Fourth of July Procession

Date: 07 04 1900
Description: View from side of a Fourth of July Procession of five people standing in a line carrying various types of weapons and dressed in festive clothing. There is...
Poster

Secretaries of War

Date: 1943
Description: United States Army poster with an illustration of four women posing in front of a U.S. flag. The women are wearing Army identification badges on their shir...
Poster

I've Found the Job Where I Fit Best!

Date: 1943
Description: Office of War Information poster, with an illustration of a woman wearing a protective headwrap operating a machine.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Alma Schmidt

Date: 05 21 1918
Description: A newspaper article in the "Chicago Evening American" describes "propaganda" plans of the Chicago Historical Society during World War I and prominently fea...
Photograph

Patriotic Parade

Date: 
Description: View across unpaved road towards a group of people on a stagecoach patriotically decorated for a parade on a town street.
Photograph

Invest in America Drive

Date: 05 16 1961
Description: Oscar Mayer (seated), president of Oscar Mayer Company, holding a Mayer Company sales chart. Mayer spoke at a meeting launching the "Invest in America" pro...

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