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Old Abe and the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 07 1863
Description: "Old Abe" and "Color Guard" of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, posed in uniform, outside with Old Abe on a shield perch. Likely Edward H...
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Army Medical Corps Anniversary

Date: 1957
Description: Army Signal Service Corps cuts cake to honor its 40th birthday. The corps consisted of about 4,100 members of whom 300 to 400 are pharmacists in commission...
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United States Army Safety Program

Date: 01 03 1944
Description: United States Army safety award banner presented to the Wisconsin Power and Light Company. Employees are grouped around it.
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Sperry Trophy Presentation

Date: 06 11 1941
Description: Dave Taylor presenting Sperry trophy to Louis L. "Speed" Gardner with Herman and Louis Gardner looking on.
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U.S. Coast Guard in International Truck

Date: 1942
Description: Four members of the U.S. Coast Guard looking out from the back of an International K-6 truck parked on a city street.
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Youth Sworn into Marine Corps

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: Thirteen Madison-area 17-year-old youths are accepted for enlistment at the Madison Marine Corps station, before leaving for Milwaukee to be sworn into the...
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32nd Company, W.N.G. at Camp Douglas

Date: 1924
Description: Panoramic view of the 32nd Company W.N.G. (Wisconsin National Guard). Depicts company members, including two cooks (left panel), and small tanks spaced un...
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General Zwicker at Camp Kilmer

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: General Ralph Zwicker (center), commandant of Camp Kilmer and a native of Stoughton, Wisconsin. In 1954, General Zwicker became a central figure in Senato...
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Enlisted International Harvester Men

Date: 1942
Description: A group of uniformed enlisted men affiliated with International Harvester stand on risers for a group portrait. The original caption reads: "BATTALION FROM...
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Uniformed Men with Flag

Date: 1942
Description: Three soldiers stand with an American flag in a field at Camp Perry. The men may have belonged to the "Harvester Battalion."
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Veterans of Foreign Wars

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: A memorial plaque in honor of Corporal Kenneth Grosse was presented to the air force man's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grosse, center, and their daughter, P...
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Madison United Givers' Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: Two solicitors for the Madison United Givers' Fund drive of 1950, Mrs. Ellis (Helen) Wertz (left) and Mrs. Howard (Evelyn) Nedderman (second to left), list...
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Air Force Families

Date: 04 02 1951
Description: Mrs. Robert C. (Marion) Dennison posing for a portrait with her daughter, Holly, age 2, and her son, Scott, 3 months. She is the wife of Captain Robert C. ...
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Air Force Families

Date: 04 02 1951
Description: Mrs. Robert F. (Jean) Wall poses for a portrait with her three children. Left to right are Nancy Sue, age 2 years, Patricia Ann, age 4 years, and Robert Wa...
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Air Force Families

Date: 04 02 1951
Description: Mrs. Ernest F. (Babette) Rice is shown with her daughter, Kathy, 10 months, and her son, Johnny, 3 1/2 years old, in their apartment at Sherman Terrace whe...
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Mrs. Robert H. Linn and Children

Date: 10 31 1951
Description: Mrs. Frances Mae Linn with her two sons, Robert Jr. and Steven Baker, before they left to join Lieutenant Linn who is serving in the U.S. Air Force in the ...
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Group in International Ambulance

Date: 1941
Description: A uniformed First Lieutenant and two TWA air hostesses are sitting inside an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for service ...
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Old Abe and His Regiment Color Guard

Date: 07 1863
Description: Photograph of a monochrome painting of "Old Abe" the bald eagle mascot of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and his regiment color guard. ...
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Lewis Arms with a Cocktail Waitress

Date: 06 06 1952
Description: Lewis Arms (left) and his friend Norbert Pfife ("a kid from . . . around Milwaukee") enjoy a pitcher of beer at Bradley's Bar in downtown San Diego. Beside...
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Memorial Day Committee

Date: 05 06 1948
Description: Memorial Day, "Poppy Day," Committee. Three men in uniform stand for a group portrait in front of a stucco wall.

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