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2nd Wisconsin Officers' Mess

Date: 1862
Description: Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry officers' mess. Pictured are: Surgeon A.J. Ward, Major Thomas S. Allen, Lt. Colonel Lucius Fairchild, and Colonel Edgar...
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Motorcycle Police on Harley-Davidsons

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Description: World War II Harley-Davidson Army Models mounted by ever-alert Military Police, wearing uniforms and armed with guns.
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Officers of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 07 18 1862
Description: Officers of the Second Wisconsin Infantry posed in front of a tent. They are, from left to right, Quartermaster J.D. Ruggles, Dr. A.J. Ward, Major J.S. All...
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Abraham Lincoln and Union Commanders

Date: 1884
Description: This composite portrait of David G. Farragut, William T. Sherman, George H. Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, George G. Meade, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph Hooker, Phil...
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Union Generals of the Civil War

Date: 1867
Description: Engraving of portraits of Generals in the Union Army during the Civil War. U.S. Grant is in the center, with H.W. Halleck on his left, and clockwise from t...
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Confederate Commanders

Date: 1884
Description: A composite of Civil War Confederate Commanders, this is one of the first known examples of a composite photograph and of the use of photography in adverti...
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7th Wisconsin Officers

Date: 1862
Description: Officers of Company I, 7th Wisconsin Infantry: (left to right) Lt. Joseph N.P. Bird, Captain George H. Walther, and Lt. Christopher Lefler. Their Black ser...
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General Sumner and Staff

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Description: General Edwin Vose Sumner and his staff officers: (from left to right) Capt. A.H. Cushing; Capt. L. Kipp; Major Clark; Lt. Col. Joseph Taylor; Major Genera...
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General Winfield Scott Hancock and his Staff Officers

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Description: General Winfield Scott Hancock and a large number of his staff officers.
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Officers of the 43rd Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 1865
Description: Officers of the 43rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, with Colonel Amasa Cobb seated at the center. It is likely this picture was taken when the field and sta...
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Officers of the First Wisconsin Heavy Artilley

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Description: The First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, Battery C; Captain John R. Davis, Lieutenant Ezra R. Lisk, Lieutenant Fred Ullman, Lieutenant Benjamin F. Parker.
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Officers of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry

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Description: Group portrait of the officers of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Standing, left to right: unidentified, Lieutenant Doty, Captain James O. Bartlett, ...
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Sherman and His Generals

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Description: "Sherman and His Generals" etching after Brady photograph.
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Junior Red Cross

Date: 05 26 1944
Description: Group portrait of Governor and Mrs. Walter S. Goodland at the Junior Red Cross picnic with new and retiring officers. From left to right: Mrs. Gertrude And...
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West Side Benefit League Officers

Date: 12 17 1952
Description: Newly installed officers of the West Side Benefit League which was organized by the West Side Business Men's Association to furnish immediate funds to the ...
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East Side Women's Club Officers

Date: 06 08 1955
Description: Beulah Van Eschen, incoming president, and Marvel Risberg, toastmistress, attend the East Side Women's Club spring banquet with Hazel Van Wagenen, principa...
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Captain Arthur S. Adams

Date: 05 29 1944
Description: Captain Arthur S. Adams, director of the Navy's administration division of training, with from left to right: Commander Leslie K. Pollard and University Pr...
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Officers of Alpha Epsilon Iota

Date: 06 11 1944
Description: Group portrait of six women officers of Alpha Epsilon Iota medical fraternity for women. Seated are: Dr. Helen A. Cary on the left and Dr. Annette Washburn...
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Officers of the Nu Phi Mu Sorority

Date: 11 17 1944
Description: Group portrait of Unit One of the Nu Phi Mu Sority. Left to right: Elaine Wilke, recording secretary; Gloria Lemmel, corresponding secretary; Gerry Garthwa...
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Officers of Nu Phi Mu Sorority

Date: 11 16 1944
Description: Group portrait of Unit Two of the Nu Phi Mu Sority. Left to right: Rose Marie Murphy, treasurer; Alice Williams, president; Peggy Fox, vice president; and ...

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