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Syvert A. Lee

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Description: Full-length cabinet card portrait of Syvert A. Lee, a private in Company H, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform next to a prop baluster and railing. The fol...
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Lieutenant A.T. Lamson and Lieutenant E.E. Sill

Date: 1864
Description: Lieutenant A.T. Lamson of Madison and Lieutenant E.E. Sill as they appeared when they reached the Union lines after escaping from Confederate prison at Col...
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Reverend Elgar F. Mindorff

Date: 02 04 1944
Description: Reverend Elgar F. Mindorff, not long after being released from a Japanese military prison in China.
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Ruth Nelson and Red Cross Display

Date: 03 07 1945
Description: Ruth Nelson, Red Cross motor corps volunteer, and the Red Cross display in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda. Display features contents of the prisoner-o...
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Marine Robert M. Crabb

Date: 06 08 1945
Description: Marine Robert M. Crabb pointing to Japan on a map. He was home in Madison after serving as a war correspondent and being a prisoner of war for three years ...
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Hans A. Lageson

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Description: Three-quarter length cabinet card portrait, in front of a painted backdrop and with a prop fence, of Hans A. Lageson [as written on published of Roster of ...
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Bernhard (Bernt) J. Madsen

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Description: A vignetted, quarter-length cabinet card portrait of Bernt J. Madsen a sergeant in Company B, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtain...
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Simon A. Myhre

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Description: Waist-up seated oval studio portrait of Peter A. Myhre, a corporal in Company I, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform holding a musket across his chest. The ...
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Christian Knudson Dicken

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Description: Three-quarter length oval studio portrait of Christian Knudson Dicken [as written on backing of photograph; also written as Christian Knudson on Descriptiv...
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Paul M. Paulson Slatten

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Description: Waist-up oval studio portrait of Paul M. Paulson Slatten [as written on backing of photograph; also written as Paul M. Paulson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume...
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Severt Peterson

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Description: Waist-up oval studio portrait of Severt Peterson [as written on backing of photograph and published roster: Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion (191...
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Otto Steen

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Otto Steen, a corporal in Company K, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and...
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Ole R. Dahl

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Description: Vignetted head and shoulders studio portrait of Ole R. Dahl, a first lieutenant in Company B, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtain...
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Col. O.C. Johnson

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Description: Head and shoulders steel engraved portrait of Ole C. Johnson, a colonel in the 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Reg...
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Ole C. Johnson

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Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait of Ole C. Johnson, a colonel in the 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and...
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French Colonial Soldier PoW from West Africa

Date: 1914
Description: German propaganda photograph of a French PoW from West Africa taken at a military hospital in Brussels. The original German caption claimed that during his...

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