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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A crewman on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier signals to the pilot of an incoming U.S. Marine Corps CH-34 Choctaw helicopter. The landing was photographed by M... |
| Date: | 05 30 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Madison's Naval ROTC members rounding the corner at South Carroll and West Main Street during the Memorial Day parade on the Capitol Squar... |
| Date: | 08 15 1950 |
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| Description: | Five Naval Reserve recruits in uniform pose for a group portrait at the Milwaukee Road railroad station. Left to right: David L. Larson, 1235 Darmouth Road... |
| Date: | 08 14 1950 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, U.S. Navy, in Madison for the unveiling of a scale model of the USS Wisconsin battleship. |
| Date: | 09 08 1950 |
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| Description: | Naval reservists line up for roll call while awaiting their train to Chicago on their way to Korea. |
| Date: | 03 27 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Madison's Organized Surface Division 9-212, naval reserves, being inspected at the naval reserve training center, located at 1046 East Was... |
| Date: | 12 04 1951 |
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| Description: | Navy Radioman Burton Fischer is shown on a cot as he donates blood during a blood drive for naval reservists from the naval reserve training center. At lef... |
| Date: | 06 17 1952 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Mary Ellen Fletcher used an inheritance to fly her mother and father in-laws from Birmingham, England to Madison to witness their sons graduation from... |
| Date: | 06 19 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Madison Reserve Seabee Company 9-49, standing at attention at the Naval Reserve Training Station, 1046 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | View of the U.S.S. Wisconsin docked during decommissioning ceremonies in preparation for its final cruise. A number of sailors can be seen on deck. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Ceremony beneath the guns on board the U.S.S. Wisconsin. A number of spectators and sailors are seated in the foreground, and uniformed sailors line... |
| Date: | 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Uniformed sailors gathered on the deck of the U.S.S. Wisconsin during decommissioning ceremonies. |
| Date: | 02 02 1951 |
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| Description: | Front cover of the menu and program for the Fifth Anniversary of the Secretary-Generalship of Trygve Lie, first Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN... |
| Date: | 07 1959 |
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| Description: | View across water of the Senta III, owned by Ernst Schmidt of Black Point Estate, competes in the Class A Regatta at Pewaukee Lake. The skipper is B... |
| Date: | 05 05 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two men in naval uniforms standing on the sidewalk in front of a fire hydrant looking upward. One is smoking a cigarette and the other is ... |
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