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View of Guard Tent and Guard

Date: 1876
Description: Quite possibly this is the "View of Guard Tent and Guard" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Light Gu...
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Fidel Castro and Celia Sanchez

Date: 1958
Description: Fidel Castro is seated with his constant companion Celia Sanchez, and Vilma Espin, who sits to Castro's left. Cuba.
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Fidel Castro

Date: 1958
Description: Fidel Castro with cigar, and five other men.
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Three Madison Area GIs

Date: 06 20 1945
Description: Three Madison area GIs, left to right: technican fifth grade Homer McKnight, 153 Dunning Street; Pvt. Shirley Klicko, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Klicko, Ne...
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Pfc. Howard A. Endres

Date: 06 20 1945
Description: Pfc. Howard A. Endres reading his furlough papers at the end of World War II, at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois.
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Private Lawrence Mueller at Camp McCoy

Date: 07 18 1945
Description: Private Lawrence Mueller, Madison, arriving on a train at Camp McCoy for a short furlough before re-deployment to the Pacific.
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 14 1945
Description: Four soldiers, one with liquor bottle and two others with noisemakers, standing on the Capitol Square. They are celebrating V-J Day, August 15, the day on ...
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The Buna Campaign

Date: 1942
Description: Male Papuan carriers help members of the 32nd Division construct a road through the jungle of New Guinea.
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Soldiers Conversing and Drinking Soda at Ft. Sill

Date: 1941
Description: A group of men sit in a store and drink soda at Fort Sill. Draftee Charles J. Richard is among the men. Richard was a former International Harvester employ...
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Soldiers Conversing Outside of Tents Ft. Sill

Date: 1941
Description: Five men stand and converse outside a row of tents at Fort Sill. Draftee Charles J. Richard is among the men. Richard was a former International Harvester ...
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Farmall H with Military Tank

Date: 1943
Description: A man wearing a hat and smoking a pipe sits on a Farmall H tractor while a uniformed man stands on the top of a military tank. Two more men are sitting in ...
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Group of Soldiers at Camp Harvey

Date: 1898
Description: A group of soldiers from Company A, 3rd Regiment, take a break to drink inside the walls of Camp Harvey.
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2nd Wisconsin Regiment Lines a City Street

Date: 1898
Description: Soldiers from the second Wisconsin regiment line a city street upon returning from Puerto Rico.
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Russian Soldiers at Oceanskaya

Date: 1917
Description: Group of uniformed men and boys standing with two men wearing turbans. Original caption reads: "Gen'l Scott, Sihko and group of Russian soldiers at Oceansk...
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Blood Money: Or How Southern Rebels Encourage Piracy

Date: 1860
Description: Two pirates, one armed with two pistols and the other with a rifle, are bringing a shackled soldier labeled "U.S." to Jefferson Davis. Davis is relaxing in...
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Patrol Officer

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Description: A patrol officer looks at his compass as he smokes a cigarette.
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Soldier with Compass

Date: 07 1942
Description: A patrol officer from the 14th Infantry, based in Fort Davis, Panama, follows his compass through the jungle. The patrol officer has a small cigarette in o...
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Hacking a Path Through a Jungle

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Description: A soldier hacks a path through a jungle in Panama with a machete while smoking a cigarette.
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Fidel Castro, Vilma Espin and Others

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement command headquarters in the Sierra Maestra mountains during the Cuban Revolution. Fidel Castro sits in a hammock and speaks with Vil...
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Raul and Fidel Castro

Date: 1958
Description: Fidel Castro sits in a hammock smoking a cigarette and speaking with his brother Raul, who is crouching on the ground.

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