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| Date: | 05 1919 |
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| Description: | Company H of the Third Regiment came home to Menomonee, Wisconsin and a tumultuous greeting from townspeople when Armistice was declared on November 11, 19... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wiscon... |
| Date: | 05 1916 |
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| Description: | A view looking down on the Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill, showing dancers around four different Maypoles. In the foreground is the Lincoln M... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathered outside International Harvester's Tractor Works for the raising of an American flag. The factory was located at 2600 West 31st Blvd., and wa... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Farmers in the street of a rural town with their International Harvester horse-drawn mowers and binders on "McCormick Day." The event was organized by the ... |
| Date: | 05 08 1914 |
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| Description: | Farmers and their families lined up in the street of a rural town for a "spreader delivery" day organized by International Harvester dealer, P.J. Welter. T... |
| Date: | 04 25 1914 |
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| Description: | Farmers posing with their new International horse-drawn manure spreaders in the streets of a rural town. The "spreader delivery" day was organized for publ... |
| Date: | 07 15 1911 |
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| Description: | Christening ceremony for the S.S. Harvester. The ship was built for the Wisconsin Steel Company, a subsidiary of International Harvester. The 545-fo... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Five men stand on a city street surrounded by onlookers, perhaps a parade or some other public event. Two of the men in the street are carrying photography... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill. Just visible at the top of the photograph is the new Wisconsin State Capitol, completed except for the north ... |
| Date: | 09 02 1918 |
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| Description: | Labor Day parade on the Capitol Square, at the State Street corner, featuring a float shaped like a boat and carrying a naval gun barrel. Gun barrel and fl... |
| Date: | 09 02 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Labor Day parade on the Capitol Square, at King Street, featuring a float that has the words "Win The War For Freedom" on the front. |
| Date: | 11 11 1918 |
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| Description: | View of cars and people on the 200-300 blocks of Broadway looking east. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Seven men are holding the original flag from Perry's Victory. The men are standing on the flagship "Niagara" to celebrate the centennial of the victory. Th... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Male and female students from Freedom Academy sit outdoors with two teachers. A larger group sits on platform while a smaller group looks on from the foreg... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Residential dining room with Christmas decorations and circular table with turkey, set for two places. |
| Date: | 06 29 1912 |
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| Description: | Front and back covers of the "Informal Farewell Dinner Tendered to Mr. Wilmer Sieg upon the occasion of his departure from Milwaukee to take up his residen... |
| Date: | 06 29 1912 |
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| Description: | Interior pages of the farewell dinner menu given to Mr. Wilmer Sieg on the occasion of his move from Milwaukee to Hood River, Oregon. The menu and program ... |
| Date: | 09 07 1913 |
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| Description: | One-page menu printed on a wide silk ribbon to commemorate the victory of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, ... |
| Date: | 10 02 1917 |
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| Description: | Carte du jour Meatless Tuesday menu from the Hotel Wisconsin, with the hotel's logo, a badger standing over the letter "W." |
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