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| Date: | 03 25 1944 |
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| Description: | Wendell Willkie speaks with Carroll L. Coon, Commander of Madison's William B. Cairns American Legion Post No. 57, during Willkie's 1944 campaign for the P... |
| Date: | 09 19 1952 |
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| Description: | Brian Lange, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lange, Portage, being weighed by Inez Lee, assistant chairman of the American Legion Baby Show and Child Talent Cont... |
| Date: | 09 19 1952 |
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| Description: | Four mothers sitting with their babies waiting to be "weighted in" at the American Legion Hall as contestants in the Legion baby show and child talent cont... |
| Date: | 05 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Mayor Halsey Kraege buys the first poppy from Mrs. John Coyne, Veterans of Foreign Wars Poppy Day sale chairman of the VFW Auxiliary. Left to right: Joseph... |
| Date: | 10 05 1944 |
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| Description: | Four members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, including Mrs. Hazel Miller, the national president, in a horse-drawn carriage in front of the Chic... |
| Date: | 10 10 1944 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of ten members of the Marion C. Cranefield post No. 1318 Veterans of Foreign Wars presenting a United States flag and staff for use at the D... |
| Date: | 11 24 1944 |
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| Description: | Judson Pearsall, commander of the Madison chapter of the Disabled American Veterans, visiting with an injured soldier, Sargent James E. Spangberg, at the T... |
| Date: | 02 27 1945 |
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| Description: | DAV (Disabled American Veterans) group of three men and two women. |
| Date: | 05 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter S. Goodland buying the first poppy from American Legion Auxiliary and Veterans of Foreign War Auxiliary members. Pictured left to right: Mr... |
| Date: | 05 08 1945 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of American Legion members dressed in various costumes. |
| Date: | 05 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Madison Disabled American Veterans (DAV) officials, Mark R. Kilp, left, Adjutant G. Earl Heath, center, and right, Postmaster Walter J. Hyland inspect a sh... |
| Date: | 05 21 1946 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members of the newly established Veterans of Foreign Wars Post at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, the first of its kind on a ... |
| Date: | 06 28 1946 |
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| Description: | Captain Joseph W. Bollenbeck (right), presenting VFW Distinguished Service Citations to Col. W.S. Middleton, University of Wisconsin Dean of Medicine; Sgt.... |
| Date: | 01 31 1947 |
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| Description: | Three men (veterans?) at a cashiers window (depositing money?). |
| Date: | 02 21 1947 |
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| Description: | Charles V. LaDuke, 416 North Butler Street, chief of the guidance section of the Veterans Administration in Madison, greets Eugene A. McDonald of Janesvill... |
| Date: | 03 01 1947 |
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| Description: | Red Cross Home Service Department counselor R.W. Gerling is shown giving advice to John F. Foster, a veteran. |
| Date: | 02 24 1948 |
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| Description: | Scout Charles Anderson is being presented with a $500 check by Edward Fischer, Sheriff of Dane County, safety director and past commander of the Veterans o... |
| Date: | 03 01 1948 |
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| Description: | James F. O'Neil, center, pictured with Governor Oscar Rennebohm, left, and Herman C. Runge, department commander. O'Neal was the top speaker, Rennebohm was... |
| Date: | 04 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Six World War I veterans at a "Red Arrow" veterans dinner honoring Bishop William P. O'Connor who was a chaplain of Wisconsin's 32nd division in World War ... |
| Date: | 08 26 1948 |
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| Description: | Lyle T. Beggs, standing on the steps of a Milwaukee Road train, as he is about to leave for VFW camp where he is expected to be elected national commander ... |
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