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Date: | 05 17 1934 |
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Description: | Group portrait of 22 disabled American veterans who are Forget-Me-Not ice cream bars vendors. They are posing in front of 503 State Street with boxes of ic... |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | Sons of the American Legion in formation outside the Witt Studio. Two of them hold flags. Names are (left to right), Don Frank, Jerry Zander, Ralph Meyer, ... |
Date: | 1947 |
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Description: | Three men at the University of Wisconsin, with tent and sign that reads "People of Madison! Vets in tent need rooms to rent". |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Francis Jefferson Coates of the 7th Wisconsin who earned the Medal of Honor for bravery at the Battle of Gettysburg. Sergeant Coates was so severely wounde... |
Date: | 06 1932 |
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Description: | World War I veterans seated on the ground around a car with slogans painted on it such as "We Want Our Bonus" and "Bonus Seekers V.F.W. 796". They are prot... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Outdoor elevated view of a reunion of the Norwegian American men of the 15th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at Luther College. They are posin... |
Date: | 1932 |
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Description: | George bartending at the Irish Veteran's Association. |
Date: | 1925 |
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Description: | Members of Minneapolis Chapter No. 1 of "World's War Disabled American Veterans" (World War I) posing with musical instruments in a city street in front of... |
Date: | 08 27 1980 |
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Description: | Slightly elevated view of a man mowing the lawn at the Veterans' Administration Wood National Cemetery. |
Date: | 1952 |
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Description: | To celebrate the addition of DC-3s to their fleet, North Central Airlines sponsored several special promotional events. One such activity was a special fli... |
Date: | 04 22 1934 |
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Description: | Howard Morey delivering the film "Hell's Holiday" to R.E. Mutchler of American Legion Post No. 57 for Parkway Theatre. (The man in the top coat is unidenti... |
Date: | 04 11 1946 |
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Description: | Speaker's table of Veteran Employees banquet, Wisconsin Power & Light Company, at the Hotel Loraine. |
Date: | 09 17 1936 |
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Description: | Charles W. Netherwood, Civil War veteran of Oregon, is shown buying the first Forget-me-not for the Disabled American Veterans' drive from Nina Westbury, p... |
Date: | 03 30 1936 |
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Description: | Elevated view of veterans sitting at individual tables in the occupational therapy room, making poppies in the Wisconsin Memorial Hospital. The hospital is... |
Date: | 12 21 1935 |
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Description: | American Legion group outdoors at Breese Stevens field with Christmas toys, which were distributed to American Legion children. |
Date: | 11 14 1935 |
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Description: | Six American Legion members with Stinson airplane, annual membership roundup, William B. Cairns Post, No. 57. Left to right: C.Y. Ballem, Ben Bull, Carl Ch... |
Date: | 09 20 1934 |
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Description: | Howard Miner, disabled World War I veteran, receiving Forget-me-not flower from Florence Palz, ladies auxiliary chairman, marking the opening of the forget... |
Date: | 08 30 1933 |
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Description: | Omnibus advertising Marion Cranefield VFW Post 1318 and Fauerbach Beer. The bus is parked in front of Ferdinand C. Jack's Tailor Shop and Edward "Ace" Fisc... |
Date: | 06 28 1933 |
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Description: | Portrait of disabled World War I veteran Adolph Gunness, Soldier Boy Ice Cream Bars vendor, who was arrested for selling on the street. |
Date: | 05 10 1933 |
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Description: | Mayor James R. Law buying V.F.W. poppy from Miss Jane Elizabeth Ward. |
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