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Colonel Robert Weakley

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of Colonel Robert Weakley. Col. Weakley served as a Representative from Tennessee; born in Halifax County, Va., Jul...
Painting

General Josiah Harmar

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General Josiah Harmar. General Harmar fought for the United States against Native Americans in the 1780's and ...
Photograph

Vetetans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Banquet

Date: 03 07 1957
Description: The president of the national auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mrs. Pat Kveton of Dallas, Texas, was a guest of honor at a banquet at the Park Ho...
Photograph

Vetetans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Banquet

Date: 03 07 1957
Description: Group portrait of two dignitaries with their wives that took part in the banquet honoring the president of the national auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreig...
Photograph

Vetetans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Banquet

Date: 03 07 1957
Description: Members of the local Marion Cranefield auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the banquet honoring the president of the national auxiliary. From left...
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Banquet

Date: 03 07 1957
Description: A special tribute was paid to auxiliary hospital chairmen during the banquet honoring the national auxiliary president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Fro...
Photograph

General Ben Whiteman

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of General Benjamin Whiteman. Quarter-length portrait of Ben Whiteman wearing a suit and necktie. Whiteman fought with General ...
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William Hall

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of General William Hall of Tennessee.
Photograph

Red Arrow Division Veterans Day Party

Date: 11 11 1958
Description: The annual Dane County 32nd Division Red Arrow Veterans Day party was held at the Towne Club. Guests included World War I and World War II division members...
Photograph

Red Arrow Division Veterans Day Party

Date: 11 11 1958
Description: The annual Dane County 32nd Division Red Arrow Veterans Day party was held at the Towne Club. Guests included World War I and World War II division members...
Photograph

Red Arrow Division Veterans Day Party

Date: 11 11 1958
Description: The annual Dane County 32nd Division Red Arrow Veterans Day party was held at the Towne Club. Guests included World War I and World War II division members...
Photograph

Red Arrow Division Veterans Day Party

Date: 11 11 1958
Description: The annual Dane County 32nd Division Red Arrow Veterans Day party was held at the Towne Club. Guests included World War I and World War II division member...
Photograph

Fourth of July at Park Falls

Date: 07 05 1994
Description: As a boy scout raises the flag, the people in attendance at the Park Falls Fourth of July celebration recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Congressman David R....
Photograph

Park Falls VFW

Date: 07 04 1994
Description: Members of the Park Falls chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the community Fourth of July ceremony.
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Midyear University of Wisconsin Gaduate

Date: 01 08 1959
Description: Family portrait of Donald Finn with his wife Diane and their three-year-old son Johnny. Finn is a mid-year graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a d...
Photograph

Robert Doyle Honored by Red Arrow Club

Date: 12 07 1948
Description: For contributing to the morale of state troops in the South Pacific by his work as a war correspondent, Robert Doyle (right), a Milwaukee Journal re...
Photograph

VFW Booster Club Assists Fun Fund

Date: 02 20 1959
Description: A group of men from the VFW Booster club presents a check to Roundy for "Roundy's Fun Fund." From left to right are: Bill Mathews, John Dobson, Earl Lyda, ...
Photograph

Madison American Legion Rifle Team

Date: 04 27 1959
Description: Members of the Madison American Legion four-man rifle team are shown with their rifles. They were recently declared the winner of the state contest held at...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 377-386

Date: 
Description: In the soft underside of war
The home point is to be home again with honor
without quite understanding why
Photograph

Governor Nelson Receives a Purple Heart Viola

Date: 07 27 1959
Description: Six-year-old Deborah McCann presents a purple heart viola to Wisconsin Governor Gaylord Nelson. The Madison chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Hea...

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