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| Date: | 05 05 1918 |
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| Description: | Send off for World War I recruits at the railroad station. The man leaning out of the train window is Ben Bergor, a professional magician and vaudeville pe... |
| Date: | 07 01 1917 |
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| Description: | View of a large group of people gathered for a Homecoming celebration. A young woman in the foreground is identified as Daisy Helen Hicken. |
| Date: | 06 19 1919 |
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| Description: | Governor Emmanuel Philipp hearing the petition of a St. Croix Ojibwe (Chippewa) Chief during a Victory Celebration on the Courte Oreilles reservation for t... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | William Rubin, Wisconsin political figure and labor leader, in civilian clothes, visiting his son Abner, in military uniform, at a military camp. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Congressman David Obey, Ben Riehle, a rural Marathon County WWI veteran, and two women pose for a photograph. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Group of WWI draftees assembled in front of the Ozaukee County Courthouse. In the background a man is holding up a flag between the center columns of the b... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a man with a fierce look on his face while taking off his suit coat. His hat is on the ground near a newspaper with the... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting a war fund drive in Marathon County, bordered by American flags and logos for the "Marathon County War Fund, Back the Boys," featuring an ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a large version of the Liberty Loan button with the Statue of Liberty and the words: "I Own a Liberty Bond." An arrow directs the viewer f... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam reaching for the viewer's hand (or perhaps money), and gesturing behind him to waves of soldiers and airplane... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Several boys are posing with stacks of bound periodicals. An American flag is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Boys of Riverside High School, Milwaukee, ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a a portrait of Emil Seidel. Text reads: Socialism and the War. War Destroys Life. Socialism Preserves Life. Come To Hear Emil Seidel, For... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration depicting a grinning German soldier escorting a group of unhappy looking people carrying luggage. In the background are bombed ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a woman holding a baby in her arms being presented a house by a woman on the American Committee for the Devastated Regions o... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A sign outside a building reads "Slackers" and includes a list of names: David Englehardt of Browntown, and John Hoffmeister of Jords. The sign is credited... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | The extended Franklin family posing in front of a store (possibly the family owned Drug Store or Hardware Store) with messages wishing Perry Small Franklin... |
| Date: | 06 12 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "U.S. Regulars passing thru Shullsburg Wis. June 12th." Elevated view of a long line of uniformed soldiers, four abreast, marching dow... |
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