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Remount Service Pack Train

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Camp Lewis, showing a pack train fitted out for a march.
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Wartime Radio Class

Date: 1918
Description: In preparation for military service, young men at the University of Wisconsin study radio operations.
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Captured German Submarine

Date: 1919
Description: Captured German submarine, possibly the U-C97, with men on deck. United States flags are flying and several men are gathered on top of the submarine. Anoth...
Photograph

Wedding Party

Date: 1919
Description: The bride, groom, wedding party, and pastor(?) pose for the Stafford-Harold wedding portrait. The groom wears a military uniform from the World War I era.
Photograph

Red Arrow Division Veterans

Date: 09 22 1949
Description: Veterans of the 32nd "Red Arrow" Division honor Rev. Gustav Stearns, Milwaukee, who served as a chaplain with the 127th Infantry of the division during Wor...
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: Soldiers parade with guns bearing American flags past Schuette Brothers clothing store at the corner of S. 8th and Jay Streets as spectators look on. There...
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Pawling & Harnischfeger Co. Truck with Artillery Gun Mounted on Bed

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Description: A Pawling and Harnischfeger Company truck, with an artillery gun mounted on the bed, decorated with banners and flags. Two soldiers are standing on the bac...
Poster

For Your Boy

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting a man in military uniform pouring coffee for a younger soldier, who is sitting with a rifle across his lap. There is a YMCA sign behind th...
Poster

The Red Cross War Fund Poster

Date: 1914
Description: "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl...
Poster

Keep It Coming

Date: 1914
Description: United States Food Administration World War I Poster. "Keep It Coming/ We must not only feed our soldiers at the front but the millions of women and childr...
Poster

On The Job For Victory

Date: 1914
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of the inside of a shipping manufacturer, with men working near a ship in drydock. Text at bottom reads: "On The Job For V...
Drawing

Frank King Letter

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Description: A watercolor and pen drawing on an envelope from Frank and Delia King to their brother-in-law, Irwin Raymond Witthuhn, who was serving in France during Wor...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin-Madison Cadet Corps

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Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison Cadet Corps during World War I working in a repair shop.
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Veterans Presentation

Date: 02 15 1951
Description: The Dane County 40 and 8 Chapter Number 684 World War I veterans group presents its annual contributions to four county child welfare programs. Left to rig...
Print

"Sugar Means Ships"

Date: 1917
Description: Leaflet urging citizens to consume fewer sweetened beverages. The drawing shows a man and a woman seated at a soda shop.
Poster

"Victory is a Question of Stamina"

Date: 1917
Description: World War I United States Food Administration poster showing two soldiers in full gear running through snow with bayonets drawn. Text reads, "Victory is a ...
Poster

Food Will Win the War

Date: 1917
Description: World War I poster urging newly arrived immigrants to conserve food to aid the allied cause. People in ethnic costume being ushered into the United States ...
Photograph

Eating at the Front

Date: 1918
Description: Infantry men receiving food in outpost, Front Line on Piave Front, Italy.
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Rolling Kitchen in France

Date: 09 16 1918
Description: Food being prepared on a moving kitchen for soldiers fighting in Sainte-Mihiel, France.
Print

Delegation of War Widow

Date: 1916
Description: Delegation of war-widow, war-orphans, and maimed war-heroes at the White House, Washington, D.C., appealing to President Wilson for an "embargo on all war ...

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