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Labor Day Parade

Date: 09 02 1918
Description: Elevated view of the Labor Day parade on the Capitol Square, at King Street, featuring a float that has the words "Win The War For Freedom" on the front.
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Army Regiment on International Model F Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Large group of soldiers posing on an International Harvester Model F (or 31) truck.
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Crowds Welcome Soldiers Home

Date: 05 21 1919
Description: Elevated view of street entertainment, with crowds, dancing and band concert to welcome home Wisconsin National Guard, 3d Regiment, Company H, after servic...
Postcard

Four Wheel Drive

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of the United States Military surveying four wheel drive (FWD) trucks, manufactured in Clintonvlle, carrying supply boxes. Caption r...
Postcard

4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: View towards a group of women marching up a street in a parade. Some are wearing nurse's uniforms, some are waving flags, and many are holding signs that r...
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: A group of women are marching up a street in a parade. Some are carrying signs, and one woman is carrying an American flag. The signs include: "WOMAN'S COM...
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Footwear for Troops

Date: 1914
Description: Men and children are standing around a cart which has a large pile of footwear on it for troops on the battlefield.
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Dane County Council of Defense Food Board Curb Market

Date: 08 1917
Description: People stand near several carts, which are hitched to horses. In some carts boxes of vegetables are visible. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. August, 1917. Cu...
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161st Artillery Brigade Band Concert

Date: 05 24 1918
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people gathering across the street, near a stage. Automobiles are parked in the center of the street near the stage. In the for...
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Dedication of Service Flag and Honor Board

Date: 08 18 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd in a public space. A man wearing a suit is standing on what may be a wagon, and he appears to be addressing the crowd. A ...
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Premature Armistice Celebration

Date: 11 07 1918
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people gathering outside a building, some of them carrying American flags. Two men are standing on the balcony, and may be addr...
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First Day of Mobilization

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Description: In front of the (military) district headquarters in Berlin-Schoeneberg on the first day of mobilization.
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Russian Embassy in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Twelve noon on the first day of mobilization. Crowd gathered in front of the Russian embassy.
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Supply Wagon

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Description: Supply wagons, passing by the Siegesallee, heading for the war zone.
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Supply Wagons

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Description: Supply wagons, passing by the Siegesallee, heading for the war zone.
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Red Cross Troops

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Description: Red Cross troops leaving Berlin passing by the Wilhelmstrasse and the Siegesallee.
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Landsturm Soldier

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Description: Landsturm (reservist) soldier and wife in Brandenberg on the Havel. Landsturm are identifiable by the cross on their shakos.
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Landsturm Soldiers

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Description: Landsturm (reservist) soldiers in Brandenberg on the Havel. Landsturm are identifiable by the cross on their shakos.
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Delivering Flour

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Description: Delivering flour to Berlin on barges.
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Delivering Bread

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Description: A common sight in wartime. Delivery of loaves of bread on large freight wagons.

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