Date: | 1932 |
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Description: | Spencer Tracy in "Sky Devils," Howard Hughes's silly World War I comedy. Tracy (center) and William Boyd play two inept stowaways who end up on a ship that... |
Date: | 05 25 1918 |
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Description: | Elevated view of draftees at the Northwestern depot on their way to basic training and then France. Nearly 3,000 Madison men joined the war effort. |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | A member of the Dane County Council of Defense Food Board Women's Committee sells dried corn at the farmer's market. Women's organizations sold wheat subst... |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | A design for the unbuilt "Lawson Battler," which Alfred Lawson conceived as an armored fighter plane armed with six machine guns. |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | Vernon Castle, half of the glamorous Castle dancing team, enlisted in the British Royal Flying Corps in 1915 and flew over 150 missions at the Western Fron... |
Date: | 1916 |
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Description: | Kaiser Wilhelm II with Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, commanders on the World War I western front, planning military strategy. |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | Two Sopwith Camels, somewhere in France. This image is from the photo collection of Alvin Reis of Madison. He made many wartime photos into lantern slides ... |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | A portrait of Alvin C. Reis of Madison during his service in World War I. During the war, Reis commanded several observation balloon squadrons. Later, he b... |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | A view from below of a Breguet 14, a French observation plane that could also be used as a light bomber. When functioning as a bomber, the pilot was the bo... |
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: | 06 07 1930 |
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Description: | A man and children are standing under the Capitol Theatre marquee that is promoting the movie "Journey's End," with two men dressed as World War I soldier ... |
Date: | 08 28 1929 |
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Description: | Wisconsin Memorial Hospital at Farwell's Point on the grounds of the Mendota Mental Health Institute. There is a photocopy of an article included with the ... |
Date: | 09 25 1946 |
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Description: | Entrance to Wisconsin General Hospital, 1300 University Avenue, showing plaques on either side of doors which read: "1920-1924 Erected in gratitude by the ... |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | A group of Chippewa (Ojibwa) girls in white western clothing and paper feathered headdresses for a celebration commemorating the return of 80 Native Americ... |
Date: | 06 1917 |
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Description: | British troops clear German trenches that were destroyed in battle in the Messine Ridge, Flanders. |
Date: | 07 16 1918 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the departure of the drafted soldiers at the Menomonie railroad station, with a crowd present to see them off. |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | Parade celebrating the return of the 32nd Division after World War I. |
Date: | 05 31 1955 |
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Description: | Veterans of World War I were among the participants in the Memorial Day parade. From left to right are Frank Austin, Frank Hermen and Peter C. Vanden Hueve... |
Date: | 09 1917 |
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Description: | Khaki-covered Bibles being made by the American Bible Society for American fighters during World War I. The goal was one million testaments. All the worker... |
Date: | 09 1917 |
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Description: | South Carolina convicts building a road at Camp Wadsworth near Spartenberg in preparation for the camp's use as a National Guard training camp. The prisone... |
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