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The Soldier's Home, the Vision

Date: 1862
Description: "The Soldier's Home, the Vision," a Currier and Ives lithograph, handcolored.
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Group Listening to V-E Day Radio Commentary

Date: 05 08 1945
Description: Two women and three men (one in uniform) gathered around a table listening to a radio commentary on V-E (Victory in Europe) Day.
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WAVES Celebrating a Birthday

Date: 02 29 1944
Description: Slightly elevated view of group of women gathered around a table. "Leap year baby" of 1924, Anita Burr, is shown with a birthday cake, after enlisting in t...
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Mr. and Mrs. Warren P. Knowles and Francis Lamb

Date: 01 01 1945
Description: Lieutenant Warren P. Knowles, who will retire from the Navy to serve as a Wisconsin State senator, and Mrs. Warren P. Knowles chatting at the inaugural rec...
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Lieut. and Mrs. Leon B. (Florence) Stephens Jr. and their Son, Timothy

Date: 07 15 1949
Description: Family portrait of Lieutenant and Mrs. Leon B. (Florence) Stephens Jr. and their eleven-month old son, Timothy, who are visiting in the home of the officer...
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Abner Doubleday and his Wife Mary

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite of Major General Abner Doubleday in uniform, sitting, and his wife Mary, standing, wearing a cape over her dress.
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YWCA-USO Hostess Unit Organizers

Date: 01 16 1952
Description: Organizers of a new YWCA-USO hostess unit discussing social events at Truax Field. Left to right are Mrs. Harris G. (Marion) Allen, senior hostess; Miss Do...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-...
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Wedding Feast

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Description: Some twenty members of the Harold Stafford wedding party and guests, seated and standing behind a table set for a meal, with food on many of the plates. Th...
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Associated Press Office

Date: 1946
Description: Employees of the Associated Press in Prague shortly after the end of World War II: left to right, Dashenka, Juta Turkova, Alvin Steinkopf (in his war corre...
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Flight Nurse with Her Parents

Date: 1943
Description: Flight nurse, Gwen Jensen, visiting with her parents as she prepares to leave U.S. soil. Jensen is kneeling on the floor as her parents are sitting on a be...
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New Residents

Date: 09 13 1954
Description: Group portrait of new Madison residents Colonel Douglas and Mary Reeve, with their daughter Linda (age 11). They recently came to Madison from Newport, Rho...
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New University of Wisconsin Faculty

Date: 09 28 1954
Description: Portrait of Lieutenant Commodore Robert J. Murphy, Navy ROTC, (right) with Mrs. Murphy, and their sons David, age 9, and Thomas, 7.
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Humbert and Marie Versace Family

Date: 01 26 1956
Description: Family portrait of Humbert and Marie Versace with their four children. Colonel Versace, a West Point graduate, is senior advisor for the Wisconsin National...
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American Legion Cairns - Victory Post 57

Date: 06 23 1956
Description: Group portrait of the new officers of the American Legion William B. Cairns Victory Post 57. First row, left to right: Don Atkins, third district commander...
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Ward in the Red Cross Hospital

Date: 1918
Description: Indoor group portrait of wounded soldiers in the hospital ward, some of which have been wounded. Others soldiers are in uniform and are presumably uninjure...
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Family Service at Truax Field

Date: 09 17 1960
Description: Airman Vernor Williams, a new arrival at Truax Field Air Force Base, is interviewed by Margaret Hoffman, coordinator, and Mrs. William Bogle, assistant coo...
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Payday for Army

Date: 1961
Description: South Vietnamese soldiers gathered around a table where a woman, the "paymistress," sits with payroll sheets. The men are collecting their pay in the villa...
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Corporal Daisy Berry

Date: 1957
Description: A woman in military uniform is sitting at a desk writing in a notepad. Caption on back reads: "Cpl Daisy Berry, Milwaukee, Wisc., a member of the 7871st Tr...
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Wisconsin Hospitality Committee

Date: 1919
Description: Four women and three men standing or sitting near a desk and table that are labelled "Wisconsin." Two of the women appear to be doing paperwork, and the me...

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