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Fire Fighters Loading Red Cross Boxes

Date: 07 29 1945
Description: Madison fire fighters load Red Cross boxes to send overseas. Each box contained 36 knit bags made and filled by volunteers, each bag contained a pencil, st...
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Funeral Wreath for Lieut. William T. Gleason

Date: 07 27 1945
Description: Funeral wreath with photograph in center of Lieut. William T. Gleason, at Lieut. Gleason's funeral service held on July 27, 1945, at St. Bernard's Church. ...
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Junior Red Cross War Related Activities

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Junior Red Cross members making Christmas tree decorations for military service units and hospitals overseas. Arline Whitefoot, on the right, assists a you...
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Man Holding Monkey in Wisconsin State Capitol Building

Date: 04 17 1947
Description: David Mackin, Milwaukee World War II veteran, is shown with his monkey, Joe, in a state capitol hearing room. The bill under discussion would allow anyone ...
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Registration Line at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 09 25 1947
Description: A large group of students in a Veterans' Administration registration line outside a collection of Quonset huts on the campus of the University of Wisconsin...
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Dedication of Drinking Fountain

Date: 09 22 1949
Description: Dedication of a drinking fountain at Central High School as a memorial to Pfc. James Hammond, son of Howard and Regina Hammond, 114 North Bassett Street. H...
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Three European War Orphans

Date: 08 09 1950
Description: Secretary of State Fred Zimmerman, left, greets three war orphans visiting Madison under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary. Left to Ri...
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Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: View across lawn and parking lot towards the Oscar Mayer plant. A service flag with a large star with the number "1241" is hanging on the side of the build...
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Elevated View of Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: Elevated view from roof of the Oscar Mayer plant. There is a water tower on the roof with a sign painted on it that reads: "Oscar Mayer." Automobiles are p...
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Oscar Mayer Parking Lot

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Description: View from parking log towards the Oscar Mayer plant. In the left foreground is a truck with a sign painted on the passenger side door that reads: "Oscar M...
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Oscar Mayer Employees Walking Outdoors

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Description: Oscar Mayer employees are walking near the plant, down the entrance road near a chain link fence. There is a water tower and three American flags on three ...
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Oscar Mayer Parking Lot

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Description: View from a fenced-off area towards the parking lot of the Oscar Mayer manufacturing plant. A flag with a large star with the number "1241" is hanging on t...
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Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: View across lawn and parking lot towards the Oscar Mayer plant. A service flag with a large star with the number "1241" is hanging on the side of the build...

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