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WWII Red Cross Worker

Date: 03 1945
Description: Betty Sullivan, a Red Cross worker, serves coffee in the interrogation room at Kobler Field, Saipan, for a B-29 flight crew that had just returned from a b...
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Henry L. Krehl at Soda Fountain

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Seventy-six-year old Henry L. Krehl, believed to the be city's oldest soda jerk, at the soda fountain of his brother August W. "Doc" Krehl's drug store, 40...
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Madison Woman's Club Annual Benefit Party

Date: 09 24 1944
Description: Participating in the Madison Woman's Club annual benefit party by sewing for the Russian War Relief are members of the Shorewood Hills League, left to righ...
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Pfc. Howard A. Endres

Date: 05 20 1945
Description: Pfc. Howard A. Endres standing in line for his final meal at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, before being discharged at the end of World War II.
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Pfc. Howard A. Endres

Date: 06 20 1945
Description: An Army cook dishes out Pfc. Howard A. Endres's last meal at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, home on furlough after Victory in Europe Day. After his furlou...
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Mrs. Charles C. (Alice) Long and Flag

Date: 06 27 1945
Description: Mrs. Charles C. (Alice) Long is shown with the flag she crocheted for her son, Lieutenant Commander H.W. Christensen, who is a surgeon, serving in the Paci...
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Anthony Trapino and Robert Wilson at Camp McCoy

Date: 07 18 1945
Description: Corp. Anthony J. Tranpino, left, and Tech. 5th Grade Robert Wilson, right, having refreshments at Camp McCoy after arriving for a short furlough before re-...
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Prisoners of War Washing Clothes

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Three German prisoners of war are scrubbing their clothes on the cement floor of their barracks at a prisoner of war camp. The prisoners are engaged in agr...
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Junior Red Cross War Related Activities

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Members of the Junior Red Cross of Madison making Christmas cards, tray favors, Christmas tree ornaments, and recreation hall decorations for service units...
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Women With Hand-Crafted Dolls

Date: 08 15 1946
Description: Women from the Unitarian Church with dolls for the war-blighted children of Europe and Asia. In the foreground is Mrs. F.H. (Ruby) King, one of Madison's o...
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Red Cross Workers

Date: 03 01 1947
Description: Red Cross volunteers making clothes for destitute children in war torn countries. Left to right: Emma Henwood, Mrs. Casimir D. (Fredericka) Zdanowicz, Mrs...
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French War Brides

Date: 11 24 1947
Description: Three French war brides at the French House packing food donated to the Madison committee of Aid to France. Left to right: Mrs. Arthur Indermuchle, holding...
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Soldiers Shucking Corn

Date: 1942
Description: Three soldiers, formerly International Harvester employees and dealers, sitting on wooden crates to shuck ears of corn near a doorway. The men likely belon...
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Military Men on Lunch Break

Date: 1944
Description: Soldiers sitting on the ground under the shade of a tree to eat lunch. Construction equipment, including an International crawler tractor, is in the backgr...
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War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Woman using sewing machine.
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Soldier in Base Kitchen

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier at a base in Panama uses a cleaver to open a can of rhubarb sitting on a counter near a large pot. He is wearing a cap, a sleeveless shirt, and p...
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Nurse Feeding Wounded Man

Date: 1945
Description: A nurse aboard the USS Samaritan feeding a wounded soldier. The man is sitting up in bed as the nurse is raising a fork full of food to his mouth. T...
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Panamanians Eating Dinner

Date: 12 1942
Description: Indigenous Panamanian women and children eating dinner along the Chucunaque River. A woman in a jumpsuit holding a hat is watching Panamanian children eati...
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Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Preparing Vases - U.S.O.

Date: 1943
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with women painting vases for United Service Organizations (USO) use. Groups at the settlement house wor...
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Boys Peeling Yams

Date: 08 12 1943
Description: Two indigenous boys peel yams on Kiriwina Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).

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