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| Date: | 12 01 1951 |
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| Description: | Shown left to right at the founding of the Military Order of World Wars, Madison Chapter, are: Col. Herbert P. Schowalter, West Bend, president of the Wisc... |
| Date: | 03 07 1957 |
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| Description: | A special tribute was paid to auxiliary hospital chairmen during the banquet honoring the national auxiliary president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Fro... |
| Date: | 03 20 1949 |
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| Description: | The University of Wisconsin honored the dead of four wars with a concert presented by the University Symphony orchestra and chorus that was attended by som... |
| Date: | 08 14 1944 |
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| Description: | People lined up in front of Berg Sporting Goods Store, 2123 Atwood Avenue, to buy shotgun shells which were scarce due to World War II. Also shows Modern ... |
| Date: | 04 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Dane County chief air raid warden, Coroner E.A. "Ace" Fischer, wearing a gas mask on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 10 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Elsie Taschek at the keyboard of the University of Wisconsin-Madison carillon. Traditionally the carillon was always played by men before World War II. |
| Date: | 01 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Sgt. Lois Burmeister at the controls of an ambulatory trainer which permits blind flying by instrument instruction by the Civil Air Patrol. |
| Date: | 07 26 1945 |
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| Description: | Pfc. Glen Lindsey displays the fly traps he invented to trap thousands of flies in the Truax Field area. |
| Date: | 01 27 1947 |
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| Description: | Portrait of William E. Huntley, fireman for the Northwestern Railroad, present 7th ward city council representative and city council president. Huntley is... |
| Date: | 05 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Kitchen in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Kieth Roberts, 13 S. Midvale Blvd., one of four homes designed and constructed by Marshall Erdman for war veterans with s... |
| Date: | 10 1951 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a framed painting by Ben Stahl titled "Corporal Red Cloud's Last Stand." It was painted especially for "Esquire" magazine and honored Mitchel... |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | Kathy McCloskey, at the piano, and Andy Rothblatt, with a guitar, rehearse a Civil War ballad for the tenth anniversary celebration of the Madison Youth Su... |
| Date: | 03 13 1945 |
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| Description: | Corporal William (Bill) Lovelace, 319 North Blair Street, returning home after spending one year hiding from the Japanese and two years in a Japanese priso... |
| Date: | 04 17 1947 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 08 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Automobiles and police officer on West Mifflin Street. Celebration of V-J Day August 15, 1945, the day on which the Allies announced the surrender of Japan... |
| Date: | 07 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Robert (Eleanor) Randle and her daughter, Penelope, at the home of her parents, where they were living while Captain Randle was stationed in England. |
| Date: | 11 24 1944 |
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| Description: | Judson Pearsall, commander of the Madison chapter of the Disabled American Veterans, visiting with an injured soldier, Sargent James E. Spangberg, at the T... |
| Date: | 12 21 1944 |
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| Description: | Three service wives working at Ray-O-Vac. Left to right: Mrs. Emma Perry, Mrs. Frances Sturdy, and Mrs. Amanda Signer. |
| Date: | 01 03 1945 |
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| Description: | An ambulatory trainer which permits blind flying by instrument instruction by the Civil Air Patrol. Capt. E.D. Stanley is giving instructions given by tele... |
| Date: | 01 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Maj. Gen. Harry C. Ingles, Chief Signal Officer, United States Army, inspecting batteries at Ray-O-Vac, or RMR (Ruben Mallory Ray-O-Vac). |
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