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Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1936
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch with a gated path.
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Madison Zouaves

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Description: Composite of oval-shaped photographic portraits of Madison Zouaves, a Civil War unit from Madison, Wisconsin. Each portrait is numbered. Handwritten on bac...
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Cannon at Camp Randall Memorial Building

Date: 11 22 1970
Description: A cannon from the Civil War which stands outside the Camp Randall Memorial Building. It is one of several preserved on the grounds.
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William Bross Lloyd, Jr.

Date: 01 24 1947
Description: William Bross Lloyd Jr., World War II conscientious objector, who is visiting Wisconsin to promote a U.S. Constitutional Convention to amend the Constituti...
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Young Old Abe

Date: 1861
Description: Carte-de-visite of Old Abe, the Wisconsin war eagle on a perch. The adolescent bird still has partially brown head feathers. The card appears to have a s...
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Cannon

Date: 1910
Description: A Spanish-American War cannon sits on the lawn of the Lucius Fairchild mansion, located on West Wilson Street. The cannon was later moved to Camp Randall o...
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George W. Peck

Date: 1860
Description: Studio portrait of George W. Peck standing next to a chair.
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World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Ceremony

Date: 02 01 1945
Description: Axel Olson, father of Sgt. Truman O. Olson, deceased, receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor from Col. W. Lutz Krigbaum on behalf of his son, who was k...
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Ruth Nelson and Red Cross Display

Date: 03 07 1945
Description: Ruth Nelson, Red Cross motor corps volunteer, and the Red Cross display in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda. Display features contents of the prisoner-o...
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Confederate Graves

Date: 1945
Description: Confederate graves in the Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Art for Bonds Exhibit at Memorial Union

Date: 06 11 1944
Description: Nine people posed in front of "Our Good Earth" by John Steuart Curry at a Memorial Union exhibit of paintings executed for use on war posters. Private Hen...
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Red Arrow Division Veterans Day Party

Date: 11 11 1958
Description: The annual Dane County 32nd Division Red Arrow Veterans Day party was held at the Towne Club. Guests included World War I and World War II division members...
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Red Arrow Division Veterans Day Party

Date: 11 11 1958
Description: The annual Dane County 32nd Division Red Arrow Veterans Day party was held at the Towne Club. Guests included World War I and World War II division members...
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Forest Hill Cemetery

Date: 1961
Description: A Confederate Rest at the Forest Hill cemetery, showing the graves of Confederate soldiers who died at Camp Randall as prisoners of war in 1862. The men w...
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War Bond Presentation

Date: 02 15 1944
Description: Boy Scout Troop 16 War Bond Presentation with Mayor F. Halsey Kraege signing the order to purchase $23,000 from the city insurance fund, $3,500 from Forest...
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Dr. Alanson H. Edgerton

Date: 08 03 1944
Description: Portrait of Dr. Alanson H. Edgerton, a professor of guidance and director of guidance at the University of Wisconsin. His special interests lie in the stud...
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Officers of the Scout Leaders Club

Date: 09 28 1944
Description: Officers of the Scout Leaders Club being shown how to prepare posters for the War Chest campaign. Left to right: Mrs. William H. Borden (Lucie), president ...
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Four members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, including Mrs. Hazel Miller, the national president, in a horse-drawn carriage in front of the Chic...
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War Brides

Date: 02 13 1947
Description: Group portrait of six war brides and one infant. Nine-month-old Susan Schreiber can claim both American and Australian citizenship. Shown playing with the ...
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Low Cost Housing for World War II Veterans

Date: 09 23 1948
Description: Interior of a low cost house being constructed for sale to veterans of World War II by builder Marshall Erdman. The project of four houses is being constru...

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