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Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons honor the Wisconsin Civil War soldiers on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The memorial was nam...
Photograph

Stop the War

Date: 10 15 1965
Description: Opponents of the War in Vietnam protesting at Truax Air Force Base. This event, which was probably sponsored by local members of the National Coordinating...
Photograph

Confederate Rest at Forest Hill Cemetery

Date: 1950
Description: Burial plot at Forest Hill Cemetery, where 140 Confederate prisoners of war were interred after perishing at Camp Randall military prison during the spring...
Photograph

Centennial Old Abe

Date: 02 07 1876
Description: Centennial photograph of Old Abe, perched on a stars and stripes shield. The live war eagle was carried during the Civil War, by the 8th Wisconsin Voluntee...
Postcard

Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons. The memorial was built to honor Wisconsin Civil War soldiers and is located on the University of Wisconsi...
Historical Object

Application for Admission to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home

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Description: Application to admit a child to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, at Madison, Wisconsin, who had lost their father in the Civil War.
Photograph

Civil War Guard House

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Description: A Civil War guard house at Camp Randall, still standing as of 1962.
Photograph

Civil War Cannon

Date: 1950
Description: A Civil War cannon captured at the Battle of Shiloh, displayed at Camp Randall near the corner of Randall Street and Dayton Street. A fire station is visib...
Photograph

Simon Kaquados

Date: 1919
Description: Chief Simon Kaquados of the Potawatomi, wearing full war council regalia.
Photograph

Forest Middleton in Navy Uniform

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of Forest Middleton in a World War I era Navy uniform.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Negotiation Now! Advertisement

Date: 1967
Description: A newspaper advertisement titled: "Negotiation Now!" described as a national citizens' campaign to end war in Vietnam.
Photograph

Old Abe Reproduction

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Description: An eagle of the same type as "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, displayed in the Civil War Roo...
Photograph

Hiram H. Herrick

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Hiram H. Herrick of the 36th Wisconsin Regiment in the Civil War. He enlisted from Middleton, Wisconsin, and was the father ...
Photograph

Army Recruiting Office

Date: 03 1966
Description: Army recruiting office. The picture was probably taken by a member of the staff of the National Coordinating Committee Against the War in Vietnam, which wa...
Photograph

Confederate Rest Cemetery

Date: 1898
Description: "Confederate Rest" in Forest Hill Cemetery where Confederate prisoners of war who died at Camp Randall are buried. In this early photograph, there is a woo...
Photograph

Tug-o-War

Date: 1965
Description: A group of men play tug-o-war on a lawn near the side of a street. Two buildings are in the background.
Print

General Grant Letterhead

Date: 03 08 1869
Description: Letterhead featuring a bust of General Grant surrounded by a wreath, the American flag, an eagle, a cannon and cannon balls, and other instruments of war. ...
Manuscript

Veterans of Foreign Wars Victory Convention Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Victory Convention, with an illustration by R. Hesselgrave of a train full of passengers waving flags, hea...
Photograph

Veterans Marching in Anti-War Demonstration

Date: 1970
Description: Anti-war demonstrators wearing garrison style hats reading "Vietnam Vets For Peace" march in parade carrying American flags and placards while a large crow...
Photograph

Naval Training Class

Date: 04 1943
Description: Navy personnel sitting at typewriters wearing headphone learning code, probably during World War II. The sailors are in an auditorium or gymnasium, possib...

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