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Black Civil War Soldier

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Description: Full-length portrait of an African American Civil War soldier from Hughes and Meltzer, "A pictorial History of the Negro in America."
Photograph

Fischelis at War Memorial

Date: 1948
Description: Robert Fischelis and H.A.B. Dunning examine the War Memorial at the American Pharmaceutical Association Headquarters building.
Poster

Back The Boys, Do it Now

Date: 1918
Description: Poster promoting a war fund drive in Marathon County, bordered by American flags and logos for the "Marathon County War Fund, Back the Boys," featuring an ...
Drawing

Sackets Harbor

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Description: Labeled drawing of Sackets Harbor, NY. War of 1812.
Photograph

Observation Balloon

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Description: A World War I observation balloon held Gulliver-like by its airship company. During World War I, balloons were positioned near the front so that observers ...
Painting

Confederate Civil War Soldier

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a Confederate Civil War sharpshooter aiming his rifle, created as a preliminary study for a Civil War cyclorama. Although unsigned t...
Photograph

William H. Chapman

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype waist-up portrait of Captain William H. Chapman, a regular army officer who served in the Mexican War and the Civil War. After re...
Photograph

Adelbert Ames

Date: 1865
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Adelbert Ames, US Army veteran and Republican politician. Ames was a general in both the Civil War and the Spanish-American War....
Photograph

Community War Chest Office

Date: 1945
Description: Three women work in the Community War Chest office. One of the women is typing and one is about to use the telephone. A sign on the wall behind the women r...
Poster

Let's All Work - Not Wait for Victory

Date: 1944
Description: War Manpower Commission Design No. 10, "Girl War Worker." The poster features a young woman wearing overalls and protective gloves with her hair bound back...
Poster

War Loan

Date: 1915
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a lion, the symbol of the UK. Text reads: "War Loan. Back the Empire with Your Savings. Invest Now. Apply for Details a...
Photograph

John Kerry

Date: 1971
Description: Portrait of John Kerry taken during his years as an active member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
Manuscript

Commemorative Roster of Co. F, 11th Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 1861
Description: Civil War commemorative roster of Company F, 11th Wisconsin Infantry, Harvey Zouaves of the Eleventh Regiment.
Photograph

Sioux Man in Full War Dress

Date: 1898
Description: Full-length portrait of a Sioux man at the Rosebud Agency in full dress, ready for war.
Photograph

Kohler During World War II

Date: 06 1943
Description: Snapshot of Walter J. Kohler, Jr., then a Navy lieutenant, taken somewhere in the South Pacific during World War II.
Postcard

Civil War Monument

Date: 1909
Description: A Civil War Monument and fountain in Lancaster. Caption reads: "Fountain in Honor of the Boys in Blue, Lancaster, Wis."
Photograph

War Worker

Date: 04 04 1944
Description: Henry Schmidt, an employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company, during World War II.
Photograph

World War II Worker

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: An unidentified employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company during World War II.
Photograph

Milwaukee County War Memorial Center

Date: 1956
Description: A monument to Milwaukeeans killed in the Second World War and the Korean Conflict. Night view, with building lit internally.
Poster

Kewaunee County Men in the Civil War

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Description: A poster with a list of names of Civil War soldiers arranged by military unit.

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