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| Description: | Civil War portrait of William Barstow in uniform. |
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| Description: | A list of prisoners of war. Governor Hamilton is at the top of the list. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| 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.... |
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| Description: | Pocket knife of Governor Harvey from the time of the Civil War. |
| Date: | 10 24 1950 |
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| Description: | Corporal Albert Griffin, a soldier from Milwaukee wounded in the Korean War, standing with Governor Rennebohm at the freedom bell during ceremonies at the ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Former Wisconsin Governor Philip La Follette wearing his World War II uniform and holding two koala bears with a third koala on his head. |
| Date: | 12 18 1943 |
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| Description: | War Correspondent Robert Doyle and Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette, wearing combat uniform, chat while standing on a shoreline. Lieutenant Colonel... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a World War II scrap drive effort sponsored by Wisconsin Governor Julius Heil. The effort was known as "MacArthur Week" and took place b... |
| Date: | 01 08 1945 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter S. Goodland seated with six service men surrounding him. The men are promoting increased war production because of rationing of ammunition ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster with text inside red and blue borders. It is a copy of an executive order by Julius C. Gunter, Governor of Colorado. Text reads, in part: "It is you... |
| Date: | 05 22 1921 |
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| Description: | Crowd of spectators attend a dedication ceremony for a World War I monument in Humboldt Park. Caption on glass plate reads, "Humboldt Park, Unveiling Bay V... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Engraved lithographic quarter-length portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progres... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Governor and Civil War General Lucius Fairchild (1831-1896) by John Singer Sargent. |
| Date: | 12 27 1944 |
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| Description: | War hero Capt. Richard I. Bong, of Poplar, Wisconsin, credited with knocking out 21 Japanese planes in the South Pacific, shaking hands with Governor Walte... |
| Date: | 05 17 1864 |
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| Description: | Document certifying that Governor James T. Lewis appointed Dr. Solomon Blood as Surgeon of the 39th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. The document be... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progressive Democrat and the 20th Governor o... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of James T. Lewis. Lewis was Wisconsin's 9th governor and one of the four governors of Wisconsin during the war. |
| Date: | 05 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter S. Goodland buying the first poppy from American Legion Auxiliary and Veterans of Foreign War Auxiliary members. Pictured left to right: Mr... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Lucius Fairchild during his tenure as Secretary of State of Wisconsin. Fairchild's arm was amputated after he was injured at the Battl... |
| Date: | 04 16 1942 |
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| Description: | Governor Julius P. Heil sits at a desk surrounded by members of the Wisconsin Salvage Committee. |
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