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Civil War Reunion

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the reunion of the 21st Wisconsin Infantry at the Soldier's Home.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars

Date: 12 03 1954
Description: Three Middleton members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Military Order of the Cooties confer with Ernest G. Kuenzi (second from left) who is the area's VF...
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1916
Description: Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Main entrance and east facade. This was the third of seven institutions built throughout the country in the decades...
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Reunion of the Army of the Cumberland at Milwaukee

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Description: A drawing of the reunion of the Army of the Cumberland at Milwaukee. National Soldiers Home is visible in the background.
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Baseball Stars Tour Veterans Hospital

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin sports alumni and professional baseball players "Red" Wilson and Harvey Kuenn take a tour through the Veterans Hospital, talking an...
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph. Looking northwest. Designed by Edward Townsend Mix, the building is said to be Wisconsin's premier example of the Victorian Gothic style of ar...
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Emma Teckemeyer with Lap Robes

Date: 09 10 1951
Description: Emma (Mrs. W.J.) Teckemeyer poses with some of the 13 quilted lap robes which she has personally made for the patients at the new Veterans' Administration ...
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VA Hospital Patients Win Short Story Contest

Date: 02 24 1954
Description: Luida Sanders (right), a "writer's aide" and a state public health educator, presents first and second prizes to two writers and patients at the Madison V...
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Baseball Stars Tour Veterans Hospital

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: Robert (Red) Wilson (left), one of Wisconsin's all-time football and baseball greats and a catcher for the Chicago White Sox, acts as catcher behind bat ho...

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