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Red Cross War Fund Drive Leaders

Date: 02 19 1944
Description: Red Cross War Fund Drive leaders sitting at a table discussing plans for war fund drive. Left to Right: James R. Law, June B. Wheeler, Louis Hirsig, Alden ...
Photograph

World War I Trucks

Date: 1918
Description: Trucks of the Four Wheel Drive Company of Clintonville manufactured at the Kissel Motor Car Company plant in Hartford during World War I, thus uniting in o...
Photograph

War Chest Executive Committee

Date: 09 22 1944
Description: Dane County Executive War Chest Committee, standing left to right: Martin Tollund, Mt. Horeb; Wilbur N. Renk Jr., Sun Prairie; Austin N. Johnson, Madison. ...
Photograph

War Bond Sellers

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: One of a series of portraits of war bond sellers, part of the national retailer's Series E War Loan Campaign, representing Manchesters, Sears, Rennebohms, ...
Photograph

Manchester War Bond Drawing

Date: 12 21 1944
Description: General Vincent J. Meloy, Truax Field commanding officer, draws war bond No. 96,358,797, which means a war bond for Mrs. Lily Clements, a cook at Hamilton ...
Poster

Let's All Work - Not Wait for Victory

Date: 1944
Description: War Manpower Commission Design No. 11, "Grandma." The poster features a smiling older matronly woman in a worker's uniform with goggles on her head holding...
Photograph

Unidentified Man of African Descent

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Description: Unidentified man of African descent from the Civil War period.
Photograph

Soldiers in WWI

Date: 1918
Description: African American soldiers during World War I playing trombone music.
Photograph

Governor Harvey's Pocket Knife

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Description: Pocket knife of Governor Harvey from the time of the Civil War.
Poster

Third Reg't Excelsior Brigade, Company "G," Seventy-Second Regt. N.Y. Vol. Inf.

Date: 1861
Description: Printer's proof of Civil War roster on waste paper.
Print

Received on Deposit, Ten Cents

Date: 08 20 1862
Description: Confederate wildcat money used during the Civil War.
Poster

Joan of Arc Saved France

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of Joan of Arc. Text reads: "Joan of Arc Saved France. Save Your Country. Buy War Savings Stamps. United States Treasury D...
Poster

Warning!

Date: 1918
Description: The poster has images representing armies, navies, aviation, and wealth. The poster reads: "Warning! No American Can, in Time of Peace, Oppose Reasonable P...
Poster

Spring Fantasie War Orphan Benefit

Date: 1918
Description: Hand-drawn poster featuring a woman holding a large stem with flowers draped over her head. She is wearing a hat and dress, as well as wrapped fabric that ...
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

Weapons Training

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Description: Three women receiving weapons training during World War II. Women are receiving training on the handling of a rifle.
Photograph

Sleeping Area in Saudi Arabia

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Description: Three soldiers in tent in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War.
Photograph

Burning Oil Wells

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Description: View of burning oil wells in the desert during the Persian Gulf War.
Photograph

Demonstration at Badger Ammunition Plant

Date: 03 25 1966
Description: Anti-Vietnam War protestors demonstrate outside the Badger Army Ammunition Plant in Baraboo.
Poster

Statistics of the Civil War

Date: 1892
Description: A large poster giving an overview of the cost of the Civil War in lives and money, dominated by a list of 154 major battles.

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