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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

Unidentified Civil War Group

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Description: Group portrait of unidentified Civil War veterans around a cannon. Probably a Grand Army of the Republic reunion.
Print

Civil War Monument

Date: 1910
Description: An advertising circular for a book by Albert Bernhardt Faust featuring a picture of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, a Civil War monument designed by B...
Photograph

Returning From World War II

Date: 1946
Description: A view of the ship upon which Lewis Arms traveled home after World War II. Arms does not appear in this image.
Photograph

Young Abe

Date: 1943
Description: Young Abe, Wisconsin's second war eagle, sitting on a perch. Mascot of the 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division.
Photograph

Public Tomb, Chester, Vermont

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Description: View of a public tomb, built in 1850, outside a cemetery. A mounted canon and Civil War Soldiers Monument can be seen nearby.
Photograph

Tomb of General John Coffee

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Description: Tomb of General John Coffee (1772-1833), who fought in the Indian Wars and the War of 1812. Published by Joseph Milner & Son, Druggists.
Photograph

Civil War Reenactment

Date: 09 1993
Description: "Civil War buffs perform at Greenbush."
Photograph

Clearing Trenches

Date: 06 1917
Description: British troops clear German trenches that were destroyed in battle in the Messine Ridge, Flanders.
Photograph

Winema, Modoc Chief

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Description: Portrait of Modoc Chief Winema, who saved the life of Colonel Meacham in the Modoc War.
Postcard

Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1905
Description: A memorial for Civil War soldiers and sailors. Caption reads: "Janesville, Wis. Soldiers Monument."
Photograph

Milwaukee County War Memorial Center

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior view of monument to Milwaukeeans killed in the Second World War and the Korean Conflict.
Print

Jerome A. Watrous

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Description: Engraved portrait of Jerome A. Watrous for the American Historical Society, probably wearing his Spanish-American War uniform.
Poster

Company "A," of the One Hundred and Twelfth Regt. N.Y. Vol. Inf.

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Description: Printer's proof of Civil War roster on waste paper.
Photograph

Going Home

Date: 1946
Description: Soldiers waiting to board ship for their return home after World War II.
Print

Attention! Company! The Fox River Zouaves!

Date: 08 24 1861
Description: Civil War Era Union recruitment poster for Fox River Zouaves.
Poster

Enlisted for Duration of The War

Date: 1916
Description: "Enlisted for Duration of The War. Help The National Egg Collection for the Wounded." Poster of a chicken wearing a red leg band and a sash with a symbol o...
Photograph

Vietnam Veteran

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Description: A candid portrait of a Vietnam veteran with a moustache, wearing a headband with a flower tucked in it, and a Vietnam Veterans Against the War button. He i...
Poster

Success in War

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon illustration of six long lines of men marching into a factory. Poster text reads: "Success in War — depends on co-operation and ...
Poster

An Army of Poultry Will Help Win the War

Date: 1917
Description: Detailed poster covered in writing. Highlights of poster text reads: "An army of poultry will help win the war. Uncle Sam Says:... Raise more chickens - It...

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