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Manuscript

W.D. Bartlett Letter

Date: 06 28 1863
Description: A letter written by W.D. Bartlett to his cousin describing life as a Civil War soldier.
Photograph

High-Ranking German Naval Prisoners

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: High-ranking German Naval Officers arriving at the prisoner of war cage at the 2nd Division Camp at Guipavas, France. Allied soldiers are standing guard an...
Poster

If you can't go across with a gun, come across with your part of the Red Cross war fund

Date: 1917
Description: Poster depicts wounded man in a sling gesturing to a red cross sign. Woman with a scarf on her head and small boy also shown. Broken wagon wheel, gun with ...
Photograph

Camp for French PoW's in Zossen

Date: 1914
Description: French prisoners doing calisthenics in the PoW camp in Zossen.
Photograph

PoW Camp Sleeping Quarters

Date: 1914
Description: French soldiers' sleeping quarters in the Zossen PoW camp.
Photograph

Jerusalem Burial

Date: 
Description: Burial of a soldier in Jerusalem.
Photograph

Corsage Pinned to Soldier

Date: 1915
Description: Woman pinning corsage on the lapel of a wounded Austrian soldier.
Photograph

Wounded Austrian Soldiers in Vienna

Date: 1915
Description: Wounded Austrian soldiers lounge on the ground in the "Wiener Rotunde."
Photograph

Wounded Austrian Soldiers In Vienna

Date: 
Description: Wounded Austrian soldiers in the Vienna Rotunde on a sunny day.
Painting

Civil War Soldier on the Ground with Rifle

Date: 1886
Description: Oil painting of a Confederate Civil War soldier on the ground holding a rifle, created as a preliminary study for the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg...
Poster

Soldier's Memorial, The War of 1917. Company A [First and Third Wisconsin], 128th Infantry, [National Guard], United States Army

Date: 1918
Description: Memorial poster for the members of Company A, First and Third Wisconsin, 128th Infantry. Poster includes a banner with the Statue of Liberty between a sold...
Photograph

Lieut. E.L. Blanchard

Date: 
Description: Carte-de-visite of Lieutenant E.L. Blanchard.
Painting

Wounded Union Civil War Soldier

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a Union Civil War soldier examining his wound. The study was created as part of the work of the German panorama painters active in M...
Drawing

Men and Cannons

Date: 1862
Description: Cannons aimed out of several openings. Soldiers are working with cannons.
Drawing

Charge of the 2nd Iowa on Fort Donelson

Date: 1862
Description: Preliminary sketch of a battlefield with trees and human outlines.
Photograph

Korean War Veteran Ringing the Freedom Bell on United Nations Day

Date: 10 24 1950
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 ...
Painting

Wounded Civil War Soldier

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a wounded Union Civil War soldier partially reclining on the ground created by one of the German panorama painters active in Milwauke...
Poster

Remember Belgium. Buy Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan

Date: 1918
Description: United States government bonds poster in the Fourth Liberty Loan "B" series. Depicts in silhouette a German soldier running and dragging a girl against a b...
Photograph

Loading Bricks for Use in Roadbuilding

Date: 1915
Description: Bricks from a destroyed factory building are being collected for use in the improvement of poor roadways in Serbia during World War I.
Poster

Are You Working?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster text reads: "Are You Working? Your Country Needs You as a Soldier or as a Producer. Get a Job — Stick to It. Milwaukee County Council of Defense."

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