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Delegation of War Widow

Date: 1916
Description: Delegation of war-widow, war-orphans, and maimed war-heroes at the White House, Washington, D.C., appealing to President Wilson for an "embargo on all war ...
Poster

War, War, War!!

Date: 1862
Description: Civil War Union Army recruitment poster.
Photograph

World War I Poster Wall

Date: 
Description: Wall of World War I posters.
Photograph

War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Woman typing.
Photograph

War Chest Workers

Date: 10 11 1944
Description: Three female war chest workers seated at a table sort war chest printed material. The wall in the background is covered with Madison War Chest posters. M...
Poster

Sow the Seeds of Victory!

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster promoting individuals to garden and can vegetables for the war effort. Produced by the National War Garden Commission.
Photograph

Civil War Memorial

Date: 
Description: The construction of the Civil War Memorial.
Photograph

Women at War

Date: 05 25 1917
Description: A World War I female factory worker dressed in a uniform repairing her own machinery.
Photograph

Civil War Soldier

Date: 
Description: Tintype/ferrotype of unidentified Civil War soldier.
Poster

Socialism and the War

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a a portrait of Emil Seidel. Text reads: Socialism and the War. War Destroys Life. Socialism Preserves Life. Come To Hear Emil Seidel, For...
Photograph

Jerome A. Watrous

Date: 
Description: Jerome A. Watrous in uniform, wearing medals for his military service during the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.
Photograph

War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Woman using sewing machine.
Photograph

J.N. Loving

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Description: Civil War soldier J.N. Loving.
Poster

Madison Metropolitan War Chest Poster

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Description: Poster soliciting funds for Metropolitan Madison War Chest. Featured are caricatures of Hitler and Goering.
Book or Pamphlet

Fox Indian Wars Map

Date: 
Description: Hand-drawn map of the location of the Fox Indian Wars.
Photograph

War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Man washing milking equipment.
Photograph

War Relief Work

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief work. Man pitching hay.
Photograph

Gliders for the War

Date: 1943
Description: Close-up view of the construction of the glider floor manufactured by the Consolidated Paper Company as part of its war effort during World War II.
Poster

Get into the Fight! - Help Harvest War Crops

Date: 1944
Description: Office of War Information Design No. 1, "Harvest War Crops." The poster features a solder raising his gun to fire.
Photograph

Civil War Camp Scene

Date: 
Description: An unidentified camp scene from the Civil War.

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