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Sauk County Conscripts
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A group of 32 draftees pose on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse before leaving Baraboo for Columbus Barracks in Ohio. There are paper tags attached to their clothing. A spotted dog sits on the ground in front of the group.
May 6, 1918
Trimpey, Ephraim Burt
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World War I Draftees
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Draftees
September 5, 1917
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World War I Rally
1918
A crowd has gathered facing a corner of the Sauk County Courthouse square where a man, elevated above the crowd, waves an American flag. A bonfire burns on the street in the foreground. Several oth...
Baraboo Marching Band
1940
The Baraboo High School marching band, its director and majorettes, pose in uniform on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse.
World War I Draftees
September 19, 1917
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