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Milwaukee Labor Day Parade on Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 09 03 1945
Description: Workers and soldiers marched together in Milwaukee's first Labor Day parade in many years, sponsored by the CIO, to demonstrate the common interest of all ...
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Woman Working at Gisholt Plant

Date: 1944
Description: A woman operates a lathe at the Gisholt plant on East Washington Avenue.
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Ray-O-Vac & RMR Promotion

Date: 03 03 1945
Description: Ray-O-Vac & RMR promotional exhibit set up at the Capitol Theatre. "This battery is the heart of the Handie Talkie seen in the Warner hit 'Objective Bur...
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Elevated view of a mass of cars turning from North Pinckney Street onto East Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square celebrating V-J Day, August 15, the day o...
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Reverend Elgar F. Mindorff

Date: 02 04 1944
Description: Reverend Elgar F. Mindorff, not long after being released from a Japanese military prison in China.
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Lieutenant Leo F. Kosak

Date: 07 08 1944
Description: Navy Lieutenant Leo F. Kosak prior to reporting for active duty in Tucson, Arizona.
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Red Cross Nurses' Aide and Baby

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Mable Sawtelle, a Red Cross nurses' aide, tends to baby Sara in a crib with doll. Poster on wall reads: "Rollier demonstrated the value of heliotherapy in ...
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Louis Hirsig

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Louis Hirsig, chairman of the Red Cross campaign for Madison.
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Corporal Harold Haven and Sargeant Russell West

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Corporal Harold Haven standing on a stack of packaged books, handing packages to Sargeant Russell West at the United States Armed Forces Insitute supply de...
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Corporal Duane Haralson and Parents

Date: 02 16 1944
Description: Corporal Duane Haralson with his parents, Rufus and Naomi, in the kitchen of their home at 604 Schiller Court. He was home after two years service in the M...
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Columbus Foods Corporation Employee Receiving Award

Date: 02 06 1944
Description: L.C. Richards, assistant factory superintendent of the Columbus Foods Corporation, receiving the first "A" Achievement award pin from Donald E. Smith, depu...
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War Work Awards Presentation Ceremony

Date: 03 13 1944
Description: Gordon Gunderson, State Supervisor, Office of Distribution, War Food Administration, watches as Corp. David Moul, Lodi, pins a citation on the lapel of Gor...
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Man Jumping into Lake Mendota

Date: 07 1943
Description: Man, wearing military "work whites" from Madison Army Air Forces detachment, jumping into Lake Mendota as part of water training.
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USO-Travelers Aid Award Ceremony Participants

Date: 03 19 1944
Description: USO-Travelers Aid award ceremony featuring Katheryn Heringer, medical social worker at the Bureau of Handicapped Children and Orthopedic Hospital; Lieut. J...
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Madison Victory Gardener Purchasing Supplies

Date: 03 19 1944
Description: Alvan Rothermel, Glen Oak Hills, purchasing seed, labels and tools, for his Victory garden from Louis Schuster, manager of the L.L. Olds Seed Company, 720 ...
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Visiting Nurse Service Staff Nurse on Bicycle

Date: 04 11 1944
Description: Myra Johnson, 323 West Mifflin Street, the newest member of the Visiting Nurse Service staff, with her bicycle, which she uses to make her daily rounds. Ca...
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Jimmy Hanson

Date: 05 12 1944
Description: Portrait of Boatswain mate first class Jimmy Hanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Hanson, 1215 Buckeye Road. The article in which the photograph appears details ...
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Ruby Kubota

Date: 05 17 1944
Description: Portrait of Ruby Kubota, president of Groves Housing Co-op of the University of Wisconsin. Her father, George Kubota, came to the United States from Japan ...
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Lieutenant William Briggs

Date: 05 26 1944
Description: Portrait of Lieutenant William Briggs prior to leaving Madison for New York and a Navy assignment. Before serving in the Navy, he was the county welfare di...
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Two Women Praying

Date: 06 06 1944
Description: Adelaide and Mrs. August Knoche (Lucille Knoche), mother and daughter, praying at Holy Redeemer Catholic, 128 W. Johnson Street, for the soldiers in Europe...

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