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River Falls Rifle Company 1859

Date: 1859
Description: Typed text on back of photograph: "River Falls Rifle company, River Falls, Wis. Organized 1859, later fought with 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment in Civi...
Historical Object

Army Nurse Identification Card

Date: 09 24 1945
Description: The identification card of Signe S. (Skott) Cooper, 1st Lt., ANC. (First Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps.) The card was issued SEP 25 1945. Her photograph is ...
Manuscript

Letter to Mom

Date: 11 15 1945
Description: The first page of a letter home to her mother from Signe Skott Cooper on United States Armed Forces stationery.
Photograph

Margaret Ebert with U.S. Troops

Date: 1944
Description: Margaret (Ebert) Kelk (center) with U.S. troops and other recreation workers at New Caledonia.
Photograph

Missile-Launch Cell on Cargostar

Date: 1970
Description: Three-quarter view from front of left side of COF-1810A Cargostar with Missile-Launch Cell in open position parked outdoors. Painted under driver's side do...
Photograph

Missile-Launch Cell on Cargostar

Date: 1970
Description: Three-quarter view from front of left side of COF-1810A Cargostar with Missile-Launch Cell in half-open position parked outdoors. A man is standing near a ...
Photograph

Missile-Launch Cell on Cargostar

Date: 1970
Description: COF-1810A Cargostar with Missile-Launch Cell. A group of men are in the cab of the Cargostar which is traveling along a road. In the background are industr...
Photograph

Lieutenant Howard Bass Cushing

Date: 
Description: Waist-up portrait of Howard Cushing in uniform.
Map or Atlas

Monroe, Wisconsin : Swiss Cheese Capital of the U.S.A.

Date: 1970
Description: This pictorial map shows illustrations of historical landmarks and events, some of which include the fairgrounds, churches, the courthouse, Turner Opera Ho...
Photograph

Sky Divers Jump for Political Reasons

Date: 02 28 1963
Description: Three U.W. students, Marty Christensen, Robert Falconer and Gary Schroeder, jumped out of an airplane over ice-covered Lake Mendota to advertise the politi...
Photograph

Reserve Officers Association Meeting

Date: 11 29 1963
Description: Col. Donovan Carpenter (left); Maj. Russell Mittelstadt (center), and Sen. Gaylord Nelson, attend a chapter meeting of the Reserve Officers Association. Ne...
Photograph

Armed Forces Day Observed with a Parade Around the Capitol Square

Date: 05 09 1964
Description: Navy servicemen parade around the Capitol Square in observance of Armed Forces Day in Madison. The theme of the day-long event held at Truax Field is "Powe...
Photograph

Armed Forces Day Observed with a Parade Around the Capitol Square

Date: 05 09 1964
Description: Dignitaries review the annual Armed Forces Day parade held around the Capitol Square in Madison. Shown (L-R) are Air Commodore W. Weiser; Col. Harrison Gar...
Photograph

ROTC Awards at University of Wisconsin

Date: 05 14 1965
Description: U.W. Chancellor R.W. Fleming is shown inspecting U.W. Air Force cadets at a ROTC review.
Photograph

Commander Russell and Staff at Dept. Reunion — Camp Logan at Omaha

Date: 09 1887
Description: Outdoor group portrait of six men sitting around a table in military uniform in an open field. On the table are pens, an inkwell, two cigar boxes and paper...
Manuscript

Second Aviation Instruction Center Thanksgiving Day Menu

Date: 1918
Description: Thanksgiving Day dinner menu given by the Second Aviation Instruction Center of the American Expeditionary Forces near Tours, France. Features two servicem...
Photograph

Company "K" Fourth Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 1917
Description: Panoramic group portrait of Company "K" Fourth Wisconsin Infantry. In the background is a rock formation, one of several in the area, with trees. The soldi...
Photograph

John Scott in Uniform

Date: 1952
Description: Outdoor portrait of a uniformed man, probably John Scott. Behind him is a boat on a body of water, and on the opposite shorelineis a town and hillside. Ta...
Photograph

Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 11 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol building against Assembly Bill 620. On the left are 3 flags.
Photograph

Lewis Arms at Fort Knox

Date: 07 1962
Description: Lewis Arms is standing next to an army tank in Fort Knox, Kentucky. He is wearing a military uniform and helmet. Three men are standing and sitting on top ...

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