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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1902
Description: Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day Parade, on the north side of Main Street, between First and Water Streets. Iver Erickson's shoemaker shop is at ...
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Plough Inn

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of the Plough Inn, located at 3402 Monroe Street. Built in 1853 and added onto in 1858. The home was originally built for German immigrants F...
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Plough Inn

Date: 1965
Description: Plough Inn, 3402 Monroe Street. Built in 1853 and added onto in 1858. The home was originally built for German immigrants Frederick and Amelia Puanack, and...
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Hans Christian Heg Statue

Date: 1990
Description: Norwegian-born Colonel Hans Christian Heg of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry was mortally wounded at Chickamauga on 19 September 1863 and died the next day. Th...
Drawing

Belle Boyd

Date: 1957
Description: Pencil sketch of Belle Boyd, a Confederate spy who is buried in Wisconsin.
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Battle of Gettysburg Camp, 50th Anniversary

Date: 07 1913
Description: Panoramic view of encampment for the Battle of Gettysburg 50th Anniversary, with hundreds of tents.
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Lansing Wilcox

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Lansing Wilcox, 102-years of age, the last surviving Wisconsin veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic, is seated in a crowd of people attending a Wiscon...
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Civil War Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1910
Description: View of monument from the sidewalk, with a church behind. Several trees and lampposts are visible.
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Civil War Memorial Statue

Date: 1935
Description: The Court of Honor, Wisconsin Avenue. The statue, "The Victorious Charge," is in the center, with a church behind. On the left are more buildings going int...
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Confederate Graves with Flags

Date: 1980
Description: Confederate Graves at Forest Hill Cemetery. Each headstone has a Confederate flag stuck in the earth next to it.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Veteran Homer Snake

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing next to a chair, identified as Homer Snake, who is wearing a hat with a GAR emblem, signifyin...
Photograph

Elderly Ho-Chunk Man James Bird

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man posing sitting. He is wearing a suit jacket, vest with watch fob, trousers, and a hat with a United ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Group in Regalia

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women sitting in front of two Ho-Chunk men and a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing, all wearing regalia. The group is in front...
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Studio Portrait of John Hazen Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man with a beard posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is smoking a pipe and holding a cane in his left ...
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John Greencloud Standing in Field

Date: 1906
Description: Ho-Chunk man posing standing in a open field holding a flintlock gun. He is wearing garters, moccasins, a breech cloth, necklace, and feathers in his hair....
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James B. Pond

Date: 1903
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a bearded James B. Pond wearing eyeglasses and his Medal of Honor rosette.
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Armistice Day Ceremony at Capitol Square

Date: 11 11 1950
Description: Mrs. Minnie Wiese of 317 West Washington Avenue, representing the Grand Army of the Republic, places a wreath at the base of the cenotaph at the Armistice ...
Poster

The Famous War Engine "General" of the Western & Atlantic R. R. Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original color lithograph featuring a side profile of "The Famous War Engine "General" of the Western & Atlantic R. R." The artist depicts the steam eng...
Photograph

Statue of General Stephen Dill Lee

Date: 1909
Description: Erected in June 1909, H.H. Kitson's sculpture commemorates Confederate Lieutenant General Stephen Dill Lee and is located in the Vicksburg National Militar...
Postcard

Fort Sumter

Date: 1905
Description: View across water of Fort Sumter.

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