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2nd Wisconsin Officers' Mess

Date: 1862
Description: Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry officers' mess. Pictured are: Surgeon A.J. Ward, Major Thomas S. Allen, Lt. Colonel Lucius Fairchild, and Colonel Edgar...
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Pfc. Howard A. Endres

Date: 05 20 1945
Description: Pfc. Howard A. Endres standing in line for his final meal at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, before being discharged at the end of World War II.
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Navy League Dinner

Date: 10 27 1948
Description: Group portrait of men at the speaker's table for the banquet that climaxed Navy Day observance. Seated left to right are: Rear Admiral E.W. Hanson, command...
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National VFW Testimonial Dinner

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: At a VFW banquet, Lyall T. Beggs, national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was honored by the VFW and Madison citizens at the Hotel Loraine in t...
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Mess Hall at Ft. Sill

Date: 1941
Description: Men eat a meal in a mess hall at Fort Sill. Draftee Charles J. Richard is among the men. Richard was a former International Harvester employee of Oklahoma ...
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United States Naval Reserve Party

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: Charles H. Haynie, executive officer, and Arthur G. Field (right), commanding officer of the reserve unit, are shown serving food to Hobert & Donna Frank ...
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United States Naval Reserve Party

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: Pictured while enjoying refreshments are, from left to right: Bruce Cartter, Jr., Doris Evans, James Evans, and Elizabeth (Mrs. Bruce, Sr.) Cartter, at the...
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Major General John Mullen Retirement

Date: 08 05 1950
Description: Major General John F. "Mugs" Mullen is honored at a dinner for his retirement from the Wisconsin 32nd Division of the Wisconsin National Guard. Shown in th...
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Camp Logan

Date: 1918
Description: A view of soldiers standing between two military buildings of Camp Logan, holding dishes and waiting for dinner.
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A view of soldiers eating dinner in the field from a wagon at Camp Travis, named in 1917.
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A view of soldiers eating dinner in the field from a wagon at Camp Travis, named in 1917.
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National Guard Banquet

Date: 02 29 1952
Description: 23 uniformed attendees at a National Guard banquet stand behind a banquet table for a portrait.
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A view of sailors eating at long tables under the pines at a U.S. Naval Training Camp. Decorative flags wave above them.
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: As a promotion stunt, several of the committee members, and 11 girls who were semi-finalists in the court of honor contest for the University of Wisconsin-...
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Wedding Feast

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Description: Some twenty members of the Harold Stafford wedding party and guests, seated and standing behind a table set for a meal, with food on many of the plates. Th...
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Wisconsin State Student Nurses Association Convention

Date: 09 18 1954
Description: Group portrait of Mary Herb (left), past president, Carol Sommer, the newly-elected president, and Captain Margaret L. Kumpf, Army nurse counselor and banq...
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Captain Reed A. Rose Retirement Dinner

Date: 04 09 1956
Description: Members of Madison's Naval Reserve Composite Company at the retirement dinner for Captain Reed A. Rose. Left to right: Comdr. Fred Werren, Lt. Comdr. Waldo...
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Captain Reed A. Rose Retirement Dinner

Date: 04 09 1956
Description: Members of the Naval Reserve Composite Company at the retirement dinner for Capt. Reed A. Rose include (left to right): Comdr. Elmer Cullen, Lt. (j.g.) T.J...
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Captain Reed A. Rose Retirement Dinner

Date: 04 09 1956
Description: Madison's Naval Reserve Composite Company honors Captain Reed A. Rose at his retirement dinner. Capt. Rose, center, receives gifts and congratulations from...

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