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West High School Girls' Rifle Team

Date: 02 25 1953
Description: West High School Girls' Rifle Team, front to back, Betty Newton, Rita Bisbee, and Alice Pedracine, prepare for their first competitive meet.
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State Historical Society Gun Collection

Date: 08 15 1946
Description: Harold Peterson, a graduate assistant in history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shown working on some of the guns in the Wisconsin Historical Soci...
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University of Wisconsin ROTC Review

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: The University of Wisconsin ROTC cadets pass in review before the Military Ball Queen, Mary Schneiders, San Diego, California, her court, and ROTC officers...
Poster

"Homecoming for the G.I.s"

Date: 10 28 1970
Description: Poster advertising a weekend-long rally held October 30-November 1, 1970 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. An illustrated soldier rests with h...
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Staged Hijacking Scene

Date: 1939
Description: Men hold guns up to the driver of an International D-40 truck marked "Decatur Fast Freight" in a hijacking scene staged by the Chicago Police Department. A...
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Small Arms Class

Date: 1942
Description: A group of uniformed soldiers sit at tables in a room at Camp Perry to be instructed in a small arms class. Firearms are on the table in front of each pers...
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Navy Machinery Inspection

Date: 1943
Description: Fowler McCormick and other International Harvester executives look on as men stand at stations with truck engines at the U.S. Navy Motor Vehicle Maintenanc...
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Armed Forces Day Parade

Date: 05 20 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin ROTC marching units moving south down South Carroll street during a parade commemorating Armed Forces Day. The Episcopal cathedral ...
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Lewis Arms on Graduation Day

Date: 1943
Description: Lewis Arms poses in his Navy uniform holding a rifle on the day he graduated from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
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Madison Rifle Club

Date: 04 02 1956
Description: Group portrait of the Madison Rifle Club, winners of the Southern Wisconsin Rifle League championship, at the University of Wisconsin rifle range.
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Fond du Lac Junior Rifle Team

Date: 04 07 1956
Description: Group portrait of the Fond du Lac Junior Rifle Team, winners of the state junior rifle team championship, at the University of Wisconsin rifle range.
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Cadets on Campus

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view across Bascom Hill on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. Student cadets in training march past South Hall down Bascom Hill.
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Battalion Marching up Langdon Street

Date: 1900
Description: A military Battalion marching up Langdon Street. The Memorial Union is on the left behind trees.
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Woman Posing with Rifle at Alma Mater Statue

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Description: A woman posing on the steps of the University of Havana in Cuba in front of a statue. She is kneeling and holding a rifle. The statue is draped with a clot...
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Club officers in a meeting. At left, Roger Bell is receiving an award from the National Rifle Association (NRA) presented by M.D. Doyle, instructor at the ...

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