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Old Abe and the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 07 1863
Description: "Old Abe" and "Color Guard" of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, posed in uniform, outside with Old Abe on a shield perch. Likely Edward H...
Painting

Old Abe on Flag Pole

Date: 1866
Description: "Old Abe The Live Wisconsin War Eagle," eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment painted from life perched on a flag pole.
Photograph

Old Abe Sitting on a Cannon

Date: 1875
Description: Old Abe, eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, perched at the end of a cannon looking left with the American flag in the background. Serve...
Print

Old Abe Memorial Day

Date: 05 30 1904
Description: Chromolithograph of Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle. The title reads: "Memorial Day in Wisconsin Schools."
Photograph

Old Abe at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1875
Description: Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle, perched on a stars and stripe shield near a cannon at the Wisconsin State Capitol. There is a flag in the background.
Photograph

Old Abe at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1875
Description: Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle, perched on a stars and stripes shield next to a cannon at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Old Abe has his back turned towards t...
Photograph

Old Abe at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 1875
Description: Old Abe, the eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry, posed on a cannon with the third Wisconsin State Capitol in the background. From 1864 until his de...
Photograph

Assembly Chamber Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber mural, "The State of Wisconsin, its Past, Present, and Future," by Edwin Blashfield. Also shows Speaker's podium a...
Photograph

Red Cross Trained Staff Assistants

Date: 11 09 1942
Description: Group portrait of State Civil Service employees enrolled in the staff assistance course for Red Cross and other defense related organizations, posed benea...
Photograph

Women's Relief Corps Parading down Street

Date: 1902
Description: Women's Relief Corps with umbrellas parading down the street. Stuffed eagle parading as "Old Abe." Directly behind the two flags are, from left to right: ...
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Eagle Regiment Car

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Description: Dr. James A Jackson, Sr., who was a hospital steward for the 8th Wisconsin Regiment during the Civil War, riding in an open car during a GAR parade in Madi...
Photograph

Old Abe Taking a Sunbath "Wayside Gems" Photograph

Date: 1879
Description: Old Abe, the Wisconsin War eagle, is perched outdoors with his wings stretched a little, on a stars and stripes shield near a cannon with a flag in the bac...
Photograph

Old Abe with New Testament

Date: 1881
Description: Stuffed Old Abe, the Wisconsin Civil War eagle, perched on an American flag with a copy of the New Testament propped in front.
Photograph

Photographic Portrait of Old Abe

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Description: Vintage portrait print of Old Abe, 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment's eagle mascot. The print reads at the top, "8th Wisconsin's Famous War-Eagle, 1861-5"...
Drawing

Eagle with Wings Spread

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Description: Drawing of eagle with wings spread. In the eagle's talons is a rolled piece of paper and flag. There is also a flag on the right hand side of the drawing...
Photograph

Old Abe and His Regiment Color Guard

Date: 07 1863
Description: Photograph of a monochrome painting of "Old Abe" the bald eagle mascot of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and his regiment color guard. ...
Print

Old Abe Collector Card

Date: 1865
Description: Old Abe, eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment. Popular cards sold in great quantities as benefit items ($9 per 100), so great was this bird's fame. ...
Print

Old Abe Composite

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Description: Composite paste-up intended to represent "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment in the Civil War with his bearer. At the Northwest Sanita...
Photograph

Old Abe Portrait

Date: 1870
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a stuffed bald eagle, purportedly, Old Abe. There is a flag at the left and at the bottom is written "The Eagel [sic] o...
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Old Abe on a Plank

Date: 1870
Description: Old Abe, eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Old Abe is perched on a plank of wood with the American flag painted on it. The portrait is...

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