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Jacob Porter Norton

Date: 1846
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Jacob Porter Norton (1793-1846). Quarter-length portrait, facing slightly right. Norton is wearing a suit, bow tie, and stand ...
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Jacob Witting, Jr.

Date: 1885
Description: Jacob Witting, Jr., was born January 15, 1837 in Renhoff, Prussia. He was a soldier in the Iron Brigade during the Civil War. Jacob is posing standing with...
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"Veterans for Trump" Sign

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: An elderly man in a suit is holding a sign reading: "Veterans for Trump, Make America Great Again!" Other men and women are standomg around him waiting to ...
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Donald Trump Supporters at a Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Two Donald Trump supporters are shaking hands outside of the Janesville Conference Center. The man on the right is wearing a cowboy hat and is holding a ph...
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Vietnam Veteran Holding Sign Opposing Racism

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Outdoor view of the Janesville Donald Trump rally. A Vietnam veteran is holding up a sign reading: "Racism is Ugly, Racism is Bad." A younger man is standi...
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Group Portrait at the Donald Trump Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Two men and a woman are posing for a photograph outside the Donald Trump rally. The man on the left is wearing a hat and vest marking him as a disabled vet...
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Political Poster "Play Your Trump Card"

Date: 08 16 2016
Description: View of an arm holding up a poster with the design of a large playing card, with the ace of hearts in the upper left and bottom right corner. The poster re...
Poster

The Disabled Man Can Win

Date: 1918
Description: A man in a military uniform is covering his mouth with one hand and holding a crutch with the other. Poster text reads: "The disabled man can win. Your loc...
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Tourism Float

Date: 09 1939
Description: The Wisconsin float in the 1939 American Legion Convention parade features a log cabin and a boat and is decorated with small evergreen trees and boughs. T...
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Dane County American Legion Forty-and-Eight Banquet

Date: 03 28 1954
Description: Victor Weisensel (of Sun Prairie), Leo R. Mullarkey (of Madison), and Harry C. Miller (of Sun Prairie) reminisce, during the banquet of the Annual Dane Cou...
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Dane County American Legion Forty-and-Eight Banquet

Date: 03 28 1954
Description: Three Madison diners at the Annual Dane County American Legion 40-and 8-banquet were Mrs. Alex Drives, Circuit Judge Alvin C. Reis, and Mrs. Kathryn Nanker...
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American Legion Convention at the Hotel Loraine

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: S.C. Hull, Milton Junction (left), and Bill McCunnell (of McFarland) are holding a poster promoting the Dane County American Legion 40 and 8 baseball excur...
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40 and 8 Convention

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Three new grand officers of the Wisconsin American Legion's 40 and 8 talking with Julius Severson (right foreground), retiring Grand Chef de Gare. At left ...
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40 and 8 Convention

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Glenn Detman and John Nolin of the Sun Prairie 40 and 8 Voiture 688 giving each other a fist salute as the American Legion's fun and honor group winds up i...
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40 and 8 Convention

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Edward H. Vogt taking a bite out of his sandwich aboard his American Legion Voiture's "locomotive," number 738 for Fond du Lac County.
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40 and 8 Convention

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: B.A. Clark shown taking time out for relaxation on the porch of the Elks Club, headquarters for the Wisconsin American Legion's 40 and 8 Grande Promenade. ...
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40 and 8 Convention

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: C.C. Benn is shown warming up his bugle. He blew taps at the Wisconsin American Legion's 40 and 8 memorial service. Looking on are Vig Iversen and Jacob Mi...
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40 and 8 Convention

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Everett C. Gerry, Wisconsin National Gurad 40 and 8 Child Welfare Director, is shown eating a meal at the convention, held in the Elks Club.
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Truax Field Airman Receives Honors

Date: 12 31 1954
Description: Truax Base commander, Col. Frederick J. Nelander, after presenting the Purple Heart and the Air Medal to Lt. Edward G. Izbicky. The airman won the decorati...
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Chief Warrant Officer Sam Gubner Retires

Date: 12 31 1954
Description: Standing in the back row, left to right, are Chief Warrant Officer Sam Gubner; James Shafer, a family friend and neighbor; and his son Mike, 14. Sitting in...

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