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Soldiers with Military Trucks

Date: 08 29 1918
Description: U.S. soldiers standing in a street with military trucks parked along a curb near the McCormick Works. The truck bodies were likely built under military con...
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Boxed Artillery Cart Ready for Shipment

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Boxed 240 mm mortar cart ready for shipment to the U.S. military from International Harvester's McCormick Works. Includes a trench mortar barrel. A man is ...
Postcard

WWI Pilot

Date: 1918
Description: John Kaminski of Milwaukee in his World War I pilot's uniform.
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WWI Ace

Date: 1918
Description: Rodney Williams, a World War I pilot from Delafield, Wisconsin, posed wearing his U.S. Air Service uniform. With five enemy aircraft downed in July 1918, ...
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Eddie Rickenbacker-Ace of Aces

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Description: Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker, who earned the title "Ace of Aces" for his 27 victories during World War I. In this photograph he is posed against a plane ...
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Observation Balloon

Date: 08 1917
Description: A training ascension of a captive observation balloon. During their training, soldiers learned how to correctly estimate the effectiveness of artillery on ...
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Flying School

Date: 05 1917
Description: A ground school conducted by Princeton University for students who wished to enlist in the Army Air Service. During World War I most American aviators were...
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WWI Pilot

Date: 1918
Description: Captain John B. Stetson, Jr., the officer in charge of flying instruction at the American Expeditionary Force, 2nd Aviation Instruction Center near Tours, ...
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Sopwith Camels

Date: 1918
Description: British-built Sopwith Camels at the American Expeditionary Force 2nd Aviation Instruction Center near Tours, France. The Sopwith Camel, manufactured by the...
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Balloon Gondola

Date: 1918
Description: The gondola crew of a World War I observation balloon that is about to ascend. Observation balloons were positioned near the front so that men in the gondo...
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Observation Balloon

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Description: A World War I observation balloon held Gulliver-like by its airship company. During World War I, balloons were positioned near the front so that observers ...
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Tracy Takes Off

Date: 1932
Description: Spencer Tracy in "Sky Devils," Howard Hughes's silly World War I comedy. Tracy (center) and William Boyd play two inept stowaways who end up on a ship that...
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Drafted Men at Chicago & Northwestern Station

Date: 05 25 1918
Description: Elevated view of draftees at the Northwestern depot on their way to basic training and then France. Nearly 3,000 Madison men joined the war effort.
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Selling Dried Corn At the Municipal Market

Date: 1918
Description: A member of the Dane County Council of Defense Food Board Women's Committee sells dried corn at the farmer's market. Women's organizations sold wheat subst...
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Vernon Castle and his Monkey Jeffrey

Date: 1918
Description: Vernon Castle, half of the glamorous Castle dancing team, enlisted in the British Royal Flying Corps in 1915 and flew over 150 missions at the Western Fron...
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Sopwith Camels

Date: 1918
Description: Two Sopwith Camels, somewhere in France. This image is from the photo collection of Alvin Reis of Madison. He made many wartime photos into lantern slides ...
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Alvin Reis

Date: 1918
Description: A portrait of Alvin C. Reis of Madison during his service in World War I. During the war, Reis commanded several observation balloon squadrons. Later, he b...
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Breguet 14

Date: 1918
Description: A view from below of a Breguet 14, a French observation plane that could also be used as a light bomber. When functioning as a bomber, the pilot was the bo...
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Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 08 28 1929
Description: Wisconsin Memorial Hospital at Farwell's Point on the grounds of the Mendota Mental Health Institute. There is a photocopy of an article included with the ...
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Wisconsin General Hospital Entrance

Date: 09 25 1946
Description: Entrance to Wisconsin General Hospital, 1300 University Avenue, showing plaques on either side of doors which read: "1920-1924 Erected in gratitude by the ...

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