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German Free Thinkers Society

Date: 1902
Description: Members of the German-American Freie Gemeinde ("Free Thinkers") organization, posing in front of their building at Sauk City.
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Christian Turck House

Date: 1900
Description: Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant.
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Charles Pfeifer, Deutsche Apotheke (German Apothecary)

Date: 1888
Description: Charles Pfeifer stands on the entrance steps to the drugstore with his wife Emma Pfeifer, who holds a baby. Other children and adults pose with them.
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J. Cunradi's Drugstore

Date: 1890
Description: Customers gathered outside the J. Cunradi Drugstore. A sign above the awning identifies the store as a Deutsche Apotheke, or German apothecary.
Map or Atlas

Ethnic Stocks Map

Date: 1940
Description: Map of the people of Wisconsin according to ethnic stocks.
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Retreating Germans

Date: 11 20 1918
Description: Victor Morris took this photograph of German troops leaving Ham, a French village on the Somme, nine days after the armistice. In accompanying notes, Morri...
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Members of Dutch Underground Arrest German Soldier

Date: 05 1945
Description: Members of Dutch Underground arresting a German soldier on the day of liberation in Amsterdam.
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Disarming of German Soldiers

Date: 05 1945
Description: Disarming of German soldiers after the war in Amsterdam.
Map or Atlas

All Men Are Created Equal Map

Date: 06 29 1941
Description: A map showing the national roots of the people of Wisconsin, based on the ethnic stock research by University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist Prof. George...
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Oktoberfest Parade

Date: 2007
Description: Women in costume smiling and clapping in Oktoberfest parade.
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Former Mrs. Oktoberfest

Date: 10 2007
Description: Kathy Vehrenkamp, Mrs. Oktoberfest 1991, walking down the sidewalk in costume and proudly displaying her ribbon.
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Nazi Rally

Date: 07 1939
Description: Soldiers watching a Nazi rally in Danzig from which American correspondent Alvin Steinkopf was reporting for the Associated Press in 1939.
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Nazi Rally

Date: 07 1939
Description: A crowd of civilians attending a Nazi rally in Danzig.
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Nazi Youth

Date: 07 1939
Description: German youth marching during a Nazi rally in Danzig.
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Nazi Surveillance

Date: 10 1940
Description: Street scene of people in the Jewish ghetto in Szydlowiec, Poland, being addressed by two German soldiers. The scene was witnessed by American journalist A...
Map or Atlas

Showing the Distribution of the German Settlements in Wisconsin Based on the Census of 1880

Date: 1918
Description: This map is ink on tracing paper showing all the counties of Wisconsin. The upper right hand corner contains a legend for distinguishing Wisconsin counties...
Map or Atlas

Map of Nationalities in Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing distribution ethnic groups based on the 1885 state census. The various nationalities are color-coded and include: I...
Map or Atlas

German-Born in Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: A map indicating the population density of German-born people in Wisconsin based on the 1905 census. The map shows the county boundaries throughout the sta...
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German Soldiers March from Depot

Date: 06 17 1900
Description: View down street of German soldiers on a march from the depot of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad on their way to Turner Hall.
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 02 02 1993
Description: "Tour guide, Ralph Widmer, displays a Swiss cow bell to visiting AFS students at Widmer's Cheese Factory. Students were from Thailand, Yugoslavia, Germany,...

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