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| Description: | Native American in native dress, two braids wrapped in fur, multi-strand beaded necklace. Caption reads: "Curley, Gen. Custer's Scout." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The Carl Schurz Monument, presented to the city by John Hicks in 1914. Sculpted by Karl Bitter. Caption reads: "Carl Schurz Monument, Oshkosh, Wis." The te... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Statue of Chief Oshkosh of the Menominee Tribe. Sculpted by Trentanove and located in Menominee Park. The statue honors the man who gave his name to the ci... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Hicks Soldiers' Monument, located in Monument Square. Presented to the city by Col. John Hicks. The monument was unveiled on July 8, 1907. Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of men on a lakeshore grapple with a giant pike. Two men pull on a rope hooked to the pike while two more stand ready with harpoon-like sticks. Ano... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of a woman seated in a chair, and a soldier dressed in a First World War uniform sitting on the arm of the chair. They are posi... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Gustov Kohl, possibly dressed in a World War I uniform, in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Soldier's Monument on Grand Avenue, with a wreath places at the base. Steeples of a church are in the background. Scroll work has been added to the upper a... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Grand Avenue (now Wisconsin Avenue). A church building is in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Soldiers' Monument, Grand Avenue, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Statue of soldier holding a sword, seated on a horse, erected in 1905. The statue stands on an engraved plinth. Caption reads: "Kosciuszko Monument, Kosciu... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a section of the cyclorama painting "Battle of Atlanta" executed by painters under Wilhem Wehner in the 1880s. This scene shows the fight... |
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| Description: | Color postcard with a poem, and featuring a man holding a ragged Confederate battle flag. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Colored postcard view of crowd in front of the stand. Caption reads: "Human Confederate Flag." Text at top right reads: "And 'twill live in song and story.... |
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| Description: | Embossed postcard of a painting of a woman in rodeo garb on horseback. The horse is rearing up while the woman fires a gun into the ground. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the monument. Caption reads: "Peace Tablet, Soldier's and Sailor's Monument, Indianapolis." |
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| Description: | Color postcard featuring an equestrian statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Caption reads: "Lee Monument and Monument Avenue. Richmond, VA." |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A colored postcard showing the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial at an early stage of the bas-relief carving. Caption reads: "Stone Mountain Confederate ... |
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| Description: | A colored postcard view of a Union memorial Caption reads: " Soldiers' Monument, Tiffin, Ohio." |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of a girl dressed as a nurse and a boy dressed as a soldier standing in front of a painted backdrop. He holds a rifle and she i... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of Monument Square looking south. In the bottom right corner, a man sits on a bench looking at the fountain. The Civil War Soldi... |
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