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| Date: | 1830 |
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| Description: | Illustration of Fort Crawford. Caption reads: "Fort Crawford in 1830, Prairie Du Chien, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A memorial for Civil War soldiers and sailors. Caption reads: "Janesville, Wis. Soldiers Monument." |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A display of military memorabilia at the Grand Army Home. Caption reads: "Museum - Grand Army Home - King, Wis". |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Front view of main building behind trees on the lawn. A fountain is in front of the entrance. A flag is on the top of the building. Caption reads: "Milwau... |
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| Description: | Color postcard with a poem, and featuring a man holding a ragged Confederate battle flag. |
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| Description: | Post Civil War Era postcard: "And foremost Still Among the free their spirits shall by his decree lead on through all eternity." |
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| Description: | Postcard commemorating those who fought during the Civil War. "Nor shall their story be forgot, While Fame her record keeps." |
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| Description: | Postcard commemorating those who fought in the Civil War. "While above them floats 'Old Glory', Boon to all the world oppressed." |
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| Description: | Old Abe, the eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, perched on a log with the background of a rural Wisconsin valley. Captio... |
| Date: | 11 01 1875 |
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| Description: | Erected in Girard, Pennsylvania, in 1875 to the memory of soldiers in the Civil War. Likeness of "Old Abe" appears on the top of the monument. On the botto... |
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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... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of a soldier's monument statue in a city park. Caption reads: "Soldier's Monument, Beloit, Wis." |
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| Description: | Large Letter style postcard with representative images in the letters of "Camp Mc-Coy", including tents, artillery, barracks and soldiers. Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 07 06 1986 |
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| Description: | Caption on back, "Sign at the entry to Offutt AFB in Bellevue, Nebraska where the Strategic Air Command (SAC) headquarters and targeting operations are loc... |
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| Description: | Governor James O. Davidson (sitting second from the left), outdoors in front of a tent with six other men, three standing and three sitting. There is a whi... |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from rear of group of men standing in a field. Governor James O. Davidson stands in front of the group on the left. Behind him six men i... |
| Date: | 04 1917 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of an elevated view of a patriotic parade marching from the Capital towards lower State Street. Spectators are lined up and watching ... |
| Date: | 09 29 1918 |
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| Description: | A group of women wearing white nurses' uniforms are marching up a street in a parade. Some are carrying American flags, others are carrying signs and banne... |
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