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| 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... |
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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: | 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... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of troops marching on the road across the railroad tracks past the depot. |
| Date: | 11 11 1918 |
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| Description: | Crowd of men and young boys gathered around a smoldering pile of ash and scraps in the Galesville Town Square. The burned items were most likely German boo... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 09 28 1918 |
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| Description: | View towards a group of women marching up a street in a parade. Some are wearing nurse's uniforms, some are waving flags, and many are holding signs that r... |
| Date: | 09 28 1918 |
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| Description: | A group of women are marching up a street in a parade. Some are carrying signs, and one woman is carrying an American flag. The signs include: "WOMAN'S COM... |
| Date: | 09 28 1918 |
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| Description: | View down street towards women marching in a parade, some carrying signs and some carrying American flags. A number of women are wearing nurse's uniforms. ... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | View of the Losey Memorial Arch in Oak Grove Cemetery. Caption reads: "Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A sign outside a building reads "Slackers" and includes a list of names: David Englehardt of Browntown, and John Hoffmeister of Jords. The sign is credited... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a VA Hospital from across a lawn with small trees. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Door Co. Jail and Courthouse. Sturgeon Bay, Wis." The second courthouse built in 1878 of brick in the Italianate style. There is a w... |
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