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| Date: | 07 1863 |
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| Description: | "Old Abe" and "Color Guard" of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, posed in uniform, outside with Old Abe on a shield perch. Likely Edward H... |
| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | Edward P. Allis Reliance Works under the protection of the Wisconsin State Militia during the first general labor strike. The strike is also known as the ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Color guards marching past the Wisconsin State Capitol carrying flags as a crowd looks on. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | "Zenya" boat, owned by the Hull family, docked next to a Coast Guard vessel in La Pointe. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from boat of the Coast Guard ship at La Pointe. A shoreline is in the far background. |
| Date: | 11 1956 |
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| Description: | A UPI photograph depicting Hungarian "Freedom Fighter" on the streets of Budapest during the Hungarian popular revolt against Soviet occupation. Note the ... |
| Date: | 10 10 1953 |
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| Description: | As chairman of the Senate Investigating Committee Senator Joseph R. McCarthy traveled to New York City to hold closed hearings on alleged Communist espiona... |
| Date: | 04 22 1954 |
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| Description: | Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens (left) watches as Senator Joseph R. McCarthy raises a point of order as the Army-McCarthy hearings begin. Also seated... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade. Elevated view of the crowd as the U.S. Army 32nd Division passes along Main Street. The Tenney Building is in the background. |
| Date: | 07 27 1948 |
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| Description: | Staff Sgt. John C. Ludden, U.S. Air Force, filling out enlistment papers for his brother, James G. Ludden, 17, a 1948 graduate of East High School, at the ... |
| Date: | 05 04 1949 |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm, seated at his desk in the foreground, signs a bill into law ending segregation in the Wisconsin National Guard because of race, c... |
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| Description: | A Pawling and Harnischfeger Company truck, with an artillery gun mounted on the bed, decorated with banners and flags. Two soldiers are standing on the bac... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of soldiers lined up in a field for a Saturday morning review and a parade before officers. The soldiers likely belong to the "Harvester Battalion... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Three soldiers stand with an American flag in a field at Camp Perry. The men may have belonged to the "Harvester Battalion." |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A group of soldiers stand at attention while lines of men walk past. Men are working on a roof and scaffold around a steeple on a building in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | International Harvester poster honoring servicemen and women during World War II featuring an illustration of three starred flags. The text reads: "Under T... |
| Date: | 05 25 1944 |
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| Description: | Factory workers from International Harvester's McCormick Works line up on a stage to receive the Army-Navy "E" award, given to manufacturing plants achievi... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | American flags drape the walls of a large empty hall prepared with one thousand place settings for soldiers returning from the Spanish-American War. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Four solders stand before two flags and their tents. The soldier on the left holds a rifle. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Army soldiers stand at attention near the United States flag and their tents at Camp Bowie. Military buildings are visible in the background. |
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