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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Double head and shoulders shot of Spencer Tracy in a sailor hat, from when he was in the Navy in the last days of World War I. |
| Date: | 05 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Boatswain mate first class Jimmy Hanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Hanson, 1215 Buckeye Road. The article in which the photograph appears details ... |
| Date: | 07 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Mizell "Whitey" Platt, left, and Walter Millies, right, who were members of the Madison Blues, in the Three-I League, later part of the Great Lakes Bluejac... |
| Date: | 07 12 1944 |
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| Description: | In 1934 and 1935 the most famous battery in baseball was owned by the Detroit Tigers, Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe pitching and Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochran... |
| Date: | 09 08 1944 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Kenneth Strauss, chief gunners mate with the US Navy, on leave with his parents. Strauss is a former employee of the Wisconsin State Journal... |
| Date: | 02 08 1945 |
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| Description: | Navy Apprentice Second Class Richard J. Botham, 19-year-old son of Richard G. and Kathryn Botham, 1903 Rowley Avenue. |
| Date: | 05 19 1945 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Mr. Streich, in U.S. Navy uniform. |
| Date: | 08 14 1950 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, U.S. Navy, in Madison for the unveiling of a scale model of the USS Wisconsin battleship. |
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| Description: | Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Charles S. Williams from Prairie du Chien, wearing Navy uniform and hat. |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of William M. Nelson of Racine, Wisconsin. In November 1863 he was assigned to the river gunboat U.S. Carondelet during... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms poses in his Navy uniform holding a rifle on the day he graduated from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms poses in front of a tropical backdrop wearing his Navy uniform. There is an inscription on the back that reads, "Love to Mom from your loving so... |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms sits on a motorcycle, probably at Barbers Point Naval Air Station near Pearl Harbor. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A portrait of Lewis Arms in uniform after he was discharged from the Navy. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A portrait of Lewis Arms at the age of 17 wearing his Navy uniform. There is an inscription that reads, "To Mom & Pop Berry with Love," referring to his ne... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Two seamen, Matt Peasley (played by Thomas Meighan) and Murphy (Hugh Cameron), stand in a San Francisco street with their seabags at their feet in a public... |
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| Description: | A Soldiers Memorial Roster. "Olmsted Guards" Mustered into U.S. service October 23rd 1862 Roll for Company D 27th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers. |
| Date: | 05 21 1918 |
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| Description: | A newspaper article in the "Chicago Evening American" describes "propaganda" plans of the Chicago Historical Society during World War I and prominently fea... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders studio portrait of Conrad Petersen (1924-2013) in his navy dress blues uniform. He was a U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign, 1943-1946. His parent... |
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