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Youth Charity Workers

Date: 03 21 1944
Description: Four-year-olds Mary Ellen McCreary and Sharon Ann Lee held a drive to benefit the Red Cross to provide candy, gum, cigarettes, donuts, and coffee for soldi...
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Visiting Nurse Service Staff Nurse on Bicycle

Date: 04 11 1944
Description: Myra Johnson, 323 West Mifflin Street, the newest member of the Visiting Nurse Service staff, with her bicycle, which she uses to make her daily rounds. Ca...
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
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...
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
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...
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Madison Woman's Club "Home Front" Tea

Date: 08 02 1944
Description: Mrs. Frederick (Marion) Rentschler and Mrs. John R. (Eileen) Frederick, members of the Madison Woman's Club, are shown with produce from their Victory gard...
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Pfc. Glen Lindsey and Fly Traps

Date: 07 26 1945
Description: Pfc. Glen Lindsey displays the fly traps he invented to trap thousands of flies in the Truax Field area.
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Joseph McCarthy During World War II

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Description: Candid portrait of Joe McCarthy wearing a pith helmet during World War II.
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J.E. Harris, Superintendent of War Production Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: The superintendent of International Harvester's 20 mm gun and war production plant, J.E. Harris sits at a desk. Original caption reads: "As a veteran of Wo...
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Soldiers Relaxing

Date: 1942
Description: Two soldiers laughing and relaxing under a tree in Panama. One man is lying on his back and the other man is leaning against him. They are both wearing wor...
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Robert M. Shaplen

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Description: Informal portrait of correspondent Robert M. Shaplen taken during World War II when he reported on the Pacific Theater for "Newsweek" magazine.
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Berlin Reporter

Date: 1940
Description: Associated Press journalist Alvin Steinkopf, formerly of Milwaukee, photographed on the streets of Berlin. Steinkopf was in Berlin until after Pearl Harbor...
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Dedication of World War II Marker

Date: 06 1991
Description: "Otto Manthey, Mayville, former member of the famed 32nd Red Arrow Division, was an interested observer when the marker was dedicated."
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World War II Memborabilia

Date: 11 1996
Description: "Les Beck displayed World War II memorabilia on Veteran's Day, Nov. 11. Les served 39 months overseas with the famed 32nd Red Arrow Division."
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Army Nurse Killed in Action

Date: 1944
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ellen G. Ainsworth, published in the Milwaukee Sentinel. She was an Army nurse killed in action on February 16th, 194...
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Robert Doyle, Civilian War Correspondent

Date: 06 1942
Description: Quarter-length publicity portrait of Robert Doyle smiling, dressed in his uniform. This image was published with some of his articles in the Milwaukee J...
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Robert Doyle, Civilian War Correspondent

Date: 06 1942
Description: Quarter-length publicity portrait of Robert Doyle, dressed in his uniform. This image was published with some of his articles in the Milwaukee Journal
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Wisconsin Soldier

Date: 07 26 1943
Description: Master Sergeant William (Hub) Gilligan of Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, poses for a photo at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Gilligan is a chief clerk of ...
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Soldier with His Pet Coati

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: Corporal Marcell Vanden Heuval, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, poses with his coati named "Speedy" perched on his shoulder. He was a cook at the military cam...
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Airfield Aid Station

Date: 08 22 1943
Description: Major Howard Pagel (left) of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, and Captain Walter King (right) of Waco, Texas, stand together in front of the airfield aid station at t...
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Doyle Filling Jeep with Gasoline

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: A smiling Robert Doyle holds the nozzle to the gas pump with one hand and gives the "thumbs up" sign with the other at the Kangaroo Korner Gas Station near...

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