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Prisoner of War Cage

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: Prisoner of war cage at the 2nd Division Camp at Guipavas, France. Groups of Nazi prisoners are being guarded by Allied soldiers.
Poster

Lend Uncle Sam $4.12 Today. 5 Years From Now He'll Pay You $5.00

Date: 1918
Description: Poster in the appearance of a newspaper, touting the financial advantages of buying War Saving Stamps. Several small sections of text appear, with headline...
Manuscript

Commemorative Roster of Company G, 14th Wisconsin Infantry

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Description: Civil War commemorative roster of Company G, 14th Wisconsin Infantry, surrounded by illustrated scenes.
Photograph

World War I Training

Date: 08 1917
Description: World War I recruits scramble over an obstacle during their training, while others watch in the background.
Photograph

Elmer E. Ellsworth

Date: 1861
Description: Portrait of Elmer E. Ellsworth, the first northern hero of the Civil War and the popularizer of the Zouaves style of military drill.
Photograph

World War I Soldier

Date: 
Description: Gus Sharlow, a Native American Indian World War I soldier from Hayward, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Food for the Boys in France

Date: 1918
Description: An unidentified East Coast warehouse full of food and supplies ready for shipment to the U.S. soldiers in France during World War I.
Photograph

Pharmacy Supplies

Date: 
Description: Interior of a pharmacy supply storage tent for a hospital during the Persian Gulf War.
Photograph

Military Showers

Date: 
Description: Interior of a shower tent in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War.
Photograph

Girl Reserves

Date: 01 14 1945
Description: Five Girl Reserves (?) shown with items of clothing collected for the war effort.
Photograph

Lightweight Chair

Date: 11 1943
Description: Lightweight folding transport chair produced by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company, Wisconsin Rapids, as part of the company's war develop...
Photograph

Wartime Worker

Date: 1945
Description: Employee of the Consolidated Paper Company, probably its Plastics Division during World War II.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Peace, Newspaper Article

Date: 02 13 1815
Description: Newspaper article declaring peace between the United States and Great Britain at the end of the War of 1812.
Drawing

Mrs. Major Belle Reynolds

Date: 
Description: A sketch drawn from a formal photographic portrait of Mrs. Major Belle Reynolds. During the Civil War many women enlisted in armies or traveled with their ...
Photograph

Back Our Girls Over There

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring a woman in a navy blue uniform working at a switchboard that has the symbol of the Y.W.C.A abpve it. Outside the window behind...
Poster

All Harvester Products Are War Products

Date: 1942
Description: Poster showing a tank and an Inernational Harvester combine (harvester-thresher) with the text "All Harvester products are war products...either for offens...
Drawing

Miscellaneous Sketches

Date: 
Description: Unrecognizable sketches and notes.
Photograph

Youth Machine Gun Training

Date: 07 1917
Description: Machine gun training on the grounds of Peekskill Military Academy in New York during World War I. The training was part of a state-sponsored military inst...
Photograph

U.S. Government and War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition grounds at Grant Park.
Photograph

International Harvester War Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: International Harvester war advertisement with a large star in the center that reads: "International Harvester Tractors were the first 'OVER THERE' Over Te...

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