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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Training classes for University of Wisconsin student cadets in the repair of automobiles and trucks during World War I. |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | War correspondents carry the flag-draped casket containing the body of Byron Darnton, the first casualty of their group; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Mor... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Bill Henshaw, a disabled, wheelchair-bound Vietnam veteran, at a Vietnam Veterans Against the War demonstration during the Nixon Inauguration in 1973. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | World War I cook book featuring recipes low in sugar, wheat, and meat to accommodate wartime needs. Stamped on the front "Dane County Council of Defense, W... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A man stands near scrap metal piled beside a dealership building. The metal was collected for a war time scrap drive. |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of A. Rollins from River Falls, Wisconsin in Civil War era uniform. His company and regiment are unknown. |
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| Description: | Engraved vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major General John C. Fremont in officer uniform. During the war he commanded the Department of the West. |
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| Description: | View of a monument to Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863), American Civil War Confederate General. The memorial, erected in 1888, stands in a wooded area, surrou... |
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| Description: | A map of Wisconsin showing the gravesite locations of the 43 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in state, surrounding the map are the names and in some inst... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | This map created during the Civil War indicates Confederate fortifications, houses, names of residents, towns, roads, railroads, relief by hachures, draina... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | World War I poster featuring women glass blowers working in a factory with large tongs. Two men are standing by the window in the background, one dressed i... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster with red text overlaying illustrations in blue. The top left illustration is of soldiers with cannons on battlefront. At the bottom right is an illu... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Chief Simon Kaquados of the Potawatomi, wearing full war council regalia. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Field artillery piece of the First World War pointing across the Rock River from the grounds of the American Legion post. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a loaf of bread being sliced by someone using a knife. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | German reservists maintain a semblance of home while at war as they exchange gifts in front of a Christmas tree. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Bosnian soldiers rowing a pontoon section while building a floating bridge across the Sava River in Serbia during World War I. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Soldiers are standing around while a cook is working at the outdoor field kitchen on the front during World War I. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A soldier is doing repair work on a telephone pole in Serbia during World War I. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Austrian Railway station guards standing next to a railroad car in the City of Ruma, Syrmien during World War I. |
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