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Victory Garden Window Display

Date: 1917
Description: Display in the window of John J. Blied & Sons promoting victory gardens and featuring seed packets, hoes, and watering cans.
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Two members of the Oregon Veterans of Foreign Wars drill team and some of the crowd gathered at Forest Hill Cemetery during services to dedicate a marble m...
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Drafted Men at Chicago & Northwestern Station

Date: 05 25 1918
Description: Elevated view of draftees at the Northwestern depot on their way to basic training and then France. Nearly 3,000 Madison men joined the war effort.
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Draftees Leaving Madison

Date: 05 25 1918
Description: A crowd watching as drafted men leave Madison via the Chicago Northwestern railroad station.
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Off to the Trenches

Date: 05 05 1918
Description: Send off for World War I recruits at the railroad station. The man leaning out of the train window is Ben Bergor, a professional magician and vaudeville pe...
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Labor Day Parade

Date: 09 02 1918
Description: Elevated view of the Labor Day parade on the Capitol Square, at King Street, featuring a float that has the words "Win The War For Freedom" on the front.
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Mrs. H.L. (Charlotte) Gerber, escorted by Earl Heath, prepares to place a wreath in honor of World War I dead during ceremonies at the South Hamilton Stree...
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Labor Day Parade

Date: 09 02 1918
Description: Labor Day parade on the Capitol Square, at the State Street corner, featuring a float shaped like a boat and carrying a naval gun barrel. Gun barrel and fl...
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Wisconsin General Hospital Entrance

Date: 09 25 1946
Description: Entrance to Wisconsin General Hospital, 1300 University Avenue, showing plaques on either side of doors which read: "1920-1924 Erected in gratitude by the ...
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Selling Dried Corn At the Municipal Market

Date: 1918
Description: A member of the Dane County Council of Defense Food Board Women's Committee sells dried corn at the farmer's market. Women's organizations sold wheat subst...
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Peace

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: A crowd is assembled on the steps to the State Capitol. Many people are carrying American flags, and a large flag is prominently displayed. A lit "W" is at...
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Patriotic Group

Date: 1918
Description: A group of people posing on the steps of a building with an stained glass arched entrance. Many of the people are holding American flags. Caption reads: "P...
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32nd National Guard Band Plays at State Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Ceremony

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: The 32nd National Guard Division band playing at the State Disabled American Veterans (DAV) plaque dedication ceremony on the State Capitol grounds as part...
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Patriotic Pageant, Capitol Park

Date: 07 04 1918
Description: Outdoor group portrait of young men and women posing in costumes, which are mostly drapery suggesting a Greco-Roman style. One man is dressed as a Roman so...
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Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 08 28 1929
Description: Wisconsin Memorial Hospital at Farwell's Point on the grounds of the Mendota Mental Health Institute. There is a photocopy of an article included with the ...
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Armistice Day Ceremonies

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Armistice Day ceremony with Mrs. Ella M. Bresee, representing the Grand Army of the Republic and the Daughters of 1812, shown placing a wreath at the cenot...
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State Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Ceremony

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: A plaque dedicating a tree in memory of Joyce Kilmer is placed on the State Capital grounds at a special ceremony held by the State Disabled American Veter...
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Dane County Council of Defense Food Board Curb Market

Date: 08 1917
Description: People stand near several carts, which are hitched to horses. In some carts boxes of vegetables are visible. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. August, 1917. Cu...
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Armistice Day Rites

Date: 11 11 1949
Description: A community service to observe Armistice Day at the State Street's entrance to the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Flag bearers and a crowd of people sur...
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Armistice Day Rites

Date: 10 11 1949
Description: A crowd gathers to participate in a service to observe Armistice Day at the State Street entrance to the Wisconsin State Capitol building. At center left, ...

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