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| Description: | Two boys raise the United States and Wisconsin flags in front of their Rock County school. |
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| Description: | Design for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent stamp featuring United States flags in the order they joined the Union (Wisconsin was the 30th state to join). |
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| Description: | An unknown group of people gathered outdoors with Norwegian flags near what appears to be a pavilion. In the far background is a building with scaffolding ... |
| Date: | 05 1948 |
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| Description: | A street car on Milwaukee Electric's 35th Street line. Flags decorate the street poles for Memorial Day. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of parade. Crowds are gathered on either side of the street, many holding umbrellas. Women are walking two-by-two carrying flags in parade. F... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Postcard of a view of a man wearing a straw boater passing out flags to children on the Fourth of July. Text on reverse, "Sane 4th." |
| Date: | 06 24 1947 |
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| Description: | Masonic Commonwealth Lodge No. 325 twenty-fifth anniversary dinner, showing empty dining hall, floral decorations on speakers table, and American flags beh... |
| Date: | 01 17 1956 |
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| Description: | Men and women holding United States flags after a ceremony in the federal courtroom making them naturalized citizens. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Flags and posters are displayed over King Street for the fifty year celebration. One banner reads: "1848 Wisconsin 1898." Pedestrians are on the streets an... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd of people surrounding a statue, presumably of a notable Norwegian figure. Many people are carrying flags. |
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| Description: | Small children parade with flags and flowers in a Memorial Day procession. The children were kept in formation by each child holding the end of a wooden cr... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | An Ottawa Indian family in traditional dress pose next to a car with a Caucasian man. The car is decorated with American flags as though for a special occa... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | American flags drape the walls of a large empty hall prepared with one thousand place settings for soldiers returning from the Spanish-American War. |
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| Description: | Interior of a dining room at Windsor Hotel, built in the 1880's. The large room is filled with chairs and tables and features a ceiling adorned with flags. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Main Street on the Fourth of July. Many flags are hanging from buildings. Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles are on the sidewalks and in... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View towards people sitting and standing near the front gates to the Chautauqua. Flags are on the arches. Caption reads: "Entrance to Chautauqua, Marinette... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd at flag raising ceremony at Western Avenue. A group of people are standing on a stage or platform decorated with flags, and a large ... |
| Date: | 01 24 1945 |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railroad party showing thirteen men seated and standing with a display of flags and an emblem. |
| Date: | 07 04 1895 |
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| Description: | Fred Thwaites, Harry Turville, and Helen Turville celebrate the Fourth of July with American flags outdoors. There is a barn in the background. |
| Date: | 05 26 2003 |
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| Description: | A woman walking in Oak Grove Cemetery on Memorial Day. American flags stand at each headstone of past soldiers. |
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