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"Put Out Your Flags— Antwerp Is Ours!"

Date: 10 1914
Description: Horse-drawn trams in Berlin, bedecked with German flags, celebrating the capture of the City of Antwerp in October 1914.
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15th Wisconsin Flag

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Description: Regimental flags of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry. Also has a lists of its commanders; tallied total of people who died of wounds, disease, and accidents; an...
Print

Major General McClellan Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead with a head and shoulders portrait of Major General McClellan. His portrait is within an oval and is decorated with American flags, shield, bayo...
Print

Major General George B. McClellan, Commanding the Department on the Potomac

Date: 1860
Description: A "crest" of Major General George McClellan, on a background of a blue oval with white stars. An eagle with flags, bayonets, cannons, cannonballs and a dru...
Poster

The War Of 1917. Dedicated To The Brave Men Who Answered The Nation's Call.

Date: 1917
Description: Memorial poster for the members of Company 6, First Wisconsin Infantry, who died during the war. Text reads: "Company 6, First Wisconsin Infantry . . . Bor...
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Building Dedication

Date: 04 1992
Description: Congressman David R. Obey speaking at the podium at the dedication of the new Naval Reserve building. Three naval officers, a man in a suit, and three sail...
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German Signal Troops

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Description: German signal troops training.
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U.S. Army Medal Ceremony

Date: 12 1947
Description: Seven Army soldiers receiving medals from an officer.
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Armed Forces Day Parade

Date: 05 18 1957
Description: Officers of all services and Mayor Ivan Nestingen at the reviewing stand during the Armed Forces Day parade on Madison's Capitol Square. They are surrounde...
Poster

Comrades Attention!

Date: 10 29 1890
Description: Poster announcing General Lucius Fairchild speaking at Wautoma, Wisconsin on October 29, 1890.
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General Winfield Scott Hancock and his Staff Officers

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Description: General Winfield Scott Hancock and a large number of his staff officers.
Print

Heroes of the Civil War

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Description: "Heroes of the Civil War". Engraving of eight Union leaders with decorative battlefield scenes.
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Miller Badger Boys, Company G. Second Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry

Date: 1862
Description: Lithographed poster listing officers and men, most notably Colonel Cadwallader C. Washburn.
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Excellency Dankl

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Description: Officers, including General Dankl, riding in an automobile.
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.
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Disembarking at Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view from roof of British volunteer forces parading in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia right before they disembarked from the town. The crowd watc...
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Marine Dance

Date: 11 11 1958
Description: A man in uniform and a woman are standing together looking at each other; behind them is a cake on a table with frosting that reads: "U.S. Marines" and has...
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Civil War Veterans

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait outdoors of a group of Civil War veterans with other U.S. military officers.
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Departure of Djemal Pascha

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Description: Departure of Djemal Pascha from the Damascus train station.
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German Consul's Wife

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Description: German officers being greeted by the wife of the German Consul in Damascus.

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