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Camp Bowie

Date: 1918
Description: A view of four men standing near a row of Army baking ovens at Camp Bowie, built in 1917.
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Janet Jordan and William Kommers Wedding

Date: 04 25 1944
Description: Wedding portrait of Janet Jordan and Ensign William Kommers, taken at St. Francis House, 1001 University Avenue, with bride and groom cutting cake.
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A view of men baking bread in a number of outdoor ovens at Camp Travis, named in 1917. On the right, men stand by a table with many loaves of bread, and me...
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Lansing A. Wilcox 105th Birthday Party

Date: 1951
Description: Group portrait of Lansing A. Wilcox — last Civil War veteran in Wisconsin — with a group of men at his 105th birthday. The birthday party was held at the G...
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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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WAVES Celebrating a Birthday

Date: 02 29 1944
Description: Slightly elevated view of group of women gathered around a table. "Leap year baby" of 1924, Anita Burr, is shown with a birthday cake, after enlisting in t...
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Woman and Children at Cake Table

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A woman and children sit around a picnic table with a variety of cakes displayed.
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Corporal Duane Haralson and Parents

Date: 02 16 1944
Description: Corporal Duane Haralson with his parents, Rufus and Naomi, in the kitchen of their home at 604 Schiller Court. He was home after two years service in the M...
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Women Preparing Baked Goods

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Side view of a group of women at a Civilian Defense Rally standing behind a counter with loaves of bread. Behind them is a table of covered cake pans and o...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Kitchen help for the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital is provided by Birdie Seligman and Ester Goldstine, members of the Madison Jewish ...
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East Side Business Men's Association

Date: 01 20 1947
Description: Officers of the East Side Business Men's Association posing with the tier cake made for the Association's Silver Jubilee banquet at the Hotel Loraine. Pict...
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We Saw You Entertaining VA Patients

Date: 12 19 1960
Description: B'nai B'rith women entertain patients at the VA Hospital on Christmas Day. Martha Barth and Geraldine Netboy are shown serving cookies to patients Lyle Str...
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Army Medical Corps Anniversary

Date: 1957
Description: Army Signal Service Corps cuts cake to honor its 40th birthday. The corps consisted of about 4,100 members of whom 300 to 400 are pharmacists in commission...

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