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Bloch in Staged Military Photograph

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Description: Robert Bloch, with cigar, and Robert Vail, holding a pipe. They are both wearing military costumes, staged standing on chairs next to a bed.
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Packing a Suitcase

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Description: A man in pajamas and a military hat packs a suitcase on the floor of a bedroom.
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Rufus King

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Description: General Rufus King, seated in uniform.
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Parade of the 32nd Division

Date: 1919
Description: Parade celebrating the return of the 32nd Division after World War I.
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Parade with Marching Band

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Description: A small marching band is at the head of the parade with a military group marching behind them. Crowds are standing on the sidewalk.
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Crowd near Monument at Parade

Date: 09 14 1924
Description: Sidewalk group watching the military parade at the reunion of the “Red Arrow” 32nd Division, U.S. Army.
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Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A...
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Corporal Daisy Berry

Date: 1957
Description: A woman in military uniform is sitting at a desk writing in a notepad. Caption on back reads: "Cpl Daisy Berry, Milwaukee, Wisc., a member of the 7871st Tr...
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Governor Kohler at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 07 24 1952
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., turns around in his seat at the state fair to shake hands with three Civil Air Patrol cadets.
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Visitors at Camp Harvey

Date: 1898
Description: Women and children visit soldiers at Camp Harvey. A long building with other people on a long porch is in the background.
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Double Portrait of Charles B. Aubrey

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Description: Waist up carte-de-visite portrait of Charles B. "Doc" Aubrey, 6th Wisconsin Infantry ("Iron Brigade") after the war. An engraving of Aubrey from 1862 is pr...
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Military Ball

Date: 12 13 1957
Description: Jody Epply, 20, of Oshkosh, a junior in the college of nursing, honorary regimental commander of the Marquette University Reserve Officers' Training Corps,...
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Bloch and Gauer with Zeidler

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Description: Harold Gauer, Carl Zeidler, Robert Bloch, and unidentified man (possibly Max Pollack). Both Gauer and Bloch are posing humorously in costumes.
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Memorial Day Committee

Date: 05 06 1948
Description: Memorial Day, "Poppy Day," Committee. Three men in uniform stand for a group portrait in front of a stucco wall.
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William H. Lindwurm

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Captain William H. Lindwurm, Company F, 6th Wisconsin Infantry, sitting and holding his sword.
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Captain Charles King in Uniform

Date: 1883
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Charles King, wearing his dress uniform as an enlisted Army Officer during the American Indian Wars.
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Man in Military Uniform at Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A uniformed member of the US armed forces leans against the rail of a raised platform at a Civilian Defense Rally. The man is wearing a hat and has two bar...
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Edward Savage

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Description: Full-length carte-de-viste portrait of Edward Savage of Company B from the 28th Wisconsin Infantry standing near a curtain.
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Men Working a Game Booth

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Men from the armed forces working a game booth at a Civilian Defense Rally. Their hats are embroidered with the text "Greendale Wisconsin."
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Civil War Veterans at Soldier's Home

Date: 12 23 1938
Description: Two unidentified Civil War veterans at soldier's home on December 23, 1938, along with two representatives from the American Legion. The veterans are both ...

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