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| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Women's Relief Corps with umbrellas parading down the street. Stuffed eagle parading as "Old Abe." Directly behind the two flags are, from left to right: ... |
| Date: | 04 11 1865 |
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| Description: | Backside of a fund-raising certificate of the U.S. Sanitary Commission appointing Emily Grouch a sergeant in the Army of the American Eagle. The Commissio... |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | "Old Abe," the bald eagle trademark of the J.I. Case Company, is shown roosting on a world globe with "CASE" written on it, on the corner of a parapet on t... |
| Date: | 1933-04-13 |
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| County: | Eau Claire |
| City: | Eau Claire |
| A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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| Sergeant Major George Driggs of Company E, 8th Wisconsin Infantry, introduced readers of his 1864 memoir to the regiment's mascot and most famous member. |
| Date: | 02 04 1945 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber mural, "The State of Wisconsin, its Past, Present, and Future," by Edwin Blashfield. Also shows Speaker's podium a... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | The Soldiers' Monument, first erected in the United States to the memory of the Union Soldiers. In the center on a lawn is a tall marble column with Old Ab... |
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| Description: | Drawing of eagle with wings spread. In the eagle's talons is a rolled piece of paper and flag. There is also a flag on the right hand side of the drawing... |
| A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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| On March 26, 1914, Chief Big Sky of the Flambeau Band of the Ojibwe Indians described how he captured an eaglet from its nest in the spring of 1861 |
| Date: | 04 11 1865 |
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| Description: | Front of a fund-raising certificate of the U.S. Sanitary Commission appointing Emily Grouch a sergeant in the Army of the American Eagle. The Commission f... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A log cabin next to the Chippewa River. Text reads: "The Eagle House |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Ceylon Childs Lincoln standing near a bench in the Wisconsin Historical Society museum. He was the museum attendant and janitor. There are sculptures and p... |
| Date: | 11 09 1942 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of State Civil Service employees enrolled in the staff assistance course for Red Cross and other defense related organizations, posed benea... |
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| Description: | Dr. James A Jackson, Sr., who was a hospital steward for the 8th Wisconsin Regiment during the Civil War, riding in an open car during a GAR parade in Madi... |
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| Description: | Crest created by Reynolds Escutcheons of Military and Naval Service to commemorate the 8th Wisconsin Infantry. The crest has the seal of Wisconsin and an e... |
| Brief hisory of troops from Wisconsin in the Civil War. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Keyes residence, home of Elisha W. Keyes, political leader. According to Keyes' daughter, Mrs. John C. Gaveney, the framed pictures, etc.,... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Assembly Chamber in the Wisconsin State Capitol showing the mural painted by Edwin H. Blashfild. The painting depicts the "State of Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | An elephant wearing boots is carrying a banner that reads: "I ALWAYS WIN." The banner has a face on the left end and is holding up the elephant's tail with... |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Early hand-carved table made by Levi Havemann, a German immigrant to Madison, c. 1860. (Museum object #1998.21.1) |
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