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War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Woman using sewing machine.
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War Worker

Date: 1918
Description: An unidentified woman who worked at the Four Wheel Drive factory in Clintonville assembling trucks during World War I. She is wearing a special uniform fo...
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Third Wisconsin Civil War Veterans' Reunion

Date: 1915
Description: Third Wisconsin Civil War veterans' reunion, posed on the lawn in front of the Beloit Public Library.
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Korean War Veterans Memorial of Wisconsin

Date: 1997
Description: Visitors at the dedication of the Korean War Veterans Memorial of Wisconsin.
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War Chest Workers

Date: 10 11 1944
Description: Three female war chest workers seated at a table sort war chest printed material. The wall in the background is covered with Madison War Chest posters. M...
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Civil War Reenactment

Date: 09 1993
Description: "Civil War reenactors stand at attention at Greenbush."
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Women War Workers

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Women employees of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company performing an early layup operation, a part of the process whereby the company made ...
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Red Cross Nurses

Date: 1918
Description: Sisters Bettina (left) and Alice Jackson (right), wearing their World War I Red Cross uniforms.
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Consolidated Paper Factory

Date: 1944
Description: Interior view of the Consolidated Paper Company factory showing the large treater used in the manufacture of glider parts during World War II. Ralph Turne...
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Dedication of the Wisconsin Civil War Monument

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Description: A group portrait taken in front of the Wisconsin Civil War Monument at its dedication ceremony. Third and fourth from the left in the front row are George ...
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Ruth Nelson and Red Cross Display

Date: 03 07 1945
Description: Ruth Nelson, Red Cross motor corps volunteer, and the Red Cross display in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda. Display features contents of the prisoner-o...
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Red Cross War Fund Drive Leaders

Date: 02 19 1944
Description: Red Cross War Fund Drive leaders sitting at a table discussing plans for war fund drive. Left to Right: James R. Law, June B. Wheeler, Louis Hirsig, Alden ...
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War Chest Executive Committee

Date: 09 22 1944
Description: Dane County Executive War Chest Committee, standing left to right: Martin Tollund, Mt. Horeb; Wilbur N. Renk Jr., Sun Prairie; Austin N. Johnson, Madison. ...
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War Bond Sellers

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: One of a series of portraits of war bond sellers, part of the national retailer's Series E War Loan Campaign, representing Manchesters, Sears, Rennebohms, ...
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Women Processing Hemp Fibers

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Two women processing hemp fibers at the DeForest hemp mill during World War II.
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Female Auto Workers

Date: 1918
Description: Women working on the automobile assembly line at Nash Motors (later American Motors) during World War I.
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Weapons Training

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Description: Three women receiving weapons training during World War II. Women are receiving training on the handling of a rifle.
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Demonstration at Badger Ammunition Plant

Date: 03 25 1966
Description: Anti-Vietnam War protestors demonstrate outside the Badger Army Ammunition Plant in Baraboo.
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Civil War Re-Enactor and Horse

Date: 09 1994
Description: A young woman civil war re-enactor pets a horse. More horses can be seen in background.
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Rennebohm's Employees Boost War Bonds

Date: 06 13 1944
Description: Three female employees of Rennebohm Drugstore #2, 204 State Street, wearing white uniforms, caps and neckties with slogans urging people to buy war bonds:...

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