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Columbia from the Capitol

Date: 1866
Description: Destruction of Columbia after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War.
Plate 53
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The New Capitol, Columbia, S.C.

Date: 1866
Description: Construction on the new capitol building. A church is behind the construction.
Plate 52
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Fountain, Savanah, GA

Date: 1866
Description: A large fountain with statues. Two (Union?) soldiers are on the far side.
Plate 78937
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Savanah, GA No. 2

Date: 1866
Description: Elevated view over storefronts and the river.
Plate 50
Photograph

Savanah, GA No. 1

Date: 1866
Description: Elevated view over storefronts and the river.
Plate 49
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Buen-Ventura Savanah, GA

Date: 1866
Description: Trees with Spanish moss line a path in the Bonaventure Cemetery.
Plate 48
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Savanah River, near Savanah, GA

Date: 1866
Description: Trees with Spanish moss along the Savannah River.
Plate 47
Photograph

City of Atlanta, GA No. 2

Date: 1866
Description: Elevated view of commercial area of the city, taken after General Sherman marched through. Most of the buildings appear to be intact, but one of the build...
Photograph

City of Atlanta, GA No. 1

Date: 1866
Description: Elevated view of the ruins of the railroad roundhouse, with the city in the background. Men are posing on the train cars and engines.
Plate 45
Photograph

Destruction of Hood's Ordinance (Ordnance) Train

Date: 1864
Description: General Hood ordered a train full of gunpowder set on fire so that the Union Army couldn't use it, resulting in a series of explosions
Plate 44
Photograph

Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA No. 5

Date: 1864
Description: Confederate defenses surrounding the city. A tripod style configuration of rifles with a bag and canteen hanging from it is in the foreground.
Plate 43<...
Photograph

The Potter House Atlanta

Date: 1864
Description: View of heavily damaged house and felled trees after General Sherman's army passed through.
Plate 38
Drawing

Birch Trees on Knoll

Date: 1852
Description: Group of birch [?] trees on a knoll.
Print

Green Bay Packers Schedule Placemat

Date: 1951
Description: A placemat advertising the schedule for the Green Bay Packers.
Photograph

Appleton Gymnasts

Date: 1892
Description: Adult men, dressed in uniforms, posing in front of a painted backdrop with sporting equipment indoors at the Appleton Turners Festival. Their teacher stand...
Book or Pamphlet

Square Turn Farm Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Foldout section of a pamphlet produced to advertise the "Square Turn / No Clutch to Slip / No Gears to Strip" farm tractor. The pages feature a color illus...
Photograph

IH 3400 Commercial Bus at Hotel de la Monnaie

Date: 1995
Description: View towards an International model 3400 Commercial Bus parked in front of the Hotel de la Monnaie. The bus is white with red and blue stripes, with the "I...
Poster

"Underground"

Date: 1976
Description: Poster advertising a screening of Emile de Antonio's 1976 documentary film "Underground," at Harvard's Science Center B. Poster shows a scene from the movi...
Photograph

Bartholomay Family

Date: 1908
Description: Clara Seipp Bartholomay (1871-1956) and her husband, Henry Bartholomay, Jr. pose with their children, from left, Henry Conrad, Catherine, and Elsa Marie fo...
Map or Atlas

Diagram of the Senate Chamber

Date: 1866
Description: Diagram and seating chart for the Wisconsin State Senate in the second State Capitol Building which burned down in 1904.

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