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Lt. Nils J. Gilbert

Date: 1864
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Civil War soldier Nils (Niels) J. Gilbert, Company A, of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, believed to have been taken in October...
Photograph

William S. Hamilton

Date: 1880
Description: Photograph from an original painting of Colonel William (Billy) Stephen Hamilton, M. Smith Photography in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Son of Revolutionary War hero ...
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Soldiers on a World War I Recruiting Drive

Date: 1917
Description: World War I soldiers standing in front and on the back of an International truck with a recruiting poster.
Photograph

Reunion of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Date: 1880
Description: Outdoor elevated view of a reunion of the Norwegian American men of the 15th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at Luther College. They are posin...
Photograph

Raising Flag at Long Lake C.C.C. Camp

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Description: Men standing at attention as the flag is raised at Long Lake C.C.C. Camp F.
Print

Ulysses S. Grant

Date: 1865
Description: An engraving from a daguerreotype of Ulysses S. Grant.
Print

Robert E. Lee

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait engraving of Robert E. Lee.
Painting

George Washington

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Description: Full-length portrait engraving of George Washington seated with books and saber, from a painting by Chappel.
Photograph

Abraham Lincoln and Union Commanders

Date: 1884
Description: This composite portrait of David G. Farragut, William T. Sherman, George H. Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, George G. Meade, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph Hooker, Phil...
Print

Robert E. Lee

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Description: Portrait engraving of Major General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army.
Print

Robert E. Lee

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Description: Portrait engraving of Robert E. Lee, seated.
Print

Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: Portrait engraving of Ulysses S. Grant.
Print

Chester A. Arthur

Date: 1885
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Chester A. Arthur, the 21st President of the United States. Arthur was born on October 5, 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont, and di...
Photograph

One Car, Two Men, Three Deer

Date: 1931
Description: Two hunters with rifles pose in the snow by a car with three deer carcasses.
Print

Major General O.M. Mitchell

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Description: Engraving from Alonzo Chappel's painting of Major General O.M. Mitchell.
Photograph

Unidentified Civil War Soldier

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified Civil War soldier standing and holding a rifle.
Photograph

Unidentified Union Soldier

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Description: Oval framed, waist-up portrait of an unidentified Union soldier.
Poster

Wounded Knee Poster

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Description: Poster of woman and child that says "Remember Wounded Knee".
Photograph

Vietnam Veteran in Wheelchair

Date: 1973
Description: Bill Henshaw, a disabled, wheelchair-bound Vietnam veteran, at a Vietnam Veterans Against the War demonstration during the Nixon Inauguration in 1973.
Photograph

Julia A. Hill, as a Nurse

Date: 1905
Description: Julia A. Hill, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a nurse, attending to a wounded soldier. Part of a yearbook created by classm...

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