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Gesell Family Burlesque

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Description: The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi...
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Battle of the Brule

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Description: An illustration titled "The Battle of the Brule" based on an 1840's battle between the Ojibwe and Dakota Sioux over territory in the Ashland, Wisconsin are...
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North Vietnamese Freedom Fighters

Date: 12 23 1965
Description: Two North Vietnamese soldiers pose with machine guns ready to fire. The caption indicates that the men are workers at an electric factory using machine gun...
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North Vietnamese Freedom Fighters

Date: 12 1965
Description: Anti-aircraft crew that was said to have downed 14 American planes during four days in December, 1965. This propaganda photograph was released by a Hanoi s...
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Group of Women in Costume

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Description: Studio portrait of group in costume in front of a painted backdrop.
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Torpedo Illustration

Date: 1943
Description: A military airplane drops torpedoes on a boat floating in a body of water in an illustration titled: "A Kid from Kansas."
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Marines Running with Trucks

Date: 1941
Description: Marines running to climb aboard a truck after coupling a 75-mm gun.
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U.S. Artillery Headquarters and Blockhouse on the Dvina River

Date: 1918
Description: The headquarters and blockhouse of the Unites States Artillery on the Dvina River, showing five uniformed men standing outdoors, and an artillery piece par...
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Outpost No. 5

Date: 1918
Description: Two soldiers wearing heavy winter clothes are kneeling behind a Lewis machine gun displayed on a blanket. Immediately behind the two soldiers is what appea...
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U.S. Army Artillery Position and Shelter

Date: 1918
Description: A group of soldiers and officers pose next to an artillery piece within a sheltered area. The shelter is fortified with sandbags and camouflaged with branc...
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Artillery Position and Shelter

Date: 1918
Description: Two Canadian soldiers pose in front of a piece of artillery that is underneath a shelter constructed out of timbers. The shelter is also reinforced with th...
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Charles Richman, Mary Maurice, James Morrison, and Norma Talmadge in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: Mrs. Harrison (played by Mary Maurice) solemnly presents the family sword to her son John Harrison (Charles Richman, on the left) in a scene still for the ...
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Austrian Soldiers Guarding Agricultural Equipment

Date: 1914
Description: Two Austrian soldiers in front of a piece of agricultural equipment.
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Street Scene in Trient (Trento)

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Description: Wheels and limbers are lined up against a building in Trient (Trento).
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Hotels in Riva

Date: 1915
Description: City of Riva in September 1915. This photograph suffices to convince the unbelieving that even in this part of the battlefront Italian successes are not pr...
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Lake Garda

Date: 1916
Description: 1916 "summer guests" on the Gardasee (Lake Garda).
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On Guard in the Beautiful South

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Description: A soldier on guard on the banks of a lake overlooking a small town in the South Tirol.
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Palm Trees

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Description: In a battle zone under the palms.
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Lake Molveno Machine Gun Nest

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Description: Concrete machinegun nest on the Molvenosee (Lake Molveno).
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In the Mountains

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Description: Tiroler Standschützen in the mountains.

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