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General Labor Strike at Allis Reliance Works

Date: 05 04 1886
Description: Edward P. Allis Reliance Works under the protection of the Wisconsin State Militia during the first general labor strike. The strike is also known as the ...
Photograph

Armistice Day in Milwaukee

Date: 11 11 1957
Description: Uptown Post #400 Drill Team in formation firing a salute on Armistice Day while passers-by pause to pay their respects.
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Titanic Survivors

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Description: Survivors of the Titanic sinking with Congressman William J. Cary and his Secretary, Richard P. Momsen, in front of the United States Capitol.
Photograph

Statue of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson - Anaglyph

Date: 1870
Description: A stereograph of a statue of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
Photograph

The Great Union Meeting - Anaglyph

Date: 04 20 1861
Description: Elevated stereograph view of the Great Union Meeting at the New York City Union Square.
Photograph

Libby Prison - Anaglyph

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
Photograph

Gateway Entrance to Soldiers Home - Anaglyphs

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Description: Elaborate gateway, in the shape of an arch, to the National Soldiers Home, with man and boy standing in entrance. The gateway is made of trees, covered wit...
Map or Atlas

Campaign of the Army of the Potomac

Date: 1862
Description: The first in a series of three maps of the Virginia Peninsula. This map details the area from Williamsburg south to Fortress Monroe at Hampton Roads and sh...
Map or Atlas

Campaign of the Army of the Potomac

Date: 1862
Description: The second in a series of three maps of the Virginia Peninsula. This map details the area from Williamsburg north to West Point.
Map or Atlas

Campaign of the Army of the Potomac

Date: 1862
Description: The third in a series of three maps of the Virginia Peninsula. This map details the area from Harrison's Landing west to Richmond and shows troop positions...
Map or Atlas

Map Exhibiting Part of the Operations of the Army of Virginia

Date: 1862
Description: This map consists of four separate panels. The first illustrates the battlefield at Cedar Mountain on Aug. 9, 1862, where the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry fought...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Rebel Lines at Raleigh, N.C., Evacuated Upon the Approach of the Army Commanded by Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman

Date: 1865
Description: This map illustrates the lines of defense established by Confederate troops, under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston, at Raleigh, North Carolina, i...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Battle of Iuka, Miss., Showing the Positions of the U.S. and Confederate Troops on the 19th of Sept. 1862

Date: 1876
Description: This map of the Battle of Iuka depicts the May 19, 1862, positions of the Union forces in blue and Confederate in red. Indicated on the map are roads, the ...
Map or Atlas

Map Illustrating the Siege of Atlanta, Georgia, by the United States Forces Under Command of Maj. Genl. W.T. Sherman

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Description: This detailed map shows fortifications, headquarters, location and dates of battles, street outline of Atlanta, roads, railroads, vegetation, drainage, rel...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing the Military Defense of Cincinnati, Covington and Newport

Date: 1862
Description: This detailed map shows batteries and rifle pits, railroads, common and military roads, turnpikes, city streets and names, bridges, ferries, rural houses a...
Photograph

Abandoned Barracks

Date: 1947
Description: Abandoned enlisted men's barracks at Truax Field.
Poster

Crimean War Themed Advertising Broadside

Date: 05 1854
Description: This yellow and black wood block print broadside ties England and France's declaration of war against Russia during the Crimean War into a war against high...
Map or Atlas

Map of Part of the Schuylkill Valley

Date: 05 01 1899
Description: Map showing the Schuylkill River with roads, ferries, and points of interest from Valley Forge to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as it appeared during the Revo...
Photograph

Saales Bombarded by French

Date: 09 28 1914
Description: Town of Saales. Bombarded by the French on September 28.

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