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Soldiers on a TD-18 Diesel TracTracTor

Date: 05 15 1941
Description: Three African American field artillery soldiers crossing a creek on a TD-18 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and 155 mm gun. The soldiers were from Bat...
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Racine Civil War Veterans

Date: 1900
Description: "Racine County War Veterans Living and Dead." Composite of small oval head and shoulders portraits, consisting of about 100 Union soldiers, all identified....
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First Attempt to Enter Central High School by the Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: First attempt of the Little Rock Nine to enter Central High School. They were denied entrance by the Arkansas National Guard who had been called up by Gove...
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SDS March Againt Racist Unemployment Poster

Date: 1971
Description: Poster for a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) march against racist unemployment, taking place March 20, 1971, in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento, C...
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Black Soldiers' Chow Line

Date: 1918
Description: Chow line for members of the 15th Regiment (Colored) of the New York National Guard.
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Soldiers in WWI

Date: 1918
Description: African American soldiers during World War I playing trombone music.
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African American Troops Return Home

Date: 02 10 1919
Description: Members of the 15th Regiment (Colored) of the New York National Guard arrive home as heroes. They earned the distinction of being the only regiment to neve...
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Celebrating the Armistice

Date: 11 14 1918
Description: Members of the 134th Infantry quartette and band entertain the stevedores on the dock at Marseille, France, three days after the end of the war. Men standi...
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Black Soldiers in WWI

Date: 1918
Description: Three African American soldiers with a company of engineers somewhere in France. They are holding a shovel, pick, and sledgehammer.
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Korean War Veteran Ringing the Freedom Bell on United Nations Day

Date: 10 24 1950
Description: Corporal Albert Griffin, a soldier from Milwaukee wounded in the Korean War, standing with Governor Rennebohm at the freedom bell during ceremonies at the ...
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Korean War Veteran Addressing a Crowd on United Nations Day

Date: 10 24 1950
Description: Corporal Albert Griffin, a soldier from Milwaukee wounded in the Korean War, addressing the crowd gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol on United Nations...
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Dots Johnson and Alfonsino Bovino in Paisà (Paisan)

Date: 1946
Description: The black American soldier Joe (played by Dots Johnson) and the Italian street urchin Pasquale (Alfonsino Bovino) in a publicity still from Roberto Rossell...
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Baseball Stars Tour Veterans Hospital

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin sports alumni and professional baseball players "Red" Wilson and Harvey Kuenn take a tour through the Veterans Hospital, talking an...
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Colonel with Soldiers in Panama

Date: 1942
Description: Colonel O'Donnel, a commanding officer for the 14th Infantry, posing with two other soldiers. The three men are outside and there is an American flag behin...
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Free Men of Color and Choctaw Indian Volunteers at New Orleans

Date: 1982
Description: "The painting shows the Choctaws and a mixed group of Major Daquin's Battalion of Free Men of Color. The latter were mostly attired in civilian clothes bec...
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African-American Students with Military Escort at Sturgis High School

Date: 09 11 1956
Description: African-American students escorted from Sturgis High School by armed National Guardsmen.
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Bohrod's America, Its History

Date: 1946
Description: This map shows scenes from America's history with names of historical events superimposed on a map of the United States.
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Lewis Arms at Fort Knox

Date: 07 1962
Description: Lewis Arms is standing next to an army tank in Fort Knox, Kentucky. He is wearing a military uniform and helmet. Three men are standing and sitting on top ...
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Troops at Fort McCoy

Date: 1961
Description: Lewis Arms (sitting in front on the left) and two other soldiers posing on a tank at Fort McCoy.
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Riding the Tank

Date: 1961
Description: Several soldiers (possibly including Lewis Arms) riding along a tank trail in a tank at Fort McCoy.

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