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On Horicon Lake in the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: In April of 1860 Hölzlhuber took the railway from Milwaukee to Lake Horicon to visit the small town that was developing on its shore. Since the settlers we...
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Scenes of Camp and Army Life

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Description: "Scenes of Camp and Army Life." Idyllic lithograph view of nine scenes of Union Army life.
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Tents at Prisoner of War Camp

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: German prisoner of war camp with tents and fencing surrounding the area. Several people are on the grounds. Prisoners are working in the local cannery.
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Beverage Dispenser

Date: 1930
Description: A man is stooping down to fill a paper cup with a beverage from a barrel dispenser under a tent at what appears to be a fair. The barrel is marked "IHC Ser...
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A Member of the Bungtown, Va., R.G.G.'s

Date: 1860
Description: Confederate soldier wearing a whiskey barrel with a cork helmet. On the barrel is the text: "RGG," "C.S.A. WHISKEY," "J.X.D." Caption below reads: "A membe...
Photograph

Kekacham Settlement with Special Forces

Date: 1961
Description: Keukacham Meo settlement, Laos with American special forces and Lao infantrymen. Two soldiers talk near a tent and another works atop a mud-spattered jeep.
Photograph

Woman with Mule on Airstrip

Date: 1961
Description: A woman carrying a basket on her back leads a mule laden with bundles across an airstrip at Keukacham village, Laos. There are 55-gallon drums near a tent,...
Photograph

Eating in a Tent

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Description: Group of men and one boy posed sitting on benches on either side of a long table for a meal in an open-sided tent on the banks of a river. In the backgroun...
Photograph

T-Beach Whittling Club

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Two officers sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Gui...
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Phillip F. La Follette at T-Beach Whittling Club

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Three men sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea...
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Oak Grove Camp Ground

Date: 1927
Description: Four young people standing in front of the main office and general store at the Oak Grove Campground. A sign on a tree reads: "Fresh milk, cream, eggs and ...
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Barrel Push at Hustler Harvest Festival

Date: 1915
Description: Four men struggle to move barrels down the dirt main street of Hustler. It looks like a close race. The large crowd watches attentively. Across the street ...
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Fishing Display

Date: 1940
Description: A display by the Wisconsin Conservation Department erected in a large tent extols the value of smoking fish for food. There are posters identifying differe...

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