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Dickey Chapelle in Vietnam

Date: 11 1964
Description: Dickey Chapelle on the Don Phuc command post, in front of a stack of sandbags, on the Vietnam-Cambodia frontier. Chapelle resided at this post for 34 days,...
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Surrender of Black Hawk

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832.
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Boy with Rifle

Date: 05 1928
Description: Boy idling away time with a rifle under a tree on the grounds of a rural school.
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International Armored Truck

Date: 1933
Description: International armored truck built for Brinks Express Company parked in front of a building with armed guards. Two of the guards are holding firearms. A man...
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Disarming of German Soldiers

Date: 05 1945
Description: Disarming of German soldiers after the war in Amsterdam.
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Marines with International M-3-4 Trucks

Date: 1941
Description: Groups of uniformed Marines and carrying rifles are climbing into the back of a number of International trucks. There is a long building in the background....
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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Exterior view of Libby Prison, a Confederate Prison. The view includes tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. A group of men stand in the foregro...
Print

Libby Prison

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Description: Woodcut of "Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.--Place of Confinement for U.S. Soldiers Captured by the Rebels.--From a Photograph." This view includes tents and t...
Photograph

Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
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Lewis Arms on Graduation Day

Date: 1943
Description: Lewis Arms poses in his Navy uniform holding a rifle on the day he graduated from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
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Libby Prison - Anaglyph

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

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Description: Group of people posing with a wagon from which several dead prairie-chickens are hanging. One man is sitting in the wagon with a dog. Seven men are standin...
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Road to the Front, Covered with Brush

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow towards four soldiers standing near brush piles. Two men standing in the center, and two men stand behind the brush, defending the road to...
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British Volunteer Forces Standing Review

Date: 1918
Description: View across grounds towards the British volunteer forces standing review before the Michigan (units) barracks. A group of Russian spectators are watching n...
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Red Eye Saloon

Date: 1918
Description: View across yard of a group of uniformed soldiers and officers posing on the porch of the "Red Eye Saloon." One soldier is holding an American flag. On a l...
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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...
Postcard

State House Crew

Date: 1912
Description: Group portrait of forest rangers outside a house. They are wearing work clothes, boots and a variety of hats. A man on the right is holding a gun and point...
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Hunting Scene

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of two men, two dogs and a boy posing sitting and standing on the snow-covered ground on the right side of a small wooden structure....
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Boy with a Gun and a Dog

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Description: Outdoor view of a small boy holding a gun posing standing on a road between piles of snow and next to a dog.
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Castro Forces

Date: 1959
Description: Group of soldiers backing Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution gathered in a small room with open doorways. One man is seated at a table writing, while oth...

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