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Sharing a Drink of Water

Date: 07 20 1987
Description: A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day.
Drawing

Plaza at Springfield

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Description: "Plaza at Springfield — Missouri — Civil War". Image shows men standing in the Plaza and one man on horseback. Buildings include the Courthouse and a hospi...
Print

Watching the Dancers

Date: 1906
Description: The original caption reads: "A group of girls on the topmost roof of Walpi, looking down into the plaza." An informal group portrait of Hopi women.
Photograph

The Perrine Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View across square toward the Perrine Hotel. There is a large crowd of people on the square. Caption reads: "Perrine Hotel, Twin Falls, Idaho."
Photograph

Queen Elizabeth 2, Hudson River

Date: 1968
Description: A small crowd mills about a cobblestone plaza near a brick building on the wharf adjacent to the Hudson River. The Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship is ...
Photograph

"Battalion of Death" at Winter Palace

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of a procession makings its way through the grounds of the Winter Palace at Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia. Original caption reads: "'Bat...
Photograph

Balboa Park at the Plaza de Panama

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd in Balboa Park, located at the Plaza de Panama.
Photograph

Vietnamese Air Raid Shelters

Date: 1967
Description: Individual air raid shelters in the courtyard of the hotel where journalist David Schoenbrun was staying in Hanoi in 1967. There is a chicken coop behind t...
Photograph

Bombed Out Church

Date: 1967
Description: Destruction caused to a Catholic church in the North Vietnamese city of Phat Diem. A group of children and adults are in the plaza surrounding the building...
Photograph

Cranberry Cooking

Date: 02 1989
Description: Outdoor gathering of men, women and children cooking cranberries in a large kettle, perhaps at a winter festival.
Photograph

Berlin Reporter

Date: 1940
Description: Associated Press journalist Alvin Steinkopf, formerly of Milwaukee, photographed on the streets of Berlin. Steinkopf was in Berlin until after Pearl Harbor...
Photograph

Krakow

Date: 1940
Description: The Market Hall and Square in Krakow, Poland, about a year after the German invasion.
Postcard

Monument Square

Date: 1975
Description: Photographic postcard view of Monument Square looking south. In the bottom right corner, a man sits on a bench looking at the fountain. The Civil War Soldi...
Photograph

Daley Plaza Sculpture

Date: 06 1983
Description: "This modern sculpture is in Chicago." The photograph features an untitled sculpture by Pablo Picasso, completed in 1967 and located in Daley Plaza.
Photograph

Henry Clay Monument

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Description: View of the Henry Clay Monument with a statue of Clay inside. In front stand two young girls wearing dresses. Each girl is holding a pet rabbit. On the rig...
Print

Scenes and Incidents at the Republican National Convention

Date: 06 03 1884
Description: Illustrations=s of the Republican National Convention. The main drawing shows an outside view with the caption "Scene in front of the convention building d...
Photograph

Two Men Talking in Front of Building

Date: 1973
Description: Two men are standing and talking in a plaza in front of a building which has a large sign with the words: "Memphis Tennessee Shelby County" around the seal...
Photograph

Troops at Attention

Date: 1918
Description: A group of uniformed soldiers and officers from the 310th United States Army Engineers standing at attention for review by commanding officers. Amongst the...
Photograph

Army Unit in Town Square

Date: 1918
Description: A group of soldiers from the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps standing at attention on the left for inspection of American and Russian officers in t...
Photograph

Market Place and Russian Troops

Date: 1918
Description: A large group of Russian soldiers are assembled and appear to be drilling within the center of a Russian town. Civilians stand off to the side observing th...

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