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Painting

Battle of Chickamauga, 1863

Date: 1925
Description: "Battle of Chickamauga," an oil painting depicting a dramatic moment in the Battle of Chickamauga, painted by Alfred Thorsen after the lithograph. "Charge ...
Photograph

Cemetery for War Dead from Iwo Jima

Date: 03 1945
Description: The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart...
Poster

McCormick "Battle of Shiloh" Advertising Poster

Date: 1885
Description: Chromolithograph advertising poster produced for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company showing a McCormick binder stored in a shed in the middle of the ...
Photograph

Twin Infants in Coffins

Date: 1886
Description: Studio portrait of deceased twin infants in coffins. They are Robert and Janet Fitzpatrick, born July 5, 1885, died April 20, 1886, children of Robert and ...
Photograph

Executed Man

Date: 1957
Description: Executed man laying on ground as the final bullet is delivered. The execution was somehow bungled by the firing squad and this coup d'grace was required to...
Photograph

Guerilla Justice

Date: 1957
Description: Executed man on ground. Algeria.
Photograph

Casket and Flowers at Cemetery

Date: 04 21 1934
Description: Casket and flowers at cemetery for the funeral of Lorraine V. McGraw.
Photograph

Crowd at Accident Scene

Date: 03 23 1934
Description: Crowd standing on the Thornton Avenue bank of the Yahara River at the Milwaukee Road railroad bridge looking at a car-train accident scene where Mrs. Clark...
Photograph

Wilbur Corcoran Funeral

Date: 03 08 1930
Description: Five-year-old Wilbur Corcoran, son of Frank and Margaret Corcoran, 624 Williamson Street, lying in a coffin surrounded by flower arrangements and a three-t...
Photograph

Body in Coffin

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: View towards a body in a coffin in a home with a "Mother" floral arrangement. A cloth in front of a religious kneeler in front of the coffin reads: "IHS."
Photograph

Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1723

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: General Gibbon's Brigade Repelli...
Photograph

Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1726

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Death of Confederate General Arm...
Photograph

Open Casket

Date: 1870
Description: Open casket of a young bearded and moustached man outdoors. There is a canvas covering used as a backdrop.
Photograph

California Anti-Vivisection Car

Date: 1929
Description: Right side profile view of an International truck with the words: "California Anti-Vivisection Car" on the side. A cat and two dogs can be seen through the...
Photograph

Walter Becker Funeral

Date: 07 26 1947
Description: Elevated view of Walter Becker's body in a casket in the front of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 247 Division Street. The casket is surrounded by fl...
Print

Defeat of General Braddock

Date: 01 07 1855
Description: Sketch of the defeat of General Braddock during an ambush in the French and Indian War. Caption reads: "Defeat of General Braddock, in the French and India...
Photograph

Dead Baby in Casket

Date: 
Description: Tintype (ferrotype) of a dead baby in casket, covered with roses.
Print

Death Whoop

Date: 
Description: "Death Whoop" an engraving after a drawing by Seth Eastman from the American Aboriginal Portfolio.
Photograph

Dead Deer on the Highway

Date: 1968
Description: A Wisconsin game warden removes a dead deer in the snow that had been struck by a vehicle from a rural Vernon County highway next to a deer crossing sign.
Photograph

Child in Coffin at Funeral Home

Date: 07 26 1945
Description: William E. Crossen, eighteen-months-old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Crossen, shown in a coffin at Joyce Funeral Home.

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