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Poster

War Bonds in Action

Date: 1943
Description: Treasury Design No. 26, "Invasion." The poster features ships landing on the coast and soldiers racing up the beach as explosions rain down around them.
Poster

The More You Help, the Quicker I'll be Back

Date: 1943
Description: Office of Civilian Defense Design No. 9, "The Marine." The poster features a wounded marine sitting with a gun held in one hand, framed against a forest ba...
Photograph

Model Gun

Date: 02 1862
Description: Tintype of a model gun intended to accompany a patent application. The five-barreled gun, invented by William Bradford, is mounted on wheels.
Photograph

Dead Bison on Plains

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Description: View of hunters' horses and dead bison on a plain.
Photograph

Group Posed with Rifles and Pistols

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Description: A group of men, women and children posed in Harry Dankoler's photography studio holding rifles and pistols as if they were surrounded.
Photograph

Men Pointing Pistols at Man Riding Sawhorse

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Description: Two men are posing in front of a backdrop pointing pistols at a man who is riding a sawhorse as if it were a real horse and holding up his hand in surrende...
Print

The Battle of Antietam

Date: 08 1862
Description: Color lithograph of Union lines in the midst of battle.
Photograph

Sketch of Civil War Soldier Firing Rifle

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Description: Marginal sketch of a soldier firing his rifle from original letters written by Private Edmund F. Bennett of Newport, Wisconsin, Company E, 12th Wisconsin V...
Photograph

John Crossman

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Crossman, Company C, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, sitting with a musket across his...
Photograph

Marines at Rifle Range

Date: 1941
Description: Large group of marines are outdoors firing from a sitting position at a firing range, possibly at a Marine Corps firing range at La Jolla, California.
Photograph

Marines at 300 Yard Rifle Range

Date: 1941
Description: U.S. Marines training at a rifle range, possibly at a Marine Corps firing range. A row of targets is on a hill in the background.
Photograph

Wilson Colwell

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Wilson Colwell, Company B, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, with revolver and sword. Colwell was killed in action at...
Photograph

Two Marine Captains at Rifle Range

Date: 1941
Description: Two Marine captains talking at a Marine Corps rifle range. In the background, Marines are shooting at targets on a far hill.
Photograph

Marines Training with Springfield Rifles

Date: 1941
Description: Overhead view of U.S. Marines firing rifles, possibly at a Marine Corps rifle range.
Print

The Siege of Vicksburg

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Description: A large lithograph showing the landscape, camps and bombardment.
Photograph

Glass Bayou — Logan's Division Coming Into Action

Date: 1880
Description: A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg.
Print

Gettysburg

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Description: Engraving excerpted from John S.C. Abbott's History of the Civil War in America.
Photograph

Marines Running with Trucks

Date: 1941
Description: Marines running to climb aboard a truck after coupling a 75-mm gun.
Photograph

Martin Shenk and Ryndert Van Loon

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite of Martin Shenk, holding a flag, and Ryndert Van Loon, holding a musket with bayonet attached. They are posed shaking hands in ...
Photograph

Charles W. Gulliford

Date: 10 1861
Description: Three-Quarter length portrait of Charles W. Gulliford, Company B, 12th Wisconsin Infantry, with musket. Photograph was taken at Camp Randall.

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