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Truax Barracks Fire

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Four Truax barracks apartment neighbors who rescued Walter Alburn and two of his children from the Alburn apartment after a kerosene explosion and resultin...
Print

The Fall of Richmond, Virginia

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Description: Currier & Ives lithograph of the fall of Richmond, April 2, 1865.
Poster

The Evacuation of Richmond, Virginia

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Description: "The Evacuation of Richmond Virginia. By the Government of the Southern Confederacy on the Night of April 2nd 1865." Before evacuating, the Confederates se...
Photograph

Three Views of the Indian Massacre

Date: 1862
Description: A composite of three views showing the siege of New Ulm on August 19 during the Indian Massacre of 1862. The lower left view depicts wagons and horses on a...
Book or Pamphlet

Capture and Burning of Washington, D.C.

Date: 1814
Description: Etching depicting the burning of Washington, D.C. by the British during the War of 1812. In the foreground are a number of soldiers moving toward the Capit...
Photograph

East Prussia

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Description: Scene of burned buildings after the Russian occupation.
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Ruins in Ortelsburg

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Description: Ortelsburg in East Prussia after the Russian occupation.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned out buildings.

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