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Cemetery

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Description: A view of a cemetery with wooden crosses and bedsteads used as fences.
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Moravian Cemetery

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Description: View of a Moravian Cemetery, used as a burial site from 1742 - 1910, selected and consecrated by Count von Zinzendorf. The cemetery features flat graveston...
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Cemetery at Buna

Date: 09 10 1943
Description: Crosses in the cemetery at Buna. Buildings and tents are in the background among trees. The American Forces lost 798 soldiers, and the Australians lost 2,7...
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Marine Cemetery at Tarawa

Date: 02 25 1945
Description: Memorial plaque and white crosses at a Marine cemetery on Tarawa Atoll in the South Pacific. Text on the plaque reads, "Semper Fidelis. At this site memori...
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Two Young Men Posing

Date: 1910
Description: Two young men in a cynical pose, leaning against a siding wall, with a mock grave (headboard, hat and coat) in the foreground.
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Hillside Cemetery

Date: 11 14 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Hillside Cemetery, Whitewater, Wis." View of the arched entrance to a cemetery, enclosed by a fence and filled with trees. A small ho...

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