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General Sumner and Staff

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Description: General Edwin Vose Sumner and his staff officers: (from left to right) Capt. A.H. Cushing; Capt. L. Kipp; Major Clark; Lt. Col. Joseph Taylor; Major Genera...
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Headquarters of S.G. Swain

Date: 1865
Description: Three men standing at entrance of residence used as headquarters when S.G. Swain, (on left), was in charge of fortifications at Fort McPherson. All three m...
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Civil War Veterans

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait outdoors of a group of Civil War veterans with other U.S. military officers.
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Reunion of the 15th Wisconsin Colunteer Infantry at the Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 09 07 1917
Description: Reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic at Camp Randall, members of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (the mostly Scandinavian unit commanded by Colo...
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Marquette University Honors MacArthur

Date: 04 27 1951
Description: Bruce Foote sings the National Anthem (note salutes and hands on hearts) at a Marquette University convocation ceremony honoring General Douglas MacArthur....
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Awaiting Retreat Call

Date: 1918
Description: View of a group of uniformed men in formation in front of their barracks, awaiting retreat call. The men are lined up with an officer at the front.
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CCC 2615 and 2669

Date: 06 1935
Description: Panoramic group portrait of Civilian Conservation Corps workers from Camps 2615 and 2669 at Devil's Lake State Park. All men are in uniform. Officers are f...
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Two Officers at Steeple Morden

Date: 05 20 1944
Description: Captain Donald Nicholson of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Major Daniel M. Lewis of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, pose at Royal Air Force station Steeple Morden, locat...
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Villagers Pose with Servicemen

Date: 03 02 1945
Description: Indigenous villagers pose with Robert Doyle (7th from left) and NATS (Naval Air Transport Service) crew on Ella Island, Tarawa Atoll, in the South Pacific....
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Motor Transport

Date: 1918
Description: A group portrait of the motor transport of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, showing the soldiers of motor transport standing next to their auto...
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Disembarking at Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view looking down gutter of roof towards the British volunteer forces parading in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia right before they disembarked fr...
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Disembarking at Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view from roof of British volunteer forces parading in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia right before they disembarked from the town. The crowd watc...
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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...
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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...
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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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Officers Returning from the Front

Date: 1918
Description: Two officers wearing heavy winter clothes are seated in a horse-drawn wooden sleigh on a snowy path. Just behind them is a building that appears to be a Ru...
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29th Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers

Date: 08 1889
Description: Formal outdoor group portrait of the 29th Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers. They are posing while lined up on the front steps of the Milwaukee Armory building...
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General Hahn Congratulating Red Arrow Division

Date: 11 12 1918
Description: Major General William G. Hahn, commander of the 32nd Division, with Brigadier General Edwin B. Winans, congratulating officers and noncoms of the 127th Inf...
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Wounded Turkish Officers in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Wounded Turkish officers in Berlin are standing on the sidewalk near the entrance to a building. The officers are convalescing in Berlin sometime after the...
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Female Red Cross Volunteers

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Description: Female Red Cross volunteers cheering reservists passing by the Reichstag.

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